More questions about Hollands Kroon data centre expansion plans Arial photo showing two of the data centres already operating in Hollands Kroon. Photo: Your Captain ANP The province of Noord Holland has asked the state attorney to look into permits for building five more large data centres in the local authority area of Hollands Kroon, the Telegraaf reported on Monday. The province wants the government lawyer to decide if Hollands Kroon has acted within the law in granting permits for the data farms, which will cover an additional 160 hectares when completed, the paper said. Data farms are huge consumers of energy and, the paper says, will use up much of the electricity from massive wind turbines in the area, which were sold to locals as ‘green energy for private homes’.