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Thurrock data centre (Arena Essex)
Global Infrastructure UK / Google (reported end user) · in planning · Thurrock Council
Hybrid application for a hyperscale campus on the former Arena Essex raceway site, Purfleet / West Thurrock (about 52 ha). Up to four data centre buildings (up to 130,500 m² GEA). Press identifies Google as intended operator. Hall megawatts not yet itemised from a single clear MW line. Live Thurrock portal.
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
128 acres
ex-industrial / brownfield Operator
What was here: Former Arena Essex motorsport / speedway and fishing lake
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: 72.7 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.
Controversies / contested procedure
Large local interest; carbon / AI footprint coverage of the hyperscale proposal
Source · campaign source
Sources
Planning application 25/00573/OUT: live portal
Map point: longitude 0.28, latitude 51.49. Last reviewed 2026-07-20.