Southend council in has given CityFibre approval to demolish two old industrial buildings in Eastwood and build a £30m ($39.2m) data centre on the site. The decision was made by councillors at an extraordinary meeting of the council’s planning committee last week.
Southend council in has given CityFibre approval to demolish two old industrial buildings in Eastwood and build a £30m ($39.2m) data centre on the site. The facility is part of CityFibre’s plans to provide full-fibre broadband to as many as 100,000 households in the area by 2021.