Data4: Escaudain Expansion

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.

Company History:

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