Facebook planning to open data centre in clonee

thomasj

http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0615/708167-facebook

Good news for the area.

Wonder where it will be? Damastown maybe?

oblivious

Boards needs a like button

fletch

You can always thank the post..

RichardoKhan

Mentions Kilbride Road in The Journal article. Anyone know where Clonee Industrial zoned area is actually located?

rameire

probably this area
https://goo.gl/mVdH7S

fletch

Anyone got a link to the planning application?

rameire

dont believe it is lodged yet

jack presley

I'd imagine it'll be considered Strategic Infrastructure and be lodged with An Bord Pleanála as opposed to Meath County Council. And their website seems to be only updated a week in arrears.

http://www.pleanala.ie/lists/2015/new/index.htm

Staplor

Yep that map is pretty much where it is, the Navan side of Kepak

Codpeas

jack presley wrote: »

I'd imagine it'll be considered Strategic Infrastructure and be lodged with An Bord Pleanála as opposed to Meath County Council.

The provision of power to the site and the associated substation/control buildings falls under Strategic Infrastructure Development and will be lodged via An Bord Pleanala. The actual Data Centre will be dealt with by Meath County Council.

The following appears to be the pre-application consultation with An Bord Pleanala for the former:

http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/VC0087.htm

ronan45

Sounds like a big Investment "FACEBOOK DATA CENTRE" your thinking thousands of jobs......but hate to pour cold water but will be manned by about 40 - 50 people, but still nice to see investment in the D 15 area!

dickwod1

I agree it is nice to see investment in the D15 area, as well as those permanent positions there will also be construction jobs for both locals and not during the building of the facility, Having those extra bodies in our area during the construction will generate local revenue too, Its another small sign that the economy is on its way to getting normal again.

January

Wonder will they run a bus out in the mornings as there is virtually no public transport out that way.

Staplor

January wrote: »

Wonder will they run a bus out in the mornings as there is virtually no public transport out that way.

They won't need to, there'll be feck all jobs, and the 70 bus will be pretty close to it anyway.

ongarboy

I notice Weslin construction have put up hoarding all along the N3 motorway between the Clonee and Tyrellstown junctions - does anyone know what's being built there - hardly the Facebook data centre as I imagine that would only be going through the planning stage right now. Seems like a big construction project judging by the length of the perimeter.

Arciphel

Apple Green service station and food court.

RichardoKhan

Not 100% sure but think I recall that is going to be a Car dealership or similar

ArseBurger

ronan45 wrote: »

Sounds like a big Investment "FACEBOOK DATA CENTRE" your thinking thousands of jobs......but hate to pour cold water but will be manned by about 40 - 50 people, but still nice to see investment in the D 15 area!

Less than twenty I would say. And mostly people skilled in data centre operations and facilities.

ciaran76

I think a garage is going there, possibly an Apple one.

January

Applegreen service station on one side of the road, car dealership on the other, at the Mulhuddart/Damastown junction.

dodzy

January wrote: »

Applegreen service station on one side of the road, car dealership on the other, at the Mulhuddart/Damastown junction.

Car dealership ? I heard it will be commercial sales only (not that it matters too much).

January

dodzy wrote: »

Car dealership ? I heard it will be commercial sales only (not that it matters too much).

Could be commericial sales only, not quite sure all I know is a motor dealership of some sort is going in there. There will also be a Burger King at the Applegreen station if rumours are to be believed. I hope the rumours are true

ongarboy

January wrote: »

Could be commericial sales only, not quite sure all I know is a motor dealership of some sort is going in there. There will also be a Burger King at the Applegreen station if rumours are to be believed. I hope the rumours are true

Great to hear if it will be a petrol station as it will be the most accessible for those of us in D15 who want to hit the motorway or M50 asap to fill up rather than having to take a drawn out detour to either Hartstown, Clonsilla or Blanch village for fuel! Burger King has opened in a lot of the recent Applegeens that have opened (Swords, Birdhill, Tralee etc) so that would be a handy snack option as well!

Edit: In fact, I just googled the Fingal council planning website and came across below which seems to relate to this development. Is that area actually called Old Navan road? It mentions a food franchise so maybe it will be Burger King and parking for HGVs and coaches sol looks like a fully fledged motorway service station.

http://www.fingal.ie/planning-and-buildings/apply-or-search-for-a-planning-application/search-planning-applications-online/searchplanningapplicationsonline/

FW14A/0087

beauf

ongarboy wrote: »

... it will be the most accessible for those of us in D15 who want to hit the motorway or M50 asap to fill up rather than having to take a drawn out detour to either Hartstown, Clonsilla or Blanch village for fuel! ...

