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Østfold Energi Eyes Data Centers South of Oslo

Another data center may be on the way in Norway. Østfold Energi is preparing sites in Sarpsborg and Våler in partnership with local municipalities, with Google likely to take the Våler location.“We have extensive experience with project development in collaboration with landowners, local commu...

March 17, 2026

Oslo

GlobalConnect to Expand Stockholm Facility

Nordic fiber broadband and data center firm GlobalConnect this week announced it is expanding its data center in southern Stockholm with 600 sqm (6,458 sq ft) and 1.2MW of new capacity.The facility is set to be connected to the local district heating network from Exergi, and be able to heat ar...

October 11, 2025

GlobalConnect A / S

Three companies invest in combined $200m data center in Oslo

Norwegian telco Telenor, energy company Hafslund and investment fund HitecVision are building a data center in Oslo