Planning Permission Ireland
GrantedIndustrialDecided 24 March 2022

Plot 100, Profile Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

Construction of a three-to-four-storey data centre with ancillary plant and parking in Clondalkin.

SD21A/0186 · South Dublin County Council · Lodged 25 February 2022

Reference
SD21A/0186
Authority
South Dublin County Council
Register status
Decided
Type
Permission
Received
25 February 2022

Summary

AI-generated

The development consists of a data centre known as 'DB8' ranging from 16m to 20m in height, with a gross floor area of approximately 9,601 sq.m. It includes data halls, offices, external generators, fuel tanks, sprinkler tanks, and 64 car parking spaces.

Industrialdata centreinfrastructuresolar
Storeys
4
Floor area
9,601 m²

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Official record

Development description

Construction of a 3 storey (part 4 storey) data centre known as 'db8' to include data halls, electrical/plant rooms including internal generators, offices, lobbies, ancillary staff areas including break rooms and toilets, stores, stair/lift cores throughout and photovoltaic panels at roof level; the total gross floor area excluding hot air plenums and external staircase is c. 9,601sq. M and the overall height of the data centre ranges from c. 16m to c. 20m to roof parapet level and up to c. 24.48m including roof top plant, flues and lift overrun; provision of 5 external generators, 8 fuel tanks and ancillary plant contained within a plant yard to the north of db8; provision of a water tank plant room, air cooled chillers and ancillary plant contained within a chiller plant yard to the south of db8; provision of a water sprinkler pump room (c. 23sqm), 2 sprinkler tanks (c. 12m high each), heat recovery plant room (c. 17sqm), esb substation (c. 44sqm), waste/bin stores (c. 52sqm); total floor area of ancillary structures and plant (c. 303sqm); provision of a delivery yard and loading bays, 64 car parking spaces, 5 motorcycle spaces, bicycle shelter serving 14 spaces, smoke shelter, internal access roads and footpaths, vehicular and pedestrian access to the west from falcon avenue and closure of an existing vehicular entrance from falcon avenue; all associated site development works, services provision, drainage works including attenuation, landscape and boundary treatment works including berming, hedgerow protection areas and security fencing; no buildings are proposed above the existing esb wayleave and sdcc watermain wayleave to the west and north of the site; the area to the southwest of the site (temporary meadow) is reserved for a future data centre, subject of a separate application to south dublin county council on a site bounded to the east and south by grange castle golf club, to the north by nangor road (r134) and to the west by an estate road known as falcon avenue. This application is accompanied by a natura impact statement.

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

EESI
“To provide for enterprise and employment related uses”

National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment

Objective set by the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 (2022–2028). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Key dates

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  1. Application received25 February 2022
  2. Further information requested30 August 2021
  3. Further information received10 December 2021
  4. Decision due24 March 2022
  5. Decision issued24 March 2022
  6. Grant issued5 May 2022

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