Notice

GU14 0LH, Ark Data Centres Limited: environmental permit application advertisement – EPR/VP3235DJ/V002

Published 1 November 2022

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Details of the application

The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 involving substantial change to a permit from Ark Data Centres Limited

Application number

EPR/VP3235DJ/V002

Regulated facility type

The site is a data centre which consists of a Schedule 1 Part A(1) 1.1(a) activity under the Environmental Permitting Regulations for the burning of any fuel in an appliance with a rated thermal input of 50 or more megawatts (MW).

The existing permit authorises 69 diesel fuelled standby generators, with an aggregated total combustion capacity of approximately 260MWth. This variation is to authorise additional combustion plant, with the operation of 84 emergency standby generators with a total thermal input of approximately 372.61MWth. The proposal includes 18 new standby generators with the removal of 3 standby generators.

Regulated facility address

Cody Park Data Centre
A57 Cody Park
Old Ively Road
Farnborough
Hampshire
GU14 0LH

The application contains a description of how the proposed change(s) may affect:

  • the installation
  • the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate
  • the conditions of its site
  • the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their significant effects on the environment
  • the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste
  • and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered

How to view and comment on the application

If you have any comments on the application send these by 29 November 2022.

You can comment:

Online: view and comment on the application using Citizen Space

Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk

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