Plans for large AI data centre approved

Plans for one of the UK's largest data centres to be built in North Lincolnshire have been approved.

The AI data centre campus, called Elsham Tech Park, will be developed next to Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate.

North Lincolnshire Council said the facility could attract up to £10bn of investment and would bring about 900 highly skilled jobs to the area.

Council leader Rob Waltham said: "The numbers attached to this project are eye-watering... but what really matters is what it means for residents in North Lincolnshire."

According to the plans, the energy centre would comprise up to 15 data centre buildings.

Next to it would be a greenhouse complex, using waste heat from the cooling of the data centre buildings to grow agricultural produce.

The site would cover up to 435 acres (about 175 hectares).

The council said it would be among the largest AI data centre campuses proposed in the UK.

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