In an unusual shift for urban development, the town of Bagneaux-sur-Loing has traded a 200-unit housing project for a 20,720 sqm data center to the relief of the local community. Developed by Essor Group and Theia Energy, the facility will revitalize the vacant Thomson industrial site by using waste heat to support a 5,500 sqm tomato greenhouse and an onsite fish farm.
While data centers often face local opposition, residents and councilors have welcomed this project because the town’s schools and infrastructure are already at capacity and cannot support a population surge. Designed by Silvio d'Ascia, the blueprints preserve the site's industrial heritage by incorporating the original factory chimneys into the new sustainable structure.
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| 12.30 miles | OpCore: Montereau project |
French utility EDF has entered exclusive talks with OpCore, a joint venture between Iliad and InfraVia Capital Partners, to develop a hyperscale data center in Montereau.
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| 12.31 miles | OpCore: Montereau Expansion |
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French national investment bank Bpifrance, UAE investment fund MGX, French AI firm Mistral AI, and Nvidia this week announced the formation of a joint venture to establish what they claim will be Europe’s largest AI campus in France.The companies said they aim to develop Europe’s first...
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While a data center on the moon may seem outlandish now, soon it could very much be a reality, that’s according to NASA and ASI, the Italian space agency. As part of the NASA Artemis Moon program, ASI has teamed up with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to study design concepts to support a facility...
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