Planning application lodged for data centre in north Mayo
A PLANNING application has been submitted to Mayo County Council to develop a data centre on the site of the old Asahi synthetic fibre plant in Killala.
Mayo Data Hub Limited submitted an application to Mayo County Council for permission to construct a data centre building at Tawnaghmore Upper and Mullaferry, Killala.
The proposed data centre will have a gross floor area of 29,076 square metres across two levels and a maximum height of 22.7 metres. The data centre will include data halls, and associated electrical and mechanical plant rooms.
The development will also include provision for 56 car parking spaces, including 12 EV charging spaces, 20 cycle parking spaces as well as footpaths and cyclists infrastructure.
In January 2022, Mayo County Council approved the sale of two portions of land to Mayo Data Hub Ltd, for the purpose of the construction of a data centre.
The plot of 14.5 hectares of land at Tawnaghmore Upper, was sold for €790,000 excluding VAT and the plot at Mullafarry, was sold for €625,000 excluding VAT.
The sale was proposed by Killala-based Fine Gael Cllr Jarlath Munnelly and seconded by Fianna Fáil Cllr Michael Loftus and backed by the other elected members.
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