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Amazon Web Services, Plot 3 Maylands Avenue
Amazon Web Services
Hemel Hempstead, East of EnglandProposed
A purpose-built data centre for tape-based long-term storage proposed by Amazon Data Services UK Limited at Plot 3, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead. Submitted documents describe roof-level plant, an HVO-fuelled standby generator compound, chilled-water cooling and rooftop solar. No decision has been published.
Key facts
- Operator / developer
- Amazon Web Services
- Location
- Plot 3, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4FQ, East of England, United Kingdom
- Status
- Proposed
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- Not stated
Power & grid
- Power
- No IT load, grid connection or standby generator capacity figure was found in the submitted documents retrieved. None is recorded.
- Backup fuel
- HVO
- On-site generation
- One emergency generator, expected to run on HVO (renewable diesel); kiosk substation.
Planning
- Council
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Green belt
- No
- Land area
- 0.6 ha
Benefits vs drawbacks
Sources
- Energy and Sustainability Statement, Plot 3 Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead HP2 4FQ
Secondary source · Amazon Data Services UK Limited (application document) · 2026-01-28
- Amazon lodges plans for new tape data centre in Hemel Hempstead
Secondary source · Data Centre Review (secondary) · 2026-02-17
Last verified
27 September 2026
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