Microsoft apply for gas-powered electricity generator compound
By William O'Connor
MICROSOFT Ireland has applied for planning permission for the provision of a temporary (for 3 years) 18MW gas powered electricity generator compound.
The generator will provide electricity to the DUB08 data centre located within the Microsoft Data Centre Campus in Grange Castle Business Park, in advance of the upgrade of electricity infrastructure locally.
The development will include 16 generators, gas skid compound and site compound (providing control cabinets, drying room, toilets and staff canteen – total floor area of buildings c.125 sq m).
Included in the planning are temporary access arrangements via existing construction access from business park road, a provision of 10m high acoustic screen, palisade fencing and gates, staff parking, additional landscape screening and all associated site development, service provision, landscaping and other works.
The temporary generator compound will be located within campus lands subject to an extant planning permission – Reg. Ref: SD16A/0088 (4 No. data centres; DUB09, DUB10, DUB12, DUB13) and the current application represents a modification to this permission.
The compound will be located across part of the footprint of permitted data centre DUB12.
It is intended that DUB12 and DUB13 will be constructed and permission Reg. Ref: SD16/0088 completed following decommissioning of the temporary generator compound.
An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) has been submitted with this application.
