nLighten: Geneva

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Chemin de l'Epinglier 2

Operational

Fully operational facility

Geneva

Metro
Switzerland

Country
Western Europe

Region
Europe

Region
EMEA

Region

nLighten: Geneva

Short Code: GVA-004

Ownership: nLighten does not own the building.

This site is leased from CapitaLand in the CapitaLand: Geneva building

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Gross Colocation Size

In April 2024, nLighten acquired the site from Exa Infrastructure.

In May 2018, GTT acquired the Geneva site in a $2.3 billion acquisition of Interoute. (TR PR Source)

Total power supply to site: 6250 kVA
Total generator power: 7250 kVA
Total UPS power: 3500 kVA in distributed 2N
configuration
Cooling type: Chilled water
Total cooling: 3400 kW in N+1 configuration
Gross size of data centre: 2200 m²
Net size of customer space: 6600 m²
Building type: Steel-concrete
Building tenure: Leasehold
Number of data suites: 10
Suit expansion available: Yes
Max floor loading capacity: 1000 kg/m²
Max raise floor height: 600 mm

Compliance:

ISO 27001
ISO 20000
PCI DSS
ISAE 3402 / SSAE 16

Map and Nearby Locations:

Chemin de l'Epinglier 2

nLighten Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of nLighten: Geneva

Distance	Site	About
0.02 miles	CapitaLand: Geneva	Chemin de L’Epinglier is a three-storey modern concrete data centre facility (triple net powered shell). The site is in close proximity to Geneva’s CBD, located approximately 7 km to the east.
0.25 miles	NorthC: Geneva	European operator NorthC has announced plans to break ground on its sixth Swiss data center in the first quarter of 2026.
0.82 miles	CERN: Meyrin	CERN operates a data center in Geneva.
2.12 miles	Lumen Geneva
2.12 miles	Equinix Geneva GV2
4.26 miles	Equinix Geneva GV1
4.31 miles	ECL: Geneva
4.64 miles	STACK GEN01
16.28 miles	STACK Gland GEN02	Formerly known as SafeHost SH2 Gland.

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Operating Company

nLighten is a digital infrastructure platform owned by I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investor. The company is developing innovative edge data centers distributed across European key economic hubs to provide best-in-class network access to regional, national, and global enterprises, private users, and the mobile workforce. Through the strategic distribution of its edge data centers, nLighten is working towards establishing a pan-European presence in all major cities and providing access to low latency and proximity to end users across Europe.
The edge data centers developed by nLighten are designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing and storage, while also being mindful of environmental impact. nLighten was founded in 2021 by a core team with many years of experience and wide-ranging expertise in the data center sector. The team's main motivation was to create the next step for the data center industry and align edge data centers with the green transition.

nLighten's goal is to build and operate the leading pan-European edge data center platform. The company's focus on strategic locations, low latency, and environmental consciousness positions it as an innovative player in the European digital infrastructure landscape.

Expansion and Acquisitions

nLighten has grown rapidly through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions:

In June 2023, the company acquired Euclyde Data Centers, a French regional platform with six carrier-neutral data centers.
In September 2023, nLighten completed the acquisition of Proximity Data Centers, a leading UK edge platform with ten carrier-neutral data centers.
The company also acquired 10 carrier data center sites from its sister company Exa Infrastructure.

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67MW

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