The Application Includes Delivery of a Nature Reserve, Community Garden and Learning Space
Pinewood Group today submitted a planning application to Buckinghamshire Council for a data centre on the Pinewood South site. The application outlines significant investment, with an estimated construction cost of over £1billion, and includes a 55,030 square metre state-of-the-art data centre. The proposal also delivers a 60-acre nature reserve, six-acre community garden and learning space.
In 2024, the Government designated data centres as Critical National Infrastructure, and recognises their importance in key strategic locations. The proposed data centre is in the Slough Availability Zone, one of these key locations.
“Our proposed plan for a data centre on the land to the South of Pinewood Studios is in alignment with the critical infrastructure needs identified by the Government. The significant investment will bring jobs and additional benefits to the local community with the delivery of a nature reserve, community gardens and learning space.”
David Conway
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Pinewood Group CEO
The planning application has a target determination date of the end of 2025. Subject to the grant of outline planning consent, a detailed reserved matters application will be submitted.
A link to the full application will be added here when the submission is validated.
Main banner: Concept and illustration of the Data Centre proposed for Pinewood South
Concept of the Community Gardens to accompany the proposed data centre on Pinewood South
Illustrative Masterplan for Pinewood South Data Centre. Concept by Faulkner Brown