Heat network techno-economic feasibility study for Culham
- 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
CPV codes
- 71313000Environmental engineering consultancy services
- 71314300Energy-efficiency consultancy services
- 71314310Heating engineering services for buildings
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…
Official publications
- FTS · 074444-2025 · 17 November 2025
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- The contracting authority is South Oxfordshire District Council (United Kingdom).
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