Galway Bay fm newsroom – The High Court will decide next month whether the permission for Apple’s plans to build an 850 million euro data centre in Athenry will face a judicial review.
The High Court has been asked to review the decision of An Bord Pleanála to approve the development.
Around this time last year, Galway County Council approved Apple’s plans to build a data centre on a Coillte owned site near Athenry.
Once built, it would store data from smart phones, tablets and computers and help run online services like the iTunes store, the App Store and Siri.
As part of its application, Apple said it would create 300 construction jobs and 150 thereafter.
The council’s approval was appealed on a number of grounds including flooding fears and the impact on environmental and climate change.
But last month, An Bord Pleanála granted the application after deciding it wouldn’t have a significant effect on the protected nature sites.
Today, the High Court was asked to consider a judicial review of An Bord Pleanála’s decision.
Papers raising concerns about the decision making process were handed into court by a lay litigant.
Apple wasn’t put on notice of today’s application and the case has been adjourned until October 17th.
