NTT Zurich 1

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Hofwisenstrasse 56

Operational

Fully operational facility

Zurich

Metro
Switzerland

Country
Western Europe

Region
Europe

Region
EMEA

Region

NTT Zurich 1

Year Built: 2011

Total Power

SqFt

Gross Colocation Size

The site was opened in June 2011, is located in Rümlang near Zurich. The building, consisting of two parts, has about 7,000 sqm of high-availability data center space in the first building. The building has also obtained LEED Platinum Pre-Certification from the US Green Building Council.

Site History

The site was formerly known as "e-shelter Zurich"

Power:

Two independent feeds on the medium voltage level 16 kV
Two separate UPS systems (A- and B-supply)
Redundant emergency power system with diesel generators

Security:

Monitoring by e-shelter own 24/7 Security Command and Control Center with security personnel from e-shelter security on-site
Standardized security processes and the 7-level security system secure the tenant areas and technical operations
Access control via non-contact chip and PIN or optional biometrics signature
Secured perimeter zones with electronically monitored security fencing system, incorporating anti-climb and anti-tunneling protection

Connectivity:

Carrier-neutral
Carrier-mix from global Tier 1 supplier to local supplier
Direct, redundant connection to SWISSIX
Via several partners direct connection to international internet exchanges
Cross-Connects are realized via dedicated, redundant designed pipelines
Datacenter Connects between the data center Zurich and e-shelter locations, e.g. Campus Frankfurt 1 and Frankfurt 3; on request as well to commercial third-party data centers

Map and Nearby Locations:

Hofwisenstrasse 56

NTT Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of NTT Zurich 1

Distance	Site	About
1.39 miles	Digital Realty: ZUR3
1.39 miles	Digital Realty: ZUR2
1.44 miles	Digital Realty: Zurich
1.45 miles	Digital Realty: ZUR4	Digital Realty plans to expand its campus near the Swiss capital with a fourth building.
1.47 miles	Green Datacenter Glattbrugg
4.20 miles	Green Datacenter Dielsdorf Campus	Green Datacenter's second data center campus is located at Zurich Metro, Dielsdorf, Switzerland. The 500 million Swiss franc ($561.5 million) project is being built in Dielsdorf, approximately 15 km (9.3 miles) north of Zurich.
4.24 miles	Green Datacenter: Dielsdorf Bldg N	Green Datacenter's second data center campus is located at Zurich Metro, Dielsdorf, Switzerland.
4.27 miles	Green Datacenter: Dielsdorf Bldg O	Green Datacenter's second data center campus is located at Zurich Metro, Dielsdorf, Switzerland.
4.38 miles	Swisscom Zürich
4.40 miles	Equinix Zurich ZH2 ZH4
4.40 miles	nLighten: Zurich
4.42 miles	Equinix Zürich ZH1
4.77 miles	Equinix Zurich ZH5
4.99 miles	AtlasEdge: Zurich
5.06 miles	Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset	The Google Cloud Region in Zurich was announced in May 2018 and opened in March 2019.
5.75 miles	Green Datacenter Zurich City (Schlieren)
8.10 miles	Vantage: Zurich ZRH3	Vantage plans to build its ZRH3 campus in Zurich on approximately 13 acres of land. The campus may include one or two buildings.
8.67 miles	Vantage: Zurich II	Vantage's second data center in Switzerland is located north of Zurich's city center in Glattfelden. Set on 1 acre, the two-story facility offers a total of 226,000 square feet (21,000 sq m) of space.
8.98 miles	STACK: ZUR03	STACK Infrastructure plans to build another data center in Zurich.
9.22 miles	Vantage Zurich ZRH1
9.47 miles	NorthC: Winterthur (Zurich)
10.42 miles	STACK ZUR01
15.36 miles	Green Datacenter: Zurich West 4	Green Datacenter is expanding its Metro-Campus Zurich West with the construction of its fourth data center.
15.37 miles	Green Datacenter Lupig Zurich West 1 + 2
15.42 miles	Green Datacenter: Zurich West 3	In 2020, Green Datacenter expanded its Zurich West campus with a new data center building providing 5,500 m² of data center space.
16.92 miles	STACK: ZUR02 Beringen	STACK Infrastructure topped out its ZUR02 facility in Beringen, Schaffhausen, in 2025. The facility was previously known as Safe Host SH5 Beringen before the company was acquired by STACK in May 2022.

NTT Zurich 1 Data Center Photos (See all)

Small field next to e shelter's facility in Rümlang

Source: Baxtel

View from Hofwisenstrasse road

Source: Baxtel

Operating Company

Global Data Centers is a division of NTT DATA. The company is one of the largest in the data center providers in the world, spanning more than 20 countries and regions, including the Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA and India. NTT is routinely recognized as a Leader by leading networking and data center analysts.

As a neutral operator, NTT offers access to multiple cloud providers, a large variety of internet exchanges and telecommunication network providers including our own IPv6-compliant Tier 1 Global IP Network.

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