The proposals include a new business centre and 750 homes and will create 1,000 construction jobs during the ten-year build programme.
Lockerbie Data Centres is behind plans for the ВЈ800m Peelhouses Data Centre and Sustainable Village development.
Lockerbie Data Centres is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robison and Davidson (Holdings) which has been involved in building projects for schools, factories, medical centres and nuclear power stations.
A data centre is used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.Businesses and public sector organisations are currently moving these facilities out of their offices and into separate purpose-built data centres where the equipment is maintained under optimum conditions and managed by specialists.
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Global demand for data centres is growing at 15% per annum, while the available capacity is growing at 5%.
In addition to the proposed two hundred and fifty thousand square metre Internet Data Centre, the development will include a new business park providing around twenty thousand square metres of hi-tech office space to attract internet companies to the area creating up to a thousand new jobs, and up to 750 new homes of mixed tenure will be incorporated into a traditional south of Scotland village format which will provide a sustainable living environment.
David King, Project Director of Lockerbie Data Centres Ltd said: "We are delighted to be lodging an application for one of the most exciting projects currently taking place in Scotland. And with a new business park and housing this is a major regeneration programme that will be of considerable benefit to Dumfries and Galloway. Feedback from the local community and a number of key people has been extremely positive and we would like to thank all those involved for their continuing support. We want to provide something encouraging for Lockerbie, with the support of the Council that will put Dumfries and Galloway firmly on the map as world leaders in data centre provision."
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