Power plant · Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Rover Way, Splott - Energy Park & Data Centre
Rover Way, Splott - Energy Park & Data Centre is a permitted power plant in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, with 1,000 MW of capacity, operated by Latos Cardiff Limited.
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 | Cardiff (planning authority), Wales | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Rover Way Splott, CF24 2RX | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 15 Apr 2025 (permit 24/00624/FUL, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Cardiff) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 22 Mar 2024 (reference 24/00624/FUL, planning authority Cardiff) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 15 Apr 2025 (granted, reference 24/00624/FUL, planning authority Cardiff) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Latos Cardiff Limited | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 1,000 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.4849, -3.1242 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow it compares
Rover Way, Splott - Energy Park & Data Centre is the 4th-largest of 177 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in Wales and the 50th-largest of 3,222 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 1,000 MW is 0.33% of the 300,661 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 4th of 177 | 16,801 MW | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 50th of 3,222 | 300,661 MW | 0.33% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 76th of 6,455 | 664,240 MW | 0.15% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 9 data centers, 2 transmission lines and 1 AI supercomputer, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Newport data centre | Data center | — | — | 9.3 km |
| Vantage Data Centers data center, Newport | Data center | — | — | 9.9 km |
| Centerprise International Newport | Data center | — | — | 9.9 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection Project Material Change | Transmission line | — | Planned | 25 km |
| Hinkley Point C Connection | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 30 km |
| University of Bristol Isambard-AI | AI supercomputer | 5,448 H100e | Operating | 45 km |
Operator and place
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- Port Talbot Renewable Energy Plant350 MW
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- Pen Y Cymoedd228 MW
- Carnedd Wen Wind Farm150 MW
Data on this page
- DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.