The centre will be a key piece of infrastructure for fibre network provider CityFibre, which is working alongside telecoms company Vodafone to make the ultra-fast internet technology available to the whole of Southend by 2021. 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 decision was made by councillors at an extraordinary meeting of the council’s planning committee last week.