The development will see a 103,605sqm data centre campus built on former MOD land south of Graven Hill and St David's Barracks in Ambrosden. The project comprises eight data centre buildings with a combined maximum power output of 435MW, equivalent to 1.4 million homes. Planning officers said this would provide the site's power needs without compromising electricity supplies elsewhere in the wider Bicester area. Birds eye view of the Graven Hill data centre (Image: Atelier Gooch)The applicant said the facilities would use a sealed closed-loop cooling system, meaning water would circulate internally rather than be consumed through cooling processes. However, planning officers accepted submitted noise and air quality assessments, concluding impacts would be negligible and controlled through conditions.