A data center campus totaling up to 1GW has been proposed in North Lincolnshire, UK.

A pre-planning application has been filed with North Lincolnshire Council for the development, which would be built on land south and east of Elsham Wolds Industrial Estate, adjacent to the A15. Elsham Wolds is a former RAF base that operated throughout World Wars One and Two.

Elsham Tech Park Ltd, a new company, is behind the data center plan. Details are sparse in the application, but the campus would span 180 hectares and include data center buildings, as well as well associated offices and diesel backup generators.

The campus could also feature 48.9MW of onsite power generation, from gas, hydrogen, or fuel cell technology, the pre-application suggests. Where the developer will find the other 950MW it needs is not specified.

Equipment for a district heating system is also included as part of the pre-application, as well as agricultural buildings. This suggests waste heat could be used to warm greenhouses growing produce.

The developer intends to seek outline planning permission, meaning full details of the plan are unlikely to be revealed until the principle of the scheme has been approved by the local authority. The documents submitted suggest construction of the data center could take up to 10 years.

It is the second large-scale data center development in the works in North Lincolnshire. In August, a 386MW campus at South Killingholme, known as the Humber Tech Park, was given the green light by councillors.

In February, the council revealed it was bidding to become one of the UK government’s new AI Growth Zones, areas where data center developments will be incentivized. The government has also pledged to work with energy companies to ensure adequate power is available in these zones.