Grangecastle Business Park, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

What’s proposed

Construction of a single storey data centre, with offices (of circa. 1,560sq.m), storage space, computer and associated support areas, electrical component rooms, loading dock area (the building having a total gross floor area of c.7,609sq.m), roof plant and externally a generator compound (635sq.m), evaporative cooling tank, (150m3) & associated pump house (c.75sq.m), ESB sub station (c.68sq.m), drivers toilet (c.5sq.m), smoking shelter and carparking and bicycle facilities for the sole and only use of Microsoft Operations Ireland Ltd. in connection with this installation. For site safety purposes the provision of sprinkler tank of c.737m3 and associated water tank pump room of 75sq.m is proposed. Also included are ancillary site works for connection to existing Grange Castle infrastructural services as well as fencing, signage, perimeter services road around the building, 60 car parking spaces (including 5 universal accessible car parking spaces) and 18 bicycle spaces. The site perimeter will be enclosed with berming and landscaping to the frontage onto Technology Park Road and the New Nangor Road. All of the above for the sole use of Microsoft Operations Ireland Ltd. An EIS (Environomental Impact Statement) has been submitted with this application