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Equinix Wexham Road (former AkzoNobel site)
Equinix
Slough, South EastApprovedData centreCapacity not published Verified — 3 sources on file
Outline planning permission for a phased data centre campus on the former AkzoNobel decorative paints site off Wexham Road, Slough, granted by Slough Borough Council's planning committee on 26 November 2025. The section 106 agreement includes a commitment to make waste heat available to a future district heating network. No power capacity figure is published.
Project detail
- Operator / developer
- Equinix
- Location
- Slough, South East, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- AI relevance
- Not stated
- Announced
- Not published
- Target live date
- Not published
- Published capacity
- Not published. No capacity figure means none has been published — it does not mean zero.
- Floor area
- Not published
- Stated investment
- Not published
- Power
- No MW or MVA figure is published in the council papers or in press coverage. Reporting notes that sufficient grid power for the later phases may not be available until 2038, which is a constraint statement rather than a capacity figure. Nothing is recorded.
- Grid connection
- Not published
- Cooling
- Not published
- Water
- Not published
- Planning authority
- Slough Borough Council
- Planning reference
- P/00072/108
- Planning decision
- Outline planning permission granted at Planning Committee, 26 November 2025
- Decision date
- 2025-11-26
- Construction start
- Not published
- Expected completion
- Not published
- Operational since
- Not published
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Last verified
- 2026-08-18
Sources
- Minutes, Planning Committee, 26 November 2025
Secondary source · Slough Borough Council · 2025-11-26
- Agenda item P/00072/108 - Akzo Nobel site, Wexham Road, Slough SL2 5DS
Secondary source · Slough Borough Council · 2025-11-26
- Data centre for paint factory site approved by Slough councillors
Secondary source · BBC News (secondary) · 2025-11-28
Entry last updated 18/08/2026. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
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