HSBC has submitted an application to build an
environmentally
friendly £300m, 325,000 square metre datacentre in North
Yorkshire.
The site, near York, will not only become a key centre for the
bank to process banking transactions but will also
support the local environment and heat a local swimming pool
through the excess heat it produces.
When the datacentre is complete it will be paired with another
in Yorkshire it will become the "largest and most important centre
facility in the world", according to HSBC. HSBC has other
datacentre pairings in Hong Kong, Chicago and Mexico City.
"It has not been finalised because we need planning approval and
we have to do a business case," said an HSBC spokesman.
The datacentre will take two years to build and when complete
will have 100 staff including IT. "The building is designed to
accommodate future IT job creation."
The bank said the planned datacentre will be
environmentally friendly. Less than 25% of the site will be
built on, with the rest being used to improve ecological habitats
and enhance wildlife.
It is considering using 100% green tariff electricity as well as
an aquifer to provide renewable cooling and exporting waste heat to
an adjacent public swimming pool.