Data4 Chosen for €5bn Data Center Project in Northern France
January 03, 2026
DATA4 Group
This facility is a part of Data4's Athens Campus in Paiania, near Athens, Greece.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.07 miles | Data4: Athens ATH1 |
The €300 million ($331m) ATH1 site sits on 7.5 hectares. The first of two buildings is due to go live in early 2027.
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| 2.00 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 2.04 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset | |
| 2.28 miles | Apto: Spata |
Apto, a data center development initiative backed by the investment groups Dromeus Capital of London and PIMCO of New York, intends to build a facility in Spata, near Athens International Airport.
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| 2.54 miles | Edgnex: Athens |
The facility, located in the Attica region, is part of a joint venture named Data In Scale (DIS), formed between Edgnex’s parent company, DAMAC, and the PPC Group, an electricity utility.
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| 3.55 miles | TI Sparkle Koropi |
Telecom Italia's subsidiary Sparkle's Koropi data center provides 2,580 square meters of built space.
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| 3.83 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Microsoft's first Data Center in Greece is underway, with a €100 million (including VAT) construction contract covering all phases: studies, construction, and commissioning.
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| 4.92 miles | Digital Realty: ATH4 |
Digital Realty's ATH4 is a new three-story facility with more than 3,000 sqm of white space in total buildout of 6,200 sqm.
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| 4.94 miles | Digital Realty: ATH3 |
ATH3, located in Koropi alongside ATH1 and ATH2, was part of Digital Realty’s expansion strategy in Greece following the acquisition of Lamda Helix in 2020.
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| 4.96 miles | Digital Realty: ATH5 |
Digital Realty plans to build the ATH5 data center in Athens, Greece, which will span 11,000 sqm.
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| 4.98 miles | Digital Realty: Athens ATH1 |
Digital Realty acquired this facility from Greek Data Center Firm Lamda Hellix in 2020.
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| 4.98 miles | Digital Realty: ATH2 |
Digital Realty acquired this facility from Greek Data Center Firm Lamda Hellix in 2020.
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| 7.79 miles | Lancom: Athens |
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| 8.53 miles | ServerFarm: Athens |
IPTO of Greece and Serverfarm have entered into a Heads of Term agreement to form Gemini, a joint venture that will build and operate hyperscale-ready data centers.
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| 9.19 miles | Eurobank: Athens IT Center | |
| 10.51 miles | TI Sparkle: Metamorphosis II |
The Metamorfosis II facility, situated in Athens near Metamorfosis I, encompasses approximately 6,000 square meters and offers a maximum capacity of 700 racks distributed across six modules.
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| 10.52 miles | TI Sparkle Metamorphosis |
Telecom Italia's subsidiary Sparkle's Metamorfosis I data center provides 4,000 square meters of built space.
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Created in 2006 by Colony Capital, DATA4 is the European specialist in the construction and operation of ultra-secure data centers for French and international companies in the digital, manufacturing, service and banking and insurance sectors, who are seeking to outsource their data.
DATA4 manages flexible, high-performance and carrier- and cloud-neutral data centers, offering solutions from one colocation rack all the way through to purpose-built, dedicated facilities.
DATA4 Group operates data centers in France, Italy and Luxembourg, with a total net technical area of 22,000m² of IT rooms and more than 32 MW of IT power.
2006: Creation of DATA4, joint venture between Alcatel, French telecommunications giant, and Colony Capital, international investment fund.
2007: The first client is hosted on the Paris campus
2009: The third building comes on line
2010: The fourth building comes on line
2011: The fifth building comes on line
2012: The sixth building comes on line and incorporates a high-density room.
2012: Acquisition of 3 data centers in Luxembourg, from Secure IT
2013: Creation of the Milan campus
2014: The first client from Milan is hosted
2015: A new executive committee is appointed to support the Group's growth targets.
2015: Second and third buildings in Milan comes on line
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