GreenScale Derry Campus (formerly Atlantic Hub), Foyle Port
GreenScale
Reserved matters approval (LA11/2023/1729/RM) granted by Derry City and Strabane District Council on 9 October 2024 for one IT service and data centre building with substation compounds, generators, switchgear and transformers on land east and west of Maydown Road, Derry. The statutory planning register states no capacity. The operator, GreenScale, states that the campus has secured grid connections totalling 100 MW, which is recorded here as grid-connection capacity rather than IT load.
Key facts
- Operator / developer
- GreenScale
- Location
- Lands east and west of Maydown Road, approximately 150 metres north and north-west of No. 23 Maydown Road, Derry, Derry, BT47 6UJ, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- Not stated
Power & grid
- Published capacity
- 100 MW — Published grid-connection capacityThe connection capacity secured or applied for, which is not the same as demand.
- Share of UK tracked capacity
- 100% of published grid-connection capacity
- Grid position
- 100MW grid connection secured (operator); 300MW+ described as feasible
- Power
- Operator states the Derry/Londonderry campus has secured grid connections delivering a total capacity of 100 MW. Recorded as grid connection capacity, not IT load.
- On-site generation
- Operator states behind-the-meter power and private-wire connections to nearby renewable generation are available (1.8GW of renewables operating nearby).
- PUE target
- 1.2
Planning
- Planning route
- Local planning (TCPA)
- Planning reference
- LA11/2023/1729/RM
- Planning decision
- Granted (reserved matters)
- Decision date
- 9 October 2024
- Land area
- 11.9 ha
Benefits vs drawbacks
Benefits
Timeline
Derry City and Strabane District Council granted reserved matters (LA11/2023/1729/RM) on 9 October 2024 to Atlantic Hub Property Limited.
Source
Reality Score
Sources
- Planning application LA11/2023/1729/RM - Erection of one IT service and data centre buildings, Maydown Road, Derry
Primary record · Derry City and Strabane District Council (Northern Ireland Planning Portal) · 2024-10-09 · accessed 2026-08-12
- DTCP launches new data center platform, GreenScale
Secondary source · DatacenterDynamics · October 2024
- GreenScale data centres (Derry/Londonderry Campus)
Secondary source · GreenScale
- New Data Centre in Derry to attract some of the largest global companies and investors
Secondary source · Derry Journal · September 2024
- GreenScale Derry/Londonderry Campus
Secondary source · GreenScale
- Discharge of condition 2 for LA11/2023/1729/RM (confirms RM approval 9 October 2024)
Primary record · DAERA (NI Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs) · June 2025
- Climate concerns over approved Foyle Port data centres raised
Secondary source · Derry Now · 19 February 2025
Last verified
27 September 2026
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