Buckinghamshire Council has approved Amazon Web Services' plans for a data center project in Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK, replacing 17 existing industrial and warehouse units with a single two-story data center building spanning 30,525 sqm. As part of the approval, Amazon must contribute £600,382 toward air pollution offset projects, invest £73,000 in improving nearby public rights of way, and monitor generator emissions. Amazon Data Services originally filed for the project in October 2025, having purchased the site for £132.5 million in 2022.
The approval adds new supply to Slough and the greater London area, already the UK's largest data center hub, while the conditions attached, including air pollution contributions and emissions monitoring for 27 backup generators, illustrate how UK local authorities are requiring environmental accountability measures as part of planning consent for large facilities. Amazon is still required to submit additional information on construction traffic, drainage, and water use before work can proceed.
AWS receiving planning permission for a UK data center is a concrete regulatory approval for a major hyperscaler facility, representing a meaningful permitting milestone in a constrained European market.