Data Center Atlas
Herbata data centre campus (Naas)
Announced
Ireland · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Proposed EUR 3 billion data centre campus by Herbata Ltd beside the M7 motorway at Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, in the townlands of Halverstown, Jigginstown and Newhall. The plan has six data halls of 30 MW each, 180 MW in total, and would not draw from the national grid: half its power would come from renewable purchase agreements and the rest from on-site gas turbines, gas engines and batteries. Kildare County Council granted permission in August 2025. An Taisce and two environmental groups appealed, as did Herbata over some conditions; in September 2026 the appeals still awaited a decision by An Coimisiún Pleanála.
Source record as of 2026-10-09 · Details and sources
Location
The interactive map needs JavaScript. Display anchor: 53.21700, -6.66300 (Point locator, WGS 84).
View location: OpenStreetMap · Google Maps · Bing aerial · Copernicus Browser
Town or locality reference only; the facility position is not established.
Projects (1)
Herbata data centre campus (Naas)
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Naas, Kildare, IE. Town coordinates from the Naas Wikipedia article. The appeal case lists the townlands of Halverstown, Jigginstown and Newhall, and reports place the site next to the M7 and a business park; no parcel point is published. An Coimisiún Pleanála; The Irish Times; Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 3,000,000,000 EUR | Reported · Campus | 2026-09-04 | Kildare Nationalist; The Irish Times | |
| Power capacity | 180 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-09-09 | Six data halls of 30 MW each at completion. | Industrial Info Resources |
| Power capacity | 240 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-09-25 | Continuous electricity demand cited by the appellants, who say it would roughly triple metered demand in County Kildare; not a developer figure. | Kildare Nationalist |
| Buildings | 6 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-09-25 | Large two-storey data hall buildings. | Kildare Nationalist; Industrial Info Resources |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbata Ltd | Developer | The Kildare Nationalist says the plans were lodged by a co-owner of the forklift maker Combilift. | Kildare Nationalist; An Coimisiún Pleanála; The Irish Times |
| Kildare County Council | Government | Granted planning permission (reference 2460787 per the appeals board case page) in August 2025; the Irish Times says dozens of conditions were attached, many on energy use. | Kildare Nationalist; Industrial Info Resources; An Coimisiún Pleanála; The Irish Times |
| An Coimisiún Pleanála | Government | Planning appeals board handling case PL09.323677. | Kildare Nationalist; An Coimisiún Pleanála |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08 | Permit approved | Actual | Kildare County Council granted permission with conditions, many relating to energy use according to the Irish Times; the grant was then appealed. | Kildare Nationalist; The Irish Times |
| 2025-09-16 | Other | Actual | Appeals lodged with An Coimisiún Pleanála by An Taisce, by Friends of the Irish Environment and Friends of the Earth Ireland, and by Herbata against conditions on hedgerows, bats and watercourses. | Kildare Nationalist; Friends of the Earth Ireland; An Coimisiún Pleanála |
| 2026-01-28 | Other | Planned | Decision due date shown on the appeals board case page; the Irish Times (September 2026) said a ruling was expected by January, without giving a year. | An Coimisiún Pleanála |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas onsite | On-site gas turbines and gas engines to supply about half of demand; appellants dispute the emissions estimates and the planned later move to hydrogen. | Kildare Nationalist; Industrial Info Resources; Friends of the Earth Ireland |
| Battery storage | Battery energy storage systems on site. | Industrial Info Resources |
| Solar | About 1.5 MW of rooftop solar from some 3,000 panels. | Industrial Info Resources |
| Other | Renewable power purchase agreements for about half of demand; Herbata says the campus will not draw electricity from the national grid. | Industrial Info Resources; The Irish Times |
Status is announced because the permission is not in force while appeals are pending. The undated appeals board case page showed no decision when read on 2026-10-09, though its 28 January 2026 due date had passed, so status_as_of is that access date. Industrial Info gives US$3 billion where Irish reports give EUR 3 billion, likely the same figure with a different currency label; it is not recorded as a separate metric. Industrial Info quotes Herbata's chief executive saying a redesign cut lifetime emissions from about 28 to 4.5 million tonnes of CO2. The Irish Times notes a separate Microsoft campus planned near Jigginstown, which is not part of this record.
Sources for these details
- Plans for €3bn data centre campus stalled — Kildare Nationalist; 2025-09-25
- Green Light for US$3 Billion Data Campus in Kildare — Industrial Info Resources; 2025-09-09
- Campaigners appeal Herbata Data Centre decision in Naas — Friends of the Earth Ireland; 2025-09-25
- Case reference PL09.323677 — An Coimisiún Pleanála; publication date not stated
- 'We just don't want them': Hundreds gather in a Kildare town over data centre plans — The Irish Times; 2026-09-04 · Archived source
- Naas — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
- Developer: Herbata Ltd (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Herbata Ltd (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Herbata Ltd (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Kildare County Council (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Kildare County Council (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Kildare County Council (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Kildare County Council (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: An Coimisiún Pleanála (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: An Coimisiún Pleanála (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Case reference PL09.323677 evidence row
An Coimisiún Pleanála · publication date not stated · Regulatory filing - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 53.21700, -6.66300
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Town coordinates from the Naas Wikipedia article. The appeal case lists the townlands of Halverstown, Jigginstown and Newhall, and reports place the site next to the M7 and a business park; no parcel point is published.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- da93ca09
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'We just don't want them': Hundreds gather in a Kildare town over data centre plans Archived copy | The Irish Times News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Permit Approved, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | The Irish Times | 651dd49137940ea806faa36e6331a36b203ac04eb20a40da02d0f27733a1e24cFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Campaigners appeal Herbata Data Centre decision in Naas Archived copy | Friends of the Earth Ireland Other | Imported: Record, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite | source-terms-not-recorded | Friends of the Earth Ireland | 94672723e0b03d4acee8656cbc1a1fddfe420a4beb39ed16e5e6932afcbac25dFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Case reference PL09.323677 Archived copy | An Coimisiún Pleanála Regulatory filing | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | An Coimisiún Pleanála | 6a16a08ccb2aa030d5f4a44d7521f8e34adf638a0338c65af0284a1c9910e9f6Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Green Light for US$3 Billion Data Campus in Kildare Archived copy | Industrial Info Resources Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Power Source: Other, Power Source: Solar, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Industrial Info Resources | 67139b3c344f5c3c2aba8a77b5251c57ac5ef630c8d4f34af1ce15081e88d366Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Naas Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 247b8addf0c98b6678e1d50d44a2b5f323e90945494462a68e39367c281ead79Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Plans for €3bn data centre campus stalled Archived copy | Kildare Nationalist News | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Milestone: Permit Approved, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Kildare Nationalist | be5886540ae25134a4c2def7a460f83c4dbe89e2bcf40c794029377a28a8e212Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Herbata data centre campus (Naas) [site vcc-site-d1b09eaeac654b3c56f6]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-d1b09eaeac654b3c56f6/
Show on the map explorer JSON for this site GeoJSON for this site Download dataset Report a correction