Cultybraggan Cold War bunker sold for data storage use

It’s almost a year to the day since we reported Former Cold War Regional Government Headquarters in Crieff goes up for sale.

The BBC reports that “The complex went on the market nine months ago” – which means someone there can’t count, since we referred to its own story of the sale dated January 28, 2011.

Oh well, not my problem, I’m not paying their wages. Oh – wait a minute – I pay my TV license, so that means I do.

Anyway, the bunker has been sold to Lincoln-based communications firm GCI Com Group Ltd, and will be used to store confidential computer files.

The Comrie Development Trust took ownership of the site containing the bunker back in 2007, as part of a community buy-out from the MoD for £350,000 . When the bunker was completed in 1990, it cost in the region of £30 million. When it went on sale, offers of around £400,000 were invited.

While the data centre itself will not really create any new jobs in the area – it is a technical facility full of hardware – it is seen as making the area  more attractive to investors, and has been described as bringing high-speed broadband to an area lacking such a resource. The lack of technology was given as one reason why local businesses have been held back to date.

Wayne Martin, chairman of GCI Com, said: “This will bring Comrie and the camp into the national spotlight for a best-in-breed hosting and disaster recovery centre, along with the camp benefiting from access to high-speed data that’s only really available in key cities within the UK.”

Via BBC News – Lincoln firm buys Cultybraggan nuclear bunker

Cultybraggan RGH entrance in 2009 © Bill Clark