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Microsoft Eggborough
Microsoft · proposed · North Yorkshire Council
Two-building campus proposed on part of the former Eggborough coal power station (closed 2018). No live planning application link recorded yet.
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
Unknown
ex-industrial / brownfield
What was here: Former 1,960 MW Eggborough coal power station site (closed 2018)
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
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
- 2024-02: Microsoft hosts community events on proposals for a data centre on part of the former Eggborough Power Station site; mid-2024 planning submission aimed
Sources
No live planning application link recorded yet. We do not upgrade a site past “proposed” without one.
Map point: longitude -1.126, latitude 53.705. Last reviewed 2026-07-15.