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Heat network techno-economic feasibility study for Culham

Buyer: South Oxfordshire District Council

Published
17 November 2025
Submission deadline
5 January 2026
Estimated value
£88,000
Place of performance
UKJ14
Procedure
Open procedure
Lots
1
Documents
2
Notice number
074444-2025
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-05945d
Official source
Official source

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Description

Culham has been designated as the first AI Growth Zone by the UK Government. As part of this, a 100MW data centre is being developed on Culham Campus, with aspirations for up to 500MW of data centres in the longer term. There may also be a further data centre proposed for the adjacent No. 1 site which is allocated for employment use. There is an opportunity to recycle waste heat from large computer systems storing internal data to supply heating for the local community, supplying heat to multiple buildings from a central source. The National Zoning Model does not yet identify this area as a potential heat network zone as the waste heat sources do not yet exist. The timescales for completion of the data centre are uncertain and subject to planning permission, however it is likely to be within the next five years, with an ambitious completion date suggested to be April 2028. Therefore, the council urgently needs to better understand how to capture the opportunities for low carbon heat networks arising from these developments. The South Oxfordshire Local Plan 2035 (adopted December 2020) has allocated: • land adjacent to Culham Campus for construction of 3,500 new homes - this devel…

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