EMEA Data Center News

Xavier Niel acquires 6% stake in Belgian telco Proximus

Xavier Niel, the founder of French telecoms company Iliad, has acquired a six percent stake in Belgian telco Proximus through his holding company Carraun.The Belgian government has a majority stake of 53.51% in this telco, while the company holds 4.59 percent of its share capital. Niel said, "...

November 15, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Belgium

Liberty Latin America to sell telecom towers to PTI for $407m

Liberty Latin America (LLA) recently agreed to sell about 1,300 telecom towers to Phoenix Tower International (PTI) for $407 million. Tower sites to be monetized in this transaction include towers in locations across Panama, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Barbados, and the British Virgin I...

November 13, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa

Pan-African digital infrastructure firm Paratus has launched a new teleport in Pretoria, marking its second teleport in South Africa. Paratus announced the launch of the new Goedehoop Teleport in Doornkloof, some 50 miles north of Johannesburg. Managing director of Paratus South Africa, Kallie...

November 13, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Africa

Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises

IT services firm Kyndryl announced this week that it will be helping German cooperative bank Hausbank München to relocate two of its data centers from on-premise facilities to Kyndryl’s own facilities in Frankfurt. Kyndryl will rebuild the dedicated server infrastructure, establish a moderniz...

November 10, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans

Pan-African firm Paratus has secured a new debt facility worth $31 million from Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, and its fund manager, Ninety One. This credit facility dedicated to the expansion of its fiber and data center ...

November 09, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Angola

Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany

Power and Air Condition Solution Management GmbH (PASM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has signed a long-term PPA with energy group EnBW. Following this 15-year agreement, PASM will offtake 100MW from the 960MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Construction of the...

November 08, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes

The UK Government has awarded £36 million to a district heating system in West London, which will share data center waste heat with up to 10,000 new homes. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) will be paid this fund to create the heating system to harness waste heat betwee...

November 07, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Goodman says it has capacity for 3.7GW of data centers

Real estate group Goodman has over 3GW of potential data center capacity in its pipeline, according to a Q1 2024 operational update published yesterday. The company notes that this is an opportunity worth tens of billions of dollars as it outlines its ambitions for the data center space. The ...

November 07, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

Companies plan new “Fuel cell-powered” data center in Ireland

SK Ecoplant and Lumcloon Energy are planning to create a new age data center in Ireland that will depend on gas-powered fuel cells rather than the regular grid connection. The Irish development company and SK Group’s construction subsidiary signed this agreement this week during a trade missi...

November 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

Gaza completely loses Internet access again after another outage

Internet services have now returned in Gaza after another outage, which took the connectivity in the entire country down for several hours. This disruption occurred just before 3:00 a.m. local time, with Palestinian telco Paltelco announcing that connectivity to the Gaza Strip had been cut off...

November 01, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Israel

Mira Aerospace successfully completes 5G trial from the stratosphere

High altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) firm Mira Aerospace has successfully conducted a 5G connectivity trial from the stratosphere - which ranges from 4-12 miles (6-20 km) above the Earth's surface to around 31 miles (50km). Mira said in an announcement last week, “Our team is excited to anno...

October 31, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Abu Dhabi

Telecom Group purchases wireless network operator Luminet

Specialist alternative asset manager Telecom Group confirmed on Wednesday that it has completed the purchase of London-based wireless network operator Luminet, effectively expanding its footprint across the UK. The Manchester-based Telecom already provides fiber networks to Manchester, Leeds, ...

October 25, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Atos signs IT contract with Special Olympics

Atos has signed an agreement with non-profit sports organization Special Olympics Games for the provision of IT services until 2027. Atos is now in charge of handing and maintaining the organization’s Games Management System, its software, IT security services and innovations; infrastructure s...

October 24, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

England

Principal reaches final close of €300m Euro DC fund

Principal Asset Management announced this week that it closed its European data center fund, which is dedicated to acquiring data center assets in Europe, had reached a final close total of €297 million. About 60 percent of the fund is allocated to the core European markets of Germany, Netherl...

October 23, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

ICG completes £125 million purchase of London DC portfolio

Asset management firm Intermediate Capital Group recently completed a £125 million purchase of offices and data center portfolio in London leased to UK telco Vodafone. The 260,000 square feet portfolio comprises five data centers which was initially acquired from British Land who announced the...

October 23, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

London

Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

The Spanish government opened the latest phase of its €1 billion funding project aimed at rolling out 5G Standalone (SA) to rural areas across the country to reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas, as almost a fifth of the country’s population live in the rural areas. In this ...

October 20, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Spain

ICT firm Cratis to launch data center in Varazdin

Croatian ICT solutions provider Cratis revealed that it will launch a new data center this month in Varazdin, north of Zagreb, in partnership with local polyethylene films, bags, and packaging manufacturer Muraplast.This new DC North facility will offer 2.8MW across six data rooms – each 340 s...

October 19, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Croatia

Swedish telco Telia names new president and CEO

Swedish telco Telia Company has named Patrik Hofbauer as its new president and CEO, bringing the company's search for a CEO since July to an end. The board of directors agreed with the decision to appoint Hofbauer, and he will be leaving his role as CEO of the gambling firm Svenska Spel to beg...

October 18, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

Local council grants permission for new DC campus outside Middlesbrough, UK

Redcar & Cleveland Council granted Wilton Data Center an outline consent for a new data center campus at the Wilton International Park, just outside Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire, UK. Wilton intends to construct 150,000 square meter of data center space on a 32-acre plot. The company di...

October 17, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

State-owned Telecom Namibia to build 500 telco towers across the country

State-owned Telecom Namibia intends to deploy 500 telecom towers across the country over the next five years to support its effort to improve both the quality and availability of its mobile service. This is in line with the telco’s investment program created last year to invest $155 million to...

October 17, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Africa

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