Welcome
We are now consulting on our early plans for Thurrock Data Centre, a proposed new data centre campus located to the south of the A13 in the former chalk quarry at Lakeside Basin off Arterial Road.
We are currently at a very early stage in preparing our plans for Thurrock Data Centre. The feedback we receive will help to shape our proposals while they are still being developed.
Our consultation is running from 21 September 2024 until 04 November 2024. All of the consultation information can be found here on our website, where you can find out more about the project, share your feedback and get in touch with the project team.
What is Thurrock Data Centre?
Thurrock Data Centre is a proposed new data centre campus that, if consented, would be constructed, owned and operated by Google. Thurrock Data Centre is proposed on land to the south of the A13 in the former chalk quarry at Lakeside Basin. It is on land which has been earmarked for employment as part of the evolving draft Thurrock Local Plan.
A data centre is a facility with lots of computers that store and process large amounts of information. Every Google search you do is processed by servers in Google data centres. Google data centres enable our users to run their activities on top of keeping all of Google’s products and services up and running around the world.
For more information, check out the Google Discovering Data Centres series google.co.uk/about/datacenters/discover
Our public events
Friday 04 October
3pm-7pm
Aveley Football Club, Parkside, Belhus,
Park Ln, Aveley, South Ockendon RM15 4PX
Saturday 05 October
11am-3pm
Best Western Thurrock, Ship Ln, Aveley,
Purfleet-on-Thames, Purfleet RM19 1YN
Proposed site boundary (red).
Consultation materials
Consultation is an important part of the planning process because it enables everyone to comment on the proposals. All of the information available as part of the consultation can be viewed and downloaded here:
Contact us
- 0800 038 3486
- information@thurrockdatacentre.co.uk