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Lancaster City Council New Data Center

Sector: Solar • Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Source: Data Center Dynamics

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Planned

Lancaster City Council has approved plans to build a new data center at the Salt Ayre Leisure Centre in Lancaster, UK. The data center will replace the existing aging facility near Lancaster Town Hall, provide waste heat to the leisure center's swimming pool, deploy an onsite battery energy storage system, and use power from a local solar farm. It will primarily host the council's IT infrastructur

Status
Prospective
Sector
Solar, Energy Storage, Raw Materials, Power Generation (CCGT), Data Center, Government
Location
Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Data Center Dynamics

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The project “Lancaster City Council New Data Center” is an infrastructure initiative in the Solar sector, located in Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Data Center Dynamics.

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Lancaster City Council has approved plans to build a new data center at the Salt Ayre Leisure Centre in Lancaster, UK. The data center will replace the existing aging facility near Lancaster Town Hall, provide waste heat to the leisure center's swimming pool, deploy an onsite battery energy storage system, and use power from a local solar farm. It will primarily host the council's IT infrastructure with additional space available for lease.

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Digital Infrastructure

Location

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United Kingdom (UK)

State

Lancashire

City

Lancaster

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Data Center Dynamics

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Solar, Energy Storage, Raw Materials, Power Generation (CCGT), Data Center, Government

Article published date

2025-09-16

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