Data centre · Westmeath · 53.4006, -7.3173
Red Admiral DC Rochfortbridge
proposed Red Admiral DC 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 proposed
- Planning 2560344: appeal pending
Who runs it
- planning applicant 'Red Admiral DC Limited' -> Red Admiral DC (developer/operator; high-confidence entity link from CRO, planning, press)
What the planning and licence documents say
Westmeath 25/60344 register description only: 6 data buildings, 6 fuel cell towers, 138 battery enclosures, 168ha solar farm; no MW figures stated.
| Spec | Value | Quote and source |
|---|---|---|
| On-site generation | fuel cells for on-site power (6 fuel cell towers) plus 2 diesel generators | "6 No. fuel cell towers (each 89m x 29m x 20m high)" WestmeathCC ePlan register entry 2560344 (development description), p.1 diesel generators in ancillary compound; also 138 battery enclosures (no MW stated) |
| Dates | granted by Westmeath CC 02/06/2026; appealed 23/06/2026 | "Decision Type: Conditional Decision Date: 02/06/2026 Leave to Appeal: Appeal Date: 23/06/2026" WestmeathCC ePlan register entry 2560344 (development description), p.1 |
| Renewables | on-site 168ha solar farm | "Solar farm (168 hectares) to the east of the data campus facility" WestmeathCC ePlan register entry 2560344 (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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-08 | 2560344 | 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, ancil | CONDITIONAL | appeal pending |
Sources for this page
planning:WESTMEATH/2560344 · acp:501504 · acp:501550 · acp:501583 · acp:501585 · acp:501596
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.