Spodegreen Data Centre, Little Bollington
Renewable energy firm Innova proposes a data centre campus on about 60ha (148 acres) of Tatton Estate farmland near Little Bollington, Cheshire, beside the M56. The plans include data halls, offices, a training facility, a district heat network and a solar farm. The site is in the green belt. The scheme is at public consultation only: no planning application has been made, and one is expected to go to Cheshire East Council in late 2026 or early 2027. No power capacity has been published, and no operator or tenant is named.
Key facts
- Operator / developer
- Innova
- Location
- Land south of Lymm Road (A56), north of the M56 and west of the A556, near Little Bollington (Tatton Estate), Little Bollington, North West, United Kingdom
- Status
- Proposed
- Facility type
- Data centre
- AI relevance
- Not stated
Power & grid
- Grid position
- Grid connection application status not published
- Power
- No MW, MVA or IT-load figure has been published. The developer says the campus would be grid connected, with on-site substations and backup generation.
- On-site generation
- A solar farm (west of Coe Lane) plus rooftop and car-park solar panels are proposed.
- Cooling
- Hybrid air and closed-loop water cooling, which the developer says would minimise water use.
- Heat reuse
- A district heat network and energy centre are proposed.
Planning
- Council
- Cheshire East Council
- Planning route
- Local planning (TCPA)
- Green belt
- Yes
- Land area
- 60 ha
Benefits vs drawbacks
Benefits
Developer proposes apprenticeship and training funding, a "Living Lab" teaching space and EV charging; it projects about £20m in additional business rates for Cheshire East (basis not published).
Timeline
Sources
- Concern over 'monster' data center planned for Cheshire, UK
Secondary source · DCD (secondary) · 2026-10-02
- Rural Cheshire data centre put forward
Secondary source · Place North West (secondary) · 2026-09-30
- Spodegreen data centre: 60ha plan by M56, drop-in 30 Sept
Secondary source · Macclesfield Times (secondary) · 2026-09-27
Last verified
2 October 2026
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