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Avoca River Park, Shelton Abbey & Kilbride, Arklow

Demolition of existing structures and construction of a large data storage facility in Arklow.

18914 · Wicklow County Council · Lodged 10 August 2018

Reference: 18914
Authority: Wicklow County Council
Register status: Invalid or incomplete
Type: PERMISSION
Received: 10 August 2018

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The project involves the demolition of existing buildings to construct a data storage facility comprising three data storage buildings. It includes gas and diesel generator compounds, multiple flues, fuel tanks, and an upgrade to the existing 100 kV substation.

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Demolition of buildings & structures on site & construction of data storage facility comprising 3 data storage buildings & all assoc site infrastructure: data storage facility 1 (6 pod data centre) located to north of site served by 1 gas generator compound to south of data storage building including 5 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks located to south east & south west of data storage building & powered by (-part grid / - part gas) with emergency diesel fuel backup. Data storage facility 2 (8 pod data centre) located to south of data storage facility 1 served by 1 gas generator compound to the south of building incl 6 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks located to south east & south west of data storage building & powered by (-part grid / -part gas) with emergency diesel fuel backup. Data storage 3 (8 pod data centre) located to south of site served by 1 diesel generator compound to north of building incl 8 flues & 2 bunded fuel tanks, located to north east & north west of data storage building & powered by grid. The dev will consist of upgrade of existing 100 kv substation to provide a substation compound comprising gas insulated switchgear (gis) equipment with 4 50 mega volt amp bays within a single storey mv building 10 lighting protection masts, 4 oil filled transformers, with c2.4m high palisade fence, provision of 1 single storey security guard house at primary access to data storage facilities, provision of 4 vehicular access points off shelton abbey (access rd) on western side (2 to serve data storage facilities, 1 to serve gis substation & 1 to serve mv building), internal access roads, surface level car parking, site services (foul & surface water drainage & water supply) incl 1 pump house with 3 water tanks to sough west, 1 attenuation pond to south east, waste water treatment plant to the west of shelton abbey (access road), landscaping, boundary & site dev works above & below ground. Accompany by eiar

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Application received10 August 2018

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