Data centre · Louth · 53.7188, -6.3548
eir Drogheda
under construction eir Our classification · status
Not available for this site: measured grid draw (no EPA annual report: only sites with ≥50 MWth of plant file one); mapped footprint; rates (no valuation-list entry matched).
Why we say it's under construction
- Planning 24226: commencement notice 2026-04-03, no completion certificate
Who runs it
- planning applicant 'Eircom Ltd' -> eir (operator; high-confidence entity link from planning)
What the planning and licence documents say
Change of use of 2,413m2 of the Drogheda telephone exchange (Louth 24/226); register description only.
| Spec | Value | Quote and source |
|---|---|---|
| On-site generation | standby generators (HVO) | "Provision of 5 no. additional enclosed biodiesel (HVO) standby generators" LouthCC ePlan register entry 24226 (development description), p.1 |
| Generating units | 5 units | "Provision of 5 no. additional enclosed biodiesel (HVO) standby generators" LouthCC ePlan register entry 24226 (development description), p.1 additional units only; existing generators not counted |
| Fuel | HVO (biodiesel) | "Provision of 5 no. additional enclosed biodiesel (HVO) standby generators" LouthCC ePlan register entry 24226 (development description), p.1 |
| Cooling | condenser chillers | "enclosed plant yard compound of 208sqm to accommodate condenser chillers" LouthCC ePlan register entry 24226 (development description), p.1 |
| Floor area | 2,413 m2 | "change of use of part of the building (2413sqm) from existing Telephone Exchange use" LouthCC ePlan register entry 24226 (development description), p.1 change of use within existing exchange |
| Dates | granted 30/06/2025; expires 29/06/2030 | "Grant Date: 30/06/2025 Grant Managers Order #: 386b/2025 Section 47 Apply?: Part 5 Apply?: Expiry Date: 29/06/2030" LouthCC ePlan register entry 24226 (development description), p.1 |
Every value is quoted from the document and page cited; the quote was checked against that page's text. "Derived" means the reader worked it out from stated figures (shown in the quote). Planning and licence figures are design or permitted values, not measured use; values derived from an EPA annual environmental report (AER), mostly water, are reported use for that year. The note under each quote gives the scope and whether a demand figure is a maximum or an average.
Planning history
| Received | Ref | What | Decision | Built? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-19 | 24226 | Permission for a change of use of part of the building (2413sqm) from existing Telephone Exchange use to complementary information, communications and telecoms data centre use; Internal reconfiguration of the existing building to facilitate data storage floorspace and ancillary uses and associated alterations to the north, east, south and west elevations, including modifications to door and window positions and sizes, removal and relocation of openings, the incorporation of louvers on existing, enlarged and new openings and the repositioning of the loading bay ramp on eastern elevation; Provi | CONDITIONAL | commenced (no completion certificate on a main building yet) |
Sources for this page
planning:LOUTH/24226
Joined from OpenStreetMap, the planning register, An Coimisiún Pleanála, EPA licences and annual reports, the Tailte Éireann valuation list and Building Control. Data built 2026-10-10.