Western Bio-Energy, which operates the Western Wood biomass power plant in Port Talbot, has proposed building a new data center in South Wales. The company plans to demolish a derelict complex of buildings on a 1.3-hectare site to make way for the new facility. The proposed data center would be a single building that would draw its power directly from the Western Wood plant.
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| 8.54 miles | nLighten Edge 3 Bridgend | |
| 10.03 miles | Vantage: Bridgend CWL4 |
Vantage has launched a consultation on its plans, which involve developing up to 10 buildings and three substations over a 10-15 year period.
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| 10.04 miles | Vantage: CWL4 Expansion | |
| 10.25 miles | CGI: Waterton |
The CGI Waterton Data Centre (sometimes referred to as the Bridgend Data Centre) is a key facility for CGI in the UK.
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| 16.11 miles | Maska: Rhondda Cyon Taf, Wales |
Developer Maska Group has submitted plans for a two-story data center in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.
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| 16.53 miles | Vantage: CWL23 |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL2 Campus in Barry, United Kingdom.
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| 16.56 miles | Vantage: CWL22 |
This facility is part of Vantage's CWL2 Campus in Barry, United Kingdom.
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| 16.62 miles | Vantage: Bro Tathan CWL2 |
Data center company Vantage is planning to build a new campus in St. Athan, a village west of Cardiff, on a 10.9-hectare plot of land north of the Ffordd Bro Tathan business park.
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| 18.39 miles | Clearstream: Pontypridd |
Located in Church Village near Cardiff, the Clearstream Centre is a high-efficiency Tier 3-standard data center that occupies a uniquely robust former electricity substation.
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Western Bio Energy Ltd is a 15.8MWh Sustainable Biomass Power Plant in South Wales generating electricity directly to the grid.The plant has an annual fuel input of 160,000 tonnes, which is supplied to the site as residual forestry timber, bark, brash bales, wood chips, saw mill residues and wood chips from uncontaminated, recycled wood. The plant reduces the CO2 emissions by 47,000 tonnes/year.
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