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Read LyonTech La Doua data center construction commences in France
LyonTech La Doua data center construction commences in France

LyonTech La Doua data center construction commences in France

September 06, 2023 France

Work has begun on the LyonTech La Doua Calculation and Data Center (CCDD) project in Villeurbanne, France. The University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, collaborating with the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (Lyon INSA) on the facility, has begun earthwork and structural development....

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Read FullSave launches data center in Auch, France
FullSave launches data center in Auch, France

FullSave launches data center in Auch, France

June 21, 2023 France

FullSave has announced the opening of a new data center in Auch. Offering 30-rack and spanning across two 70 sqm (753 sq ft) IT rooms, the facility also has a PUE of 1.4. Arnaud Turpin, IT manager at FullSave, said: "Our site has its own 144-fiber artery between Auch and Toulouse. Our data center...

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Read OVHcloud claims energy savings to be made from combined water and immersion cooling
OVHcloud claims energy savings to be made from combined water and immersion cooling

OVHcloud claims energy savings to be made from combined water and immersion cooling

May 29, 2023 France

According to new research by OVHcloud, hybrid liquid cooling technology has the power to reduce a data center's energy consumption by 20 percent when compared with using water cooling alone. The European cloud provider coupled up with the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne to test the cooling...

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Read Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island
Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island

Océinde Starts Construction on New Facility on Reunion Island

May 16, 2023 France

The island of Reunion will receive a new carrier-neutral data center. Local conglomerate Océinde is scheduled to construct a data center in the French department in the Indian Ocean, as first reported by DC Mag. Last week, construction began on the new facility in the Le Port Commune in the...

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Read Denv-R to deploy its first prototype floating data center in Nantes
Denv-R to deploy its first prototype floating data center in Nantes

Denv-R to deploy its first prototype floating data center in Nantes

May 01, 2023 France

French startup Denv-R has released an update on its prototype floating data center in Nantes. The company is reportedly on the precipice of deploying its river-based facilities. The prototypes will utilize river water to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, and are equipped with solar...

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Read France's Lyon facility of Euclyde Data Centers is Being Expanded
France's Lyon facility of Euclyde Data Centers is Being Expanded

France's Lyon facility of Euclyde Data Centers is Being Expanded

April 24, 2023 France

The Lyon data center of French operator Euclyde Data Centers is growing. The business announced this week that it is adding two new data halls to its DC5 data center in Villeurbanne, as first reported by DCmag.fr. According to the statement, the project, which will house more than 140 racks, will...

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Read Free/Jaguar of France to Grow the Rockefeller Data Center in Lyon
Free/Jaguar of France to Grow the Rockefeller Data Center in Lyon

Free/Jaguar of France to Grow the Rockefeller Data Center in Lyon

April 24, 2023 Free Pro: Lyon

Iliad-owned One of Free's data centers in Lyon, France, is growing. The Rockefeller data center in Lyon has doubled its hosting area, according to a recent LinkedIn post by Free Pro. Additional IT space with a capacity of roughly 460 racks will be available, totaling more than 9,690 square feet....

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Read OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers
OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers

OVHcloud announces it will report on Scope 3 emissions to customers

March 31, 2023 France

OVHcloud has announced that it will release a full report of Scope 3 emissions produced by its cloud usage beginning this summer. Scope 3 emissions are those which are produced by a company indirectly up and down its value chain, and are increasingly coming under scrutiny. Despite flying under...

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Read Battery System Suspected to be Cause of Fire at Maxnod Data Center in France
Battery System Suspected to be Cause of Fire at Maxnod Data Center in France

Battery System Suspected to be Cause of Fire at Maxnod Data Center in France

March 29, 2023 France

A massive fire at a Maxnod-run data center forced the closure of the French facility and seriously damaged the infrastructure. No casualties have been reported; however, it is believed that one firefighter suffered just minor injuries. According to the local government Ain, the...

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Read Equinix Shuts Paris PA1 Data Center, Inks Pre-lease With Icade For New Site
Equinix Shuts Paris PA1 Data Center, Inks Pre-lease With Icade For New Site

Equinix Shuts Paris PA1 Data Center, Inks Pre-lease With Icade For New Site

February 21, 2023 Equinix Paris PA1

Equinix has shut down a data center in Paris and inked a new pre-leasing agreement for new construction in the French city with French real estate firm Icade.In its Q4 2022 financial report issued last week, the colo company said PA1 had been shut down. The purpose-built facility at 167 Rue de la...

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Read DTiX Proposing New Facility in Chalon-sur-Saône, France
DTiX Proposing New Facility in Chalon-sur-Saône, France

DTiX Proposing New Facility in Chalon-sur-Saône, France

February 06, 2023 France

DTiX, a French data center operator, is constructing a major data center in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. The company is constructing a second facility in the Saône-et-Loire department of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. There will be enough for 100 racks in two data rooms spanning around 7,000...

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Read Prosoluce begins work on Haute-Garonne data center
Prosoluce begins work on Haute-Garonne data center

Prosoluce begins work on Haute-Garonne data center

January 23, 2023 France

Prosoluce has begun work on a data center in Haute-Garonne, located in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France. Alongside an accompanying office building, the data center will be operational and ready for use in the summer of 2023. This new data center, projected to cost around €3 million...

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Read Qarnot announces scale up
Qarnot announces scale up

Qarnot announces scale up

January 20, 2023 France

French startup Qarnot, founded back in 2010, is looking to scale up its efforts with a €35 million financing round, which it said will help it expand its team, and take the business to the next level. It has also negotiated a €22.5 million credit line ($24 million) to finance its projects. Qarnot...

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Read Floating data centers on the agenda
Floating data centers on the agenda

Floating data centers on the agenda

November 25, 2022 France

As the data center industry increasingly searches for low-carbon and less water-intensive ways to cool facilities, a number of different methods have been proposed, with everything from underwater to orbital data centers suggested. Denv-R, a French startup, proposes to float data centers on urban...

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Read Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit
Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit

Thales Alenia Space to lead the ASCEND feasibility study for data centers in orbit

November 22, 2022 France

As data demand continues to surge and countries ponder different ways to reach their respective climate goals, the European Commission has announced that it’s launching a feasibility study into putting data centers into orbit. Thales Alenia Space, an aerospace company has been chosen to lead the...

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Read Altice Looking to Dispose its Data Center Portfolio
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Altice Looking to Dispose its Data Center Portfolio

November 21, 2022 France

France-based telecommunication firm Altice is mulling over selling its data center portfolio in France. According to L'informe, the telco has asked investment bank, Perella Weinberg, to find a buyer for its 92 data centers across the country. According to reports, Altice wants a minimum of $1...

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Read OVHcloud Develops Facility on Strasbourg Site Ravaged By Fire in 2021
OVHcloud Develops Facility on Strasbourg Site Ravaged By Fire in 2021

OVHcloud Develops Facility on Strasbourg Site Ravaged By Fire in 2021

September 26, 2022 OVH Strasbourg Campus

OVHcloud has announced opening of a new facility on the Strasbourg site ravaged by fire in 2021. The new data center named SBG5 cost the company €30 million ($30.5m). SBG5 data center is equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system. Although this system is standard among modern data...

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Read Nation Data Center To Develop Second Data Center in France
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Nation Data Center To Develop Second Data Center in France

August 10, 2022 France

French data center company Nation Data Center has revealed it will be developing a second data center. The facility will be located in Val-de-Reuil in Normandy. According to a LinkedIn post from the company, it says it is proud to announce its second data, which it referred to as a fortress. NDC...

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Read Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep
Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep

Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep

August 05, 2022 France

Arcep, the French government telecom regulator, has announced that it will start measuring the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from data centers, alongside the volume of water and where that water is sourced from. This comes following the enactment of the Chaize Act, which awarded the regulator...

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Read Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres
Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres

Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres

June 10, 2022 France

Schneider Electric recently commissioned three independent research studies which sought to understand better the maturity of sustainability initiatives within both IT and data center organizations, and where the two industries are currently situated with regards to achieving a net zero vision....

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