Overview
- A judge granted Foxglove and Global Action Plan permission to challenge the approval, with a full hearing due later this year.
- In a letter to the court, the housing ministry accepted the decision should be quashed because mitigation tied to low‑carbon energy sourcing was not secured.
- The 90MW project at the Woodlands Park landfill in Iver was approved by ministers after a council refusal, following an inspector’s recommendation citing an estimated £1 billion investment.
- Greystoke Land opposes the case, arguing the claim is based on a false premise.
- The campaigners say this is the first UK legal challenge to a hyperscale data centre and contend an environmental impact assessment should have covered server power and cooling.