UK Admits Error in Approving Large Data Center, Group Says (1)

The UK government said it made a “serious logical error” in approving a proposed large-scale data center west of London, saying that its decision should be overturned, according to a campaign group challenging the decision.

The Labour government now accepts that planning permission for the 90 megawatt Woodlands Park data center in Buckinghamshire should be quashed, court documents provided by the group Foxglove show.

A London judge on Thursday approved Foxglove’s permission to appeal the planning decision, which the developer of the site will defend. Permission had been granted by the then-Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner last ...