Welcome
Consultation and engagement
Public and stakeholder feedback at public events and in response to our public consultation has played an important role in shaping the proposals for Thurrock Data Centre.
Following submission of the planning application, we have continued to meet with local stakeholders and attend community forums.
To provide updates on the proposals following submission of the planning application, two community drop‑in sessions will be taking place:
Friday 24 April, 2–6pm
The Old Courthouse, Orsett Road, Grays, RM17 5DD
Monday 27 April, 5–8pm
The Beehive Resource Centre, West Street, Grays, RM17 6XP
Members of the project team will be available to answer questions and discuss the project.
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