MSFT MCIO Limited - Hyperscale Data Centre, Imperial Park Business Park, Celtic Way, Duffryn, Newport, NP10 8BE.
We’ve received an application for an environmental permit from MSFT MCIO Limited
New bespoke application for an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016
Application number: PAN-026552
Regulated facility type: Installation - Section 1.1: Combustion activities - Part A (1)(a) Burning any fuel in an appliance with a thermal input of 50 or more megawatts
Regulated facility location: Hyperscale Data Centre, Imperial Park Business Park, Celtic Way, Duffryn, Newport, NP10 8BE
This application is for the operation of 31 emergency back-up generators at the proposed new Hyperscale Data Centre campus in Duffryn, Newport. The purpose of the generators is to supply electricity to the Data Centre in the event of a major power outage or black-out. The total rated thermal input of the generators is 236MW. The generators will be fuelled on diesel but have the capacity to be converted to run on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) if required. The generators will only ever operate during two scenarios: (i) for the purpose of routine testing and maintenance, and (ii) if a major power outage or black-out occurs that interrupts the electricity supply to the Data Centre. The generators are all fitted with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) abatement systems to facilitate the removal of oxides of nitrogen from the exhaust gases.
The application contains a description of the proposed installation the materials, substances and energy it will use and generate; the conditions of its site; the source, nature and quantity of its foreseeable emissions and their potential impact, the proposed techniques for preventing, reducing, and monitoring its emissions and preventing and recovering waste; and an outline of the main alternatives, if any, considered.
You can see the application documents free of charge, from our online public register. Or you can request a copy of the information from us. This may take time to process and there could be a charge.
If you have any comments, send these by 21 March 2025.
Email: permittingconsultations@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk
Or write to:
Permitting Service
Natural Resources Wales
Crown Buildings
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
We must decide whether to grant or refuse the application. If we grant it, we must decide what conditions to include in the permit. You can find information about how we make decisions in our Public Participation Statement.