The project, led by Blackstone and built by Renaissance Land Limited, is expected to create 1,600 jobs and generate inward investment worth several billion pounds.
We've recently been working to make this process streamlined for developers, so development on the coalfield can happen efficiently and safely," said Riwilo Masulani, principal permitting manager at the Coal Authority.
Sites for data centers can be hard to find thanks to their significant requirements for land and power. However, old industrial sites and power stations are increasingly being repurposed.
Power stations in particular are likely to have transmission infrastructure already in place, with Microsoft, for example, set to build new data centers on the sites of decommissioned power stations at Eggborough and Skelton Grange.
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