PROJECT RECORD 52 · SYN15-SILICON-SANDS
Silicon Sands / Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone digital campus
England · Planning permission reported
Reported capacity
Claims use different boundaries and may describe overlapping phases or the whole campus. Values below are not additive, and are not an estimate of remaining construction or incremental grid demand.
IT/compute
Not disclosed
Facility demand / power options
Not disclosed
Grid/supply
6 MW phase offer incl. offices/research
Retained source claims (may be historical or conflicting)
- 32 MWReported planning or campus figure; source stage may remain unresolvedcampus_power_available_allocation_unresolvedavailable infrastructure for digitalcampusnot confirmed DC-only incremental grid importsource-stage unresolvedClaim source ↗
- 6 MWReported planning or campus figure; source stage may remain unresolvedphase_electrical_supply_offerfirst data centre plus office/research phaseLocal authority reports electrical supply offer; acceptance and net-new DC-only allocation not confirmedsource-stage unresolvedClaim source · 2026-07-24 ↗
Reported MW · basis unknown
2-6 MW demonstrator; up to 1,000 MW vision
Retained source claims (may be historical or conflicting)
- 2 MWReported planning or campus figure; source stage may remain unresolveddc_capacity_unspecifiedinitial demonstrator lower bound2–6MW, range not additivesource-stage unresolvedClaim source ↗
- 6 MWReported planning or campus figure; source stage may remain unresolveddc_capacity_unspecifiedinitial demonstrator upper boundrange not terminalcampussource-stage unresolvedClaim source ↗
- 1000 MWReported planning or campus figure; source stage may remain unresolveddc_capacity_potential_unspecifiedultimate digitalcampuspotential; not signed connectionsource-stage unresolvedClaim source ↗
Apparent power · MVA
Not disclosed
Location & development stage
- Stage interpretation
- Planning permission reported
- Place / location reference
- Blackpool
- Position precision
- Approximate locality
- Map position
- 53.8167, -3.0500 (latitude, longitude)
Exact settlement name in source location/project name: Silicon Sands / Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone digital campus
Map points are not surveyed parcel boundaries or electricity connection nodes. The stage is a source-based interpretation at the evidence cutoff, not a current-status check.
Project evidence
These links identify the original publishers. A source may concern a different permit, phase or capacity boundary; use it with the qualifications above.
- https://investinlancashire.com/case-studies/blackpool-airport-enterprise-zone-and-silicon-sands
- https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/news/plans-for-firstenergy-efficientdata-centre-as-part-ofsiliconsandsmoving-forward.aspx?date=24-07-2026
- https://news.enwl.co.uk/news/bumper-investment-to-transform-blackpools-power-network
Cite this record
ElecTrace (2026-10-14). Silicon Sands / Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone digital campus. UK Data Centre Planning Database, version 1.0.0, project record SYN15-SILICON-SANDS. Evidence cutoff 2026-09-22. https://electrace.uk/compute/uk-data-centres/projects/SYN15-SILICON-SANDS
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