New data centre plan for city park-and-ride site

PLANS to turn a 900-space park-and-ride facility on the outskirts of Cardiff into a new data centre campus have been revealed as part of a public consultation.

- LEWIS SMITH

The plans could see the Cardiff East Park and Ride at Eastern Avenue, Llanrumney, cleared to make way for the data centre along with ancillary buildings, extensive landscaping and enhancements to public open space if eventually approved by council bosses.

The proposed development by Curtis Hall Ltd could also see the creation of a new roundabout and bridge relief road linking the A48 Eastern Avenue with Llanrumney.

A data centre is a physical facility used to store, process and manage large amounts of data for a range of digital services such as online banking, video streaming, cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI).