Spain: AQ Compute breaks ground on 60MW data center campus in Barcelona, Spain

AQ Compute has broken ground on its 60MW data center campus in Spain and has begun construction work on the new site located in the Parc de l’Alba (Cerdanyola del Vallès) in Barcelona. The data center, dubbed AQ-BCN1, will eventually have an IT capacity of 60MW with cooling capabilities for high-density workloads including AI, and be designed to Tier III standards.

Henry Daunert, CEO of AQ Compute, said: “With the start of construction of our data center in Barcelona, we are continuing our company’s growth strategy. We see an increasing demand for power-intensive IT applications and corresponding server capacities, which highly require energy and cost-efficient solutions, while simultaneously focusing on sustainability. This is exactly where our data centers come into play.”

The design is modular and the buildings will be precast concrete on a larger than conventional scale with each independent building having two floors with capacity for 400 racks and 15MW. At full buildout, it will total 43,000 sqm (462,850 sq ft), and feature a direct fiber link to the Barcelona submarine cable landing station.