Plans to replace a free hospital park and ride with a data centre have been criticised.
A proposal has been submitted to Cardiff council to replace the Cardiff East Park and Ride in Llanrumney with the centre, which would support services including artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Tenants’ union Acorn has called for the plans to be thrown out, saying it would create “complete chaos” for people trying to get to hospital.
Curtis Hall Limited, which submitted the plans, said it was committed to working “constructively” with the city council and Cardiff and Vale health board to deliver a “long-term solution”.
The health board currently provides a free park and ride service for about 1,000 cars from Cardiff East to University Hospital of Wales for staff, patients and visitors.
The application to replace it said data centres such as these were “an essential part of the national infrastructure, supporting cloud computing, AI, digital services and secure data storage”.
Dan Snipe, 29, from Acorn, said the park and ride service was a “lifeline” for people.
“If it’s taken away, it’s going to be complete chaos for a lot of people’s lives”, he added.
Resident Hannah Dahwa, 40, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “The concern is that this would reduce their wellbeing and health.”