Cooling tower register
Slough Borough Council maintain a register of cooling towers. As of 19 May 2025, there are 16 premises with 241 notifiable Cooling Towers or Evaporative Condensers.
The council/local authority (LA) are responsible for enforcement of 2 of these units. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are responsible for enforcement of the other 239 units.
| Ref. no | Present Occupiers | Property Address | No of Units |
LA/HSE Enforcement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NTT Global Data Centers EMEA UK Ltd | 670 Ajax Avenuem (Slough 2) (SL2), Slough Berkshire SL1 4BG | 3 Evapco Cooling Towers 3 (non-notifiable) Guntner Adiabatic Chiller Evaporative Condensers |
HSE |
| 2 | NTT Global Data Centers EMEA UK Ltd | 665 Ajax Avenue (Ajax 2) Slough Berkshire SL1 4BG | 10 (non-notifiable) Guntner Adiabatic Chiller Evaporative Condensers | HSE |
| 3 | Equinix UK Limited (LD6) | 352 Buckingham Avenue LD 6 Slough SL1 4PF | 1 Hybrid Chiller Cooling Tower 80 IEC Munter Oasis Indirect Evaporative Coolers |
HSE |
| 4 | Bidfood | 814 Leigh Road Slough Berkshire SL1 4BD | 2 Evapco LRC 225 Evaporative Condensers | LA |
| 5 | Equinix UK Limited | 13 Liverpool Road (LD 10) Slough Berkshire SL1 4QZ | 9 Jaeggi Hybrid Dry Cooler Evaporative Cooling Towers | HSE |
| 6 | Montana Bakery Ltd | Blackthorne Road Colnbrook Slough Berkshire SL3 0AP | 2 Evaporative Condensers | HSE |
| 7 | John Crane UK Ltd | Buckingham House 361 -366 Buckingham Ave Slough Berkshire SL1 4LU | 1 Carter Buckingham AQ 30266 Cooling Tower | HSE |
| 8 | Hanovia Ltd | 780 Buckingham Avenue Slough Berkshire SL1 4LA | 1 CT | HSE |
| 9 | Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK Ltd | Dundee Road Slough Berkshire SL1 4LG |
2 CT |
HSE |
| 10 | Matrix Plastics Ltd | 141 Edinburgh Avenue Slough Berkshire SL1 4SS |
1 CT Stainless-steel Carter Buckingham induced draft cooling tower unit. |
HSE |
| 11 |
Slough Heat & Power Limited SSE Slough Multifuel Limited |
342a Edinburgh Avenue Slough Berkshire SL1 4TU | 1 CT No. 7 1 CT No. 8 due to enter service sometime in early 2024 |
HSE |
| 12 | Equinix UK Limited (LD 4.2) | 772 Buckingham Avenue (LD 4.2) Slough SL1 4NL | 4 x Hybrid Dry Air Cooler HDAC Chiller Cooling Towers | HSE |
| 13 |
Equinix UK Limited (LD 7) |
1 Banbury Avenue (LD 7) Slough SL1 4LH | 6 x Hybrid Dry Air Cooler HDAC Chiller Cooling Towers: RF01, RF02, RF03, RF04, RF05, RF06 on building LD.1 6 x Hybrid Dry Air Cooler HDAC Chiller Cooling Towers HDAC 02-09, HDAC 02-10, HDAC 02-11 HDAC 01-12, HDAC 02- 13 HDAC 02-14 installed February 2023 on building LD.2 |
HSE |
| 14 | Equinix Hyperscale 1 Limited (LD 11) | 767 Henley Road (LD 11) Slough SL1 4NL | 7 of 7 new towers have been installed | HSE |
| 15 |
Zenium UK Limited Cyrus One (LON 1) |
12 Liverpool Road (LON 1) Slough SL1 |
48 x Excool Indirect Adiabatic Cooling Units | HSE |
| 16 | Cyrusone UK3 Limited Cyrus One (LON 3) |
700 Stirling Road (LON 3) Slough SL1 4ST |
48 x Excool Indirect Adiabatic Cooling Units | HSE |