The data center proposals are taking shape in Nottinghamshire, England, with Portal Group (infrastructure and property partner)seeking planning permission for a 20MW facility on a cleared former E.on (European electric utility company) office site.

Portal Group Eyes Former E.on Campus in Annesley

The company has a prior history on the site and with E.on specifically. According to a previous company presentation, Portal developed a 1MW data center for E.on in 2005. The company also delivered a 5,000 square foot data center for HP at Sherwood Park in 2013.

Portal previously operated a data center division known as Portal Datacentres, which had plans to develop sites across the UK, including a 5MW facility in Birmingham's Aston area that was set to open in 2014.

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A Modest but Growing Regional Market

Nottinghamshire has a relatively small data center footprint compared to major UK hubs. Data Center Map lists just five facilities in the city of Nottingham, from operators including nLighten(a European Edge data center platform), Iomart (UK cloud computing company), and CWCS (specialist hosting provider), while the town of Mansfield has only one listed facility.

The Portal Group proposal would represent a significant addition to local digital infrastructure capacity. Portal Group's application is not the only development interest in the immediate area.

Property developer Harworth Group has separately indicated plans to build a data center on a former colliery site near Rainworth, a village just outside Mansfield.

Project Details

Portal Limited, a company linked to Portal Group, has submitted a planning application to Ashfield District Council to build a data center at Sherwood Business Park outside Mansfield.

The proposed facility would sit on 1.3 hectares along Little Oak Drive in Annesley, on land previously occupied by a three-story office and data center building constructed around 2003 and operated by energy firm E.on. That structure has since been demolished, leaving a cleared brownfield site.

The proposed development would be a two-story building spanning 8,145 square meters and delivering 20MW of IT capacity across four data halls, each rated at 5MW. Portal Group is a provider of managed offices founded in 2000 and is part of the Cannock Group (Parent Companyof Portal Group).

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