Digital Realty: Marseille MRS2

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Digital Realty: Marseille MRS2

Short Code: MRS2

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Building's history

Originally the building was a naval base built by the German Army between 1942 and 1944 under the code name "Martha". Its purpose was harbor 30 U-boats, German submarines that were in service in World War II. The war ended and the Germans never ended up using the naval base.

The base was used for various types of storage for the military until 1982, and then to store chemical materials until 2000. The northern part of the office was occupied by the GPMM until 2005.

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Sites within 15 miles of Digital Realty: Marseille MRS2

Distance	Site	About
0.07 miles	Digital Realty: Marseille MRS3	This is located in a former World War II submarine base known as Martha. Abandoned for decades, this unusual building was built to be virtually indestructible – its specifications include terraced reinforced concrete to a thickness of 5.5 metres
0.09 miles	Digital Realty: MRS4
0.42 miles	Digital Realty: MRS5	The redevelopment project, initiated by the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM) in December 2021, will result in a 12,000 sqm (129,165 sq ft) data center with a PUE of 1.3.
1.51 miles	Telehouse Marseille THM1
1.59 miles	Free Pro: Marseille MRS01
2.35 miles	Digital Realty: MRS1	InterXion's MRS1 (previously known as SFR Netcentre) datacenter has access to eight undersea cables that terminate in Marseille, that provide access to the African and Asian markets
2.72 miles	Edged Energy: Marseille	Edged Energy plans to build a data center in Marseille, France.
6.66 miles	Digital Realty: MRS6	Digital Realty’s 50MW MRS6 facility in Bouc-Bel-Air (Marseille), a €700M conversion of a 26,000 sqm warehouse into a seven-hall AI-ready data center, powered via a 225kV RTE connection, with construction starting in 2026 and delivery expected in 2028.
8.59 miles	TDF ProxiCenter Marseille
10.87 miles	Euclyde DC4 Aix les Milles	DC4 is Euclyde's first point of presence in the Bouches-du-Rhône

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Rendering of MRS3

Source: Baxtel

MRS 2 and 3 will be linked to MRS 1 by Interxion’s own fiber network, creating the campus effect, where companies that keep their servers in Marseille-Fos Port can easily interconnect with any of t...

Interxion's network in Marseille

Source: Baxtel

MRS 2 and 3 will be linked to MRS 1 by Interxion’s own fiber network, creating the campus effect, where companies that keep their servers in Marseille-Fos Port can easily interconnect with any of the 100 or so networks at MRS 1.

Drone shot of MRS3

Source: Baxtel

Rendering of MRS2

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Naval base and warehouses in 1951

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Early part of the renovation

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as of March 2018

Aerial Rendering of Interxion's 2nd data center

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The MRS 3 design vision: southwest facade (top), inner courtyard wall with a vertical garden (middle), northeast facade

MRS2 Facade design

Source: InterXion

The MRS 3 design vision: southwest facade (top), inner courtyard wall with a vertical garden (middle), northeast facade

Operating Company

Digital Realty Trust is a data center public REIT that owns and operates facilities in the United States and Europe. The company provides colocation and interconnection services and develops large multi‑tenant data centers for enterprise and cloud customers.

Its European platform expanded through the combination with Interxion, and through the purchase of European sites divested by Equinix following Equinix’s acquisition of TelecityGroup. The Telx acquisition added a U.S. interconnection and colocation business to Digital Realty’s portfolio.

Digital Realty Trust History:

In March 2020 completed the combination with Interxion, expanding its European platform.
In September 2017 completed the merger with DuPont Fabros Technology.
In July 2016 acquired eight European data centers from Equinix that were divested as part of Equinix’s TelecityGroup acquisition.
In October 2015 completed the acquisition of Telx.
On October 28, 2004 priced its initial public offering at 12 dollars per share.

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