Data center · King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Longmarsh Green Energy data centre
Longmarsh Green Energy data centre is a planned data centre in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, operated by EPL Norfolk Limited. It has 395 MW of power plants within 10 km and is in an area of low to medium water stress.
Power and water
Its network operator's headroom map is not open to us yet: the nearest substation and its headroom are available on request.
Power plants of 50 MW or more in operation within 10 km: 395 MW of gas (Kings Lynn).
Water stress here is low to medium: withdrawals take 17.3% of the renewable water supply of its sub-basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, baseline, score 1.8 of 5).
Distances run between the points of the records. How the grid and plants nearby are found; water stress from WRI Aqueduct 4.0.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | King's Lynn and West Norfolk (coordinates), England (Eastern) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | The site boundary spans from the existing National Grid (NGET) Grid Supply Point (GSP) at Walpole in the west to the south of the village of Barton Bendish in the east, extending circa 29km north-west to south-east. | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Planned (pre-application) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 1 Apr 2027 (reference EN0110048, planning authority The Planning Inspectorate, anticipated, expected April 2027) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | EPL Norfolk Limited (applicant) | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Data centre | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Solar Photovoltaics | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low to medium (10–20%) (score 1.8 of 5, withdrawals 17.3% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 395 MW (gas, 1 plant, nearest 3.7 km away) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.6951, 0.3817 | Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects · record · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this data center: 304 power plants (131 operating, 4,819 MW) and 3 transmission lines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Lynn B Connection Project | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 3.1 km |
| High Road, Saddlebow - Battery Storage | Power plant | 50 MW | Permitted | 3.4 km |
| Kings Lynn | Power plant | 395 MW | Operating | 3.7 km |
| Willows power and recycling centre (EfW) | Power plant | 24.2 MW | Cancelled | 3.8 km |
| Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4 | Transmission line | — | Planned | 44 km |
| Triton Knoll Electrical System | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 48 km |
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.