Amazon applies for environmental permit for Didcot data center

The Environment Agency has published a notice on an environmental permit application by Amazon Data Services UK Limited for the Didcot North Data Center Campus in Didcot, postcode OX11 7BF.

• Public consultation is being held under the Environment Agency’s Public Participation Statement for an environmental permit covering activities such as waste operations, installations, water discharge/groundwater activities, and medium combustion plant/specified generators at the Didcot North Data Center Campus.
• The notice explains what the application is about and the deadline for comments, and states that the Environment Agency will decide whether to grant or refuse the permit and, if granted, what conditions to include; the page was published on 15 December 2025 and links to the full application details in HTML format.