Sites / Equinix Wexham Road (former AkzoNobel paint factory)
Equinix Wexham Road (former AkzoNobel paint factory)
Equinix · proposed (reported consented) · Slough Borough Council
Outline consent for up to about 90,614 m² (GEA) of data-centre development across three buildings on the former AkzoNobel Decorative Paints (Dulux) factory off Wexham Road / Technology Boulevard, Slough SL2 5DB (about 11.5 acres). Slough Borough Council granted outline permission in November 2025 (ref P/00072/152); the s106 was completed on 30 July 2026 (about £2.5m public realm, £568k transport, plus a waste-heat reuse pledge). Slough Council sold the site to Equinix for £143.75m in 2022. Distinct from the Yondr Slough campus. Held at proposed until a lasting Slough Public Access URL is linked; operator has not disclosed a MW figure.
Stated size
Not disclosed
No megawatt figure in materials reviewed
Operators often omit a megawatt figure. Map circles then use site area instead. Stated size is not electricity use.
Site area
12 acres
ex-industrial / brownfield Operator
What was here: AkzoNobel / ICI Dulux decorative paints factory
Water
Not disclosed
No annual water figure in materials reviewed
Equivalences
No operator on this map discloses expected load factor (the share of peak power used on average), so yearly electricity figures are shown as a range, not as a known total.
- Water: Water use: not disclosed
- Site area: 6.5 football pitches
Claims on record
None recorded yet.
Disclosure checklist
- Stated size (MW): not disclosed
- Water: not disclosed
- Power usage effectiveness (PUE): not disclosed
- Energy source claim: none on record
- Load factor: not disclosed
Plain checklist, no aggregate score.
Right of reply
Right of reply: open; no response received. Email marco@prismaticlabs.ai. Subject is prefilled. Or see methodology.
Timeline
- 2022: Slough Borough Council sells former AkzoNobel site to Equinix for £143.75m
- 2025-11: Slough Borough Council grants outline permission (P/00072/152)
- 2026-07-30: Section 106 agreement completed
Sources
- DCD: Equinix green light for former paint factory campus, Slough
- Slough Observer: Bucks council green-lights major Equinix data centre
- Slough moderngov: planning background (AkzoNobel, Wexham Road)
Planning application reference on record: P/00072/152. Link to the live council page not yet verified.
Map point: longitude -0.5798, latitude 51.5204. Last reviewed 2026-08-07.