SEGRO has signed an agreement to develop a powered shell data centre for an existing customer on the Slough Trading Estate, Europe’s largest hub of data centres.
The completed building will provide 30,000m² (c. 322,917ft²) of modern data centre space across three floors of data halls and a roof level plant deck.
Planning permission is in place via the Slough Trading Estate Simplified Planning Zone.
Reportedly, the scheme will be target a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating for the powered shell development.
The agreement includes the provision of 50MVA of power when fully operational, which the customer will contract directly.
SEGRO managing director of data centres and strategic partnerships, Andrew Pilsworth, said: “These two announcements demonstrate further progress in our strategy to execute on the 2.5GW+ opportunity in our powered land bank.
“The critical mass of data centres we have built up at Slough over the last 20 years, together with the Simplified Planning Zone status we have secured there were integral to enabling us to work with an existing customer to expand its campus, while allowing SEGRO to profitably utilise a relatively small 3.5 acre plot.
“Securing planning committee approval at Premier Park is also an important milestone for both our Pure JV at the site and, more broadly, in the evolution of SEGRO’s fully fitted data centre development strategy.”