+1

January

The Topaz garage in Mulhuddart will lose a lot of business to it I reckon.

dodzy

January wrote: »

The Topaz garage in Mulhuddart will lose a lot of business to it I reckon.

Feck them, the Topaz garages around these parts are scavengers. Up until the last price hikes ( remember when daysul was down to around €1.20/l - and that's only in the last year ), all the Topaz stations in D15 were 8c -10c cheaper than petrol stations in Finglas. Now they are dearer in some cases!

That location / Applegreen combo will be a goldmine, no question. The Esso station just after the Travel Lodge on the way to the halfway house won't know what has hit it.

spooky donkey

I notice they have the holes dug out for the tanks already, Just what D15 needs its so hard to get fuel with out getting into a que at any of the stations we already have...

ongarboy

dodzy wrote: »

Feck them, the Topaz garages around these parts are scavengers. Up until the last price hikes ( remember when daysul was down to around €1.20/l - and that's only in the last year ), all the Topaz stations in D15 were 8c -10c cheaper than petrol stations in Finglas. Now they are dearer in some cases!

That location / Applegreen combo will be a goldmine, no question. The Esso station just after the Travel Lodge on the way to the halfway house won't know what has hit it.

Actually, just reading the application again on Fingal website and Maxol is the applicant rather than Applegreen.

rolion

ongarboy wrote: »

Actually, just reading the application again on Fingal website and Maxol is the applicant rather than Applegreen.

I've heard Applegreen will buy Maxol at some point in time.
Also, personal, i'm banning Esso & Topaz stations

It's going to be very hard for them to persuade me to change from my local station in Clonee.Nice & clean place, craic, staff, nice coffee, lovely breakfast roll.
As I have a Diesel card, not interested in the price at the pump anyway :cool:

Shemale

January wrote: »

The Topaz garage in Mulhuddart will lose a lot of business to it I reckon.

Hope so, hope they all close and are taken over by non Penis O Brien companies, its worrying the Topaz monoply in the area and Dublin in general

annfield1978

Any link to the planning application?

annfield1978

http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/RA150605/0

Got it

Arciphel

Picture from LinkedIn of the data centre...

jack presley

Are those existing pylons in the photo or are they going to form part of the application for the substation? That'll be where the fun begins!

Arciphel

I'd say they are new Jack, they built a similar switching station up on the Snugborough Road for the Amazon data centre...

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.4034733,-6.3607358,234m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

ted1

jack presley wrote: »

Are those existing pylons in the photo or are they going to form part of the application for the substation? That'll be where the fun begins!

That's a brand new 200kv substation , so new pylons

ronan45

Thats some plant, will probably be biggest in the area, Where is this going exactly does anyone know? Beside Kepak or near Tyrrlstown side?

January

ronan45 wrote: »

Thats some plant, will probably be biggest in the area, Where is this going exactly does anyone know? Beside Kepak or near Tyrrlstown side?

Further down nearer Kilbride

Gavin "shels"

Just on the spot on the N3 going towards town, there's signage up saying Maxol in 2016.

d15ude

Gavin shels wrote: »

Just on the spot on the N3 going towards town, there's signage up saying Maxol in 2016.

eh no, this is the official location (for the Facebook DC):
Lands within the townlands of Portan, Gunnocks and Clonee, County Meath - site bounded to the south by the R147, to the west by the Kilbride Road, to the north by The Mayne and to the east by lands at Damastown Industrial Park.

January

d15ude wrote: »

eh no, this is the official location:
Lands within the townlands of Portan, Gunnocks and Clonee, County Meath - site bounded to the south by the R147, to the west by the Kilbride Road, to the north by The Mayne and to the east by lands at Damastown Industrial Park.

I think we're getting confused the maxol garage is going on the corner of the n3 and Damastown and the Facebook data centre is going down further nearer to Kilbride.

Finglas Incubus

Side note but I see they're looking to recruit a Datacentre Construction Manager in Dublin:

https://www.facebook.com/careers/department?dept=grad&req=a0I1200000G56cREAR