nLighten: Sophia Antipolis I

Latest Podcast 49 Rue Emile Hugues

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA)

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France

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Western Europe

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Europe

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EMEA

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nLighten: Sophia Antipolis I

Short Code: NCE1

Year Built: 2009

PUE: 1.29

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This facility was formerly operated by Euclyde Datacenters, which officially rebranded to nLighten France in 2024 following its acquisition by the nLighten group.

Data Center Space: 1,500 m2
Design: Tier III design target
Power redundancy: N+1 power
Redundant power with independent A and B feeds to each cabinet
Up to 15 kW on raised floor and 20 kW on concrete floor, higher density upon request
Connectivity: Carrier-neutral data center with diverse fibre entry points and meet-me areas
PUE (all phases): 1.29
Standard density: 2 – 7 kW available

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Sites within 15 miles of nLighten: Sophia Antipolis I

Distance	Site	About
0.26 miles	Cogent Antibes
1.18 miles	Azur: Sophia Antipolis	Azur Datacenter's Sophia Antipolis facility is located at 950 Route des Colles, 06410 Biot, France. The facility offers 500 square meters of data floor space and can accommodate 200 racks.
2.30 miles	nLighten: Sophia Antipolis II	This facility was formerly operated by Euclyde Datacenters, which officially rebranded to nLighten France in 2024 following its acquisition by the nLighten group.
3.46 miles	Titan Mougins
3.46 miles	Evroc: Mougins	The data center, located in Mougins and named an "AI factory," will be built in phases, ultimately housing 50,000 GPUs to support advanced AI applications.
11.45 miles	Cogent Nice
19.87 miles	Monaco Telecom: Monaco	The data center will occupy two of the four underground levels, covering 1,550 sqm. Construction is scheduled to be completed by 2027.

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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.

Facilities

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