Data centre developers to lodge appeal after planning rejected

Data centre plan rejected due to 'existing insufficient capacity' on the electricity grid.

A bid to build a new data centre in Dublin that was rejected due to “existing insufficient capacity” on the electricity grid and the “reliance on a predominantly gas-powered plant” has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

The application by Vantage Data Centers Dub11 Ltd would see the construction of a 12,893sq m development on lands within the townlands of Ballybane and Kilbride in the West Dublin area of Clondalkin, an area already home to a number of data centres.