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The development of a Data Centre Facility and Decentralised Energy Resource within…

Gneevebane, Oldtown, Farthingstown, Castlelost, and Kiltotan and Collinstown, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath

Permission granted with conditions

Council decision recorded: June 02, 2026

Applicant
Red Admiral DC Limited
Proposed use
See council description

The story so far

Application timeline

Recorded milestones for this application. A permission is not evidence that building work has started.

  1. Application received
    Source: ePlan

    ePlan · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: received_date

  2. Council decisionGranted with conditions
    Source: ePlan

    ePlan · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable · field: decision_date

What changed

First retained observation; this does not establish that the application is new.

Legacy batch date (exact collection time unavailable): 10 June 2026. This describes our archive, not an application event date.

Why it matters locally

The proposal concerns Gneevebane, Oldtown, Farthingstown, Castlelost, and Kiltotan and Collinstown Rochfortbridge County Westmeath. Proposal excerpt: “the development of a Data Centre Facility and Decentralised Energy Resource within an overall devel...”

Location & nearby applications

Gneevebane, Oldtown, Farthingstown, Castlelost, and Kiltotan and Collinstown Rochfortbridge County Westmeath

No usable coordinates are available in the retained record, so a map pin is not shown.

Documents & sources

Westmeath County Council · Reference 2560344

View council file →
Source records and verification details

Change record: ePlan · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Proposal: ePlan · legacy batch; original response hash unavailable

Latest source observation retained: 2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00. Source dataset date: not supplied.

Full description from the council file
the development of a Data Centre Facility and Decentralised Energy Resource within an overall development boundary area of 243 hectares comprising: • 1 No. Security control building (floor area 23.5m2). • 6 No. new data buildings including administration blocks (each 228m x 62m x 18m high), 6 No. MV switch room buildings, within a secure campus having an area of 39 hectares, 1 No. fire water tank (Volume: 2000m3), pump house and proprietary modular water treatment plant. • 6 No. fuel cell towers (each 89m x 29m x 20m high), 2 No. chilled water tanks (Volume: 1000m3 each), pump house, ancillary water tank (Volume: 2000m3), carbon dioxide process building (30.7m x 15.7m x 11.3m high) and 16 No. carbon dioxide storage tanks (100 tonnes each). • Ancillary equipment compound including a storage building (30.7m x 10.7m x 9.7m high), 2 No. diesel generators, fire water tank (Volume: 2000m3) and pump house and proprietary modular water treatment plant. • Above ground gas installation (AGI) compound including a boiler/instrument kiosk, regulator/metal skid kiosk and connection to the existing gas network within the site. • 33kV IPP building (60.9m x 18.4m x 16.8m high), 1 No. telecoms tower 36m high and compound. • Fuel cell IPP building (40m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and compound. • Solar farm IPP building (30m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and compound. • Battery compound including 138 No. battery enclosures & 138 No. medium voltage power stations (MVPS), IPP building (40m x 9.8m x 7.1m high) and fire water tank (Volume: 500m3). • Proprietary modular water treatment plant serving the solar farm IPP building and battery compound IPP building. • Solar farm (168 hectares) to the east of the data campus facility including solar arrays measuring (10.2m x 6.9m), (20.4m x 6.9m) & (30.6 x 6.9m), 45 No. medium voltage power stations (MVPS), 5 No. weather stations, river crossings, internal gravel access roads, security fencing and gates, 3 No. temporary construction compounds, cable crossings in the R446, L11272 & L51251 public roads, and cable crossing under the M6 using horizontal directional drilling. • Connection to public sewer under the R446 public road. • New emergency only access/egress from the R446 public road. • Access/egress to the data centre campus facility through the existing Castlelost Flexgen and GIS substation access to the R446. • Demolition of the existing derelict dwelling and agricultural sheds. • All associated site works including
Application details
Reference
2560344
Applicant
Red Admiral DC Limited
Site address
Gneevebane, Oldtown, Farthingstown, Castlelost, and Kiltotan and Collinstown, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath
Latest reported outcome
Permission granted with conditions
Date received
July 08, 2025
Decision due
June 02, 2026
Council decision date
June 02, 2026
Authority
Westmeath County Council

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