Pinewood Nurseries Data Centre Wexham Street Stoke Poges SL3 6NB UK

Status: Outline Planning Submitted (Application Ref: PL/26/06414/OA)   |   Location: Land at Pinewood Nurseries, Wexham Street, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire SL3 6NB, UK

Project Overview

The Pinewood Nurseries Data Centre, submitted under Buckinghamshire Council Planning Reference PL/26/06414/OA, is a proposed hyperscale data center campus planned on an approximately 12-acre site at Land at Pinewood Nurseries, Wexham Street, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire SL3 6NB, UK. Promoted by real estate investor and developer ACRE, with Turley acting as the planning agent, the development seeks outline planning permission for a substantial data center facility comprising up to approximately 40,500 square metres, or around 435,938 square feet, of sui generis data center space, together with an associated energy centre of approximately 5,000 square metres. The proposed campus is strategically located immediately adjacent to the Slough availability zone, one of Europe's most established and concentrated data center markets, providing the project with proximity to major digital infrastructure, telecommunications networks, cloud service ecosystems, and existing data center developments. The facility is intended to accommodate high-density computing requirements, including cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence inference workloads, reflecting the growing demand for scalable computing capacity in the wider Slough and London data center market. A key element of the proposal is its approach to electricity supply, as the wider region faces constraints in securing sufficient high-voltage grid capacity for new large-scale developments. To address these limitations during the period before permanent high-voltage power becomes available, the project incorporates an on-site gas-powered energy centre capable of providing primary or interim electricity generation for the campus. This infrastructure is intended to support the development's operational requirements while reducing dependence on immediate grid availability. With its large planned floor area, substantial energy infrastructure, and location within the wider Slough data center ecosystem, the Pinewood Nurseries Data Centre represents a significant proposed addition to the UK's hyperscale infrastructure pipeline and reflects the evolving strategies developers are adopting to address power availability and rapidly increasing demand for AI and cloud computing capacity.

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