Pinewood South data centre, land south of Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath
Pinewood Group, through Pinewood South Ltd, applied in July 2025 for outline planning permission for a data centre of up to 55,030 sqm on land south of Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, with construction costs of over £1 billion, a nature reserve and a community garden. Buckinghamshire Council resolved to grant permission; reports give the date as December 2025 or 25 February 2026. A decision notice has not been seen. No operator, capacity or grid connection has been published. The site is in the Slough Availability Zone.
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- Operator / developer
- Pinewood South Ltd (Pinewood Group)
- Location
- Iver Heath, South East, United Kingdom
- Status
- Approved
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- Not stated
Power & grid
- Power
- No MW or grid connection published.
Planning
- Council
- Buckinghamshire Council
- Planning route
- Local planning (TCPA)
- Planning reference
- PL/25/2076 (unconfirmed)
- Planning decision
- Resolution to grant outline permission (Construction Briefing 17 Dec 2025; DCD reports committee vote 25 Feb 2026). Decision notice not seen.
Timeline
Pinewood Group submits outline planning application to Buckinghamshire Council for a data centre on land south of Pinewood Studios.
SourceBuckinghamshire Council resolves to grant outline permission (up to 55,030 sqm data centre plus nature reserve), reported by Construction Briefing.
SourceBuckinghamshire Council votes to approve the data centre campus plans, reported by DCD. Decision notice not yet seen.
Source
Sources
- $1bn data center to be built next to UK studio where James Bond was filmed
Secondary source · DCD (secondary) · 2026-03-06
- £1bn Pinewood Studios expansion approved
Secondary source · Construction Briefing (secondary) · 2025-12-17
- Pinewood Group submits outline planning application for proposed data centre
Secondary source · Pinewood Group · 2025-06-27
Last verified
28 October 2026
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