AAH Consultants, on behalf of Apatura DC, has submitted an EIA screening opinion to East Ayrshire Council.

This means that the company is looking to see whether an Environmental Impact Assessment is required for the proposed development.

A data centre is a physical facility that houses an organisation’s critical applications and data, along with the computing and networking infrastructure needed to support them.

The proposed development would be on land to the south of Creoch Farm, with a total size of 24.5 hectares.

It will sit immediately to the north of the former Killoch Colliery and an operational concrete and asphalt supplier depot.

The site would comprise one or more buildings capable of a 200 megawatt IT load with a total footprint of 45,000 square metres.

It would also include ancillary offices, plant equipment, emergency backup generators and associated fuel storage areas.

Alongside this, internal roads and footpaths, cycle and car parking, perimeter fencing, lighting, drainage and an electrical substation would all be created.

The development would also include a roof-mounted solar panel system for electricity generation.

Access would be from Creoch Road on the eastern site boundary, upgrading one of the existing field accesses to be appropriate for the proposed development.

It is anticipated that construction traffic will arrive via the A70, which connects to the A77 westbound and the A76 eastbound.

The scheme will connect to the Killoch Substation via an underground cable, which is approximately 0.47km to the southeast of the site.

The proposed development will take approximately three years to complete once the construction phase commences.

Planning documents state: “The proposed development would make a nationally significant contribution to Scotland.

“It is highly unlikely that the proposed development will result in a significant loss of natural resources, and no substantial adverse impacts on the land are expected.

“The magnitude and spatial extent of the potential impacts identified in this screening request are considered to be localised to the site and immediate environment only.

“Considering the nature of the proposed development, the magnitude of these impacts is unlikely to be significant.

“There is no indication that the impacts will be great enough to affect a large population such that EIA is required.”

 

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