Datacentres provide the physical infrastructure for the technology we depend on at work and in our personal lives. Whenever you open an app on your phone, join a virtual classroom or meeting, snap and save photos, or play a game with your friends online, you are using a datacentre. Local businesses, government, hospitals, and schools rely on datacentres every day to deliver you goods and services.

11 and 12 June 2025 Skelton Grange Datacentre: Planning Application consultation

Join us on 11 and 12 June for an information session to provide input on the proposed datacentre at Skelton Grange.

During this information session, you will have the opportunity to learn more about datacentres and our commitments to the community, view conceptual plans of the project, and ask questions.

Presentation and feedback

With the consultation event past, the consultation boards presented during the event are now available for you to view online: select this link to open the consultation boards in a new tab. We would also appreciate your feedback and comments on our plans, so please download our feedback form, fill it out, and email it back to us at ukdc@microsoft.com.

Planning permission timeline

We are preparing to submit a planning application for the site located within Skelton Grange (Leeds) to deliver a new state of the art datacentre.

Staying connected

We will keep the community up to date using the United Kingdom Community page on the Microsoft in Your Community blog.

For community related questions, please contact us at ukdc@microsoft.com.

For PR-related questions, please email ukprteam@microsoft.com or call 0845 602 5628.

11 and 12 June, 11:00 – 17:00, Leeds City College, Printworks Campus, Hunslet Road, Leeds, LS10 1JY