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Data centre proposed at Microsoft DUB Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Co. Dublin
30 October 2024 · Permission.ie Planning Wire · from the South Dublin County Council planning register · published 25 August 2026
An applicant lodged plans with South Dublin County Council on 30 October 2024 for a data centre at Microsoft DUB Campus, Grange Castle Business Park. A decision is due by 26 November 2024.
Key facts
- Reference
- ED24/0060
- Planning authority
- South Dublin County Council
- Location
- Microsoft DUB Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Dublin 22
- Received
- 30 October 2024
- Application type
- Declaration of Exemption Sect. 5
- Site area
- 0.6 hectares
- Status
- Decision
- Decision
- Declared Not Exempt
- Decision date
- 26 November 2024
In context
It is one of 3 data centre applications South Dublin County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 3 nationally. Of the 14 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 86% were granted.
What happens next
The five-week window for public submissions has closed. The council is due to decide by 26 November 2024, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.
The development description, as lodged
Verbatim from the South Dublin County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.
Implementation and use of 13 no. temporary replacement generators at the Dub15 Data Centre building within the Microsoft Campus to operate the data hall until the recently permitted Gas Network Ireland (GNI) Skid (SDCC Reg Ref. SD24A/0019) is constructed and operational.
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Source: Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, "Data centre proposed at Microsoft DUB Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Co. Dublin", 30 October 2024. https://www.permission.ie/news/south-dublin-county-council/ED24%2F0060
<p>Source: <a href="https://www.permission.ie/news/south-dublin-county-council/ED24%2F0060">Data centre proposed at Microsoft DUB Campus, Grange Castle Business Park, Co. Dublin</a>, Permission.ie analysis of the national planning register, 30 October 2024.</p>
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