A proposal to construct a 147MW data center in Slough, London, has been approved by the UK government.
The decision was made by the Secretary of State Steve Reed on June 10, 2026, who wrote that “the benefits of the appeal scheme are collectively sufficient” to balance out the harms of the project.
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It is the latest in a series of data center projects that have been approved despite the objections of the local council.
In early 2025, developer Manor Farm Propco applied for planning permission to build a data center campus at the 74-acre Manor Farm, a part-greenfield and part-brownfield site located at Poyle Road that it owns.
