East London data centre approved despite impact on Grimshaw’s FT plant

By Jim Dunton2023-01-12T07:00:00

Source: TTSP / Global Switch

Historic England says TTSP proposals will harm setting of grade II* high-tech neighbour

Councillors in east London have approved proposals for a seven-storey data centre on a car park behind Nicholas Grimshaw’s high-tech former Financial Times Printworks building, despite concerns about the impact of the new development on the grade II*-listed structure.

Both government heritage adviser Historic England and the Greater London Authority expressed fears about the harm data centre specialist TTSP’s development for site owner Global Switch would cause to the Grimshaw building, which was first listed in 2016.

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