EcoDataCenter Falun, Sweden News

Swedish Fiber and connectivity firm Hexatronic  this week announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire parts of Endor, a data center services unit owned by Icelandic company Sýn, in an acquisition which will bring Hexatronic a customer base across Iceland, Sweden, and Germany."The bus...

BT's new CEO Allison Kirkby this week called for the UK to improve its existing telecoms infrastructure. Kirkby, who joined the company earlier this year from Swedish telco Telia, also said that the Nordics is "way ahead" of the UK in telecoms infrastructure."What I would say is Scandinavia is...

Swedish telco Telia Company has confirmed in a new announcement that the sale of its Danish business unit to local energy and Internet firm Norlys has been finalized for DKK 6.25 billion ($900 million), on a cash and debt-free basis. “The sale of our Danish business marks a significant milesto...

Intelsat recently announced that it has signed a new multi-year, multimillion-dollar agreement partnership with Intelsat on its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation.This deal is valued at up to $500 million over seven years, with a firm commitment of $250m (including a previous $45m deal...

Ericsson has announced it will cut 1,200 jobs in its home market of Sweden as a part of cuts announced earlier this year, with the company citing a "challenging mobile networks market in 2024." "In addition to the headcount reduction, the cost-saving initiatives cover various areas such as red...

EcoDataCenter has revealed plans to expand its main data center and more than double its current capacity. The first phase of the EcoDataCenter 1 expansion is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2024, and the full build out by second quarter of 2025. The expansion will bring the t...

Swedish data center firm EcoDataCenter has raised €170 million ($184.3m) in debt financing from a consortium of banks comprising KfW IPEX and Kommunalkredit as global coordinators and mandated lead arrangers, and Investec and NIBC as mandated lead arrangers. This fund will be used to “enhance ...

Swedish telco Telia Company has named Patrik Hofbauer as its new president and CEO, bringing the company's search for a CEO since July to an end. The board of directors agreed with the decision to appoint Hofbauer, and he will be leaving his role as CEO of the gambling firm Svenska Spel to beg...

Karnfull Next, a Swedish nuclear corporation, has announced plans for a campus of small modular reactors (SMRs) on the Swedish coast that will power data centers. The company intends to construct the facility in Nykoping, on the Swedish east coast, where the nuclear software company Studsvik c...

Genesis Digital Assets Limited (GDA) has established a crypto mining data center in northern Sweden. Located near the 417 MW Porjus hydroelectric power station, the current capacity of this facility is 8MW, but expansion is planned for the future. It was previously used as a 'traditional' data...

The University of York has outlined that it is moving its data to Sweden in a bid to make its operations more sustainable. The UK university has chosen the EcoDataCenter in Falun, Sweden, to store its data, which it says has aided it in reducing its emissions from data by 98%. This has been ma...

A new Swedish startup called Evroc intends to open several large data centers throughout Europe. In its pre-seed round, the company raised $13.9 million, but it hopes to raise $3.2 billion in the following two years to build and run two hyperscale data centers in Europe. Long-term, Evroc aims ...

In Sweden, EcoDataCenter has announced expansion plans. The Nordic data center firm has outlined its intentions to develop a new 150MW campus, located in Östersund, Sweden. The facility, known as EcoDataCenter 2, will offer 20 MW in its first phase, which is set to be completed in 2026; this f...

EcoDataCenters has announced that it is teaming up with WA3RM to promote circular economy principles by sharing excess heat for large-scale cultivation in fish farms and greenhouses. While others in the industry have already pursued such opportunities within agriculture, it's noted that typic...

EcoDataCenter has announced that it is developing a new data center at its Falun campus, in Sweden. The company revealed that it would be investing up to SEK 1 billion ($102m) in the development of the new facility. The new facility will add 15MW to the campus. Worthy of note is that EcoDataCe...

EcoDataCenter has reached a merger agreement with the owners of the data center company Fortlax. The merger represents a clear strengthening of the position in the Nordic data center market and supports the ambition to consolidate the data center industry in the Nordic region.  The merger – w...

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockho...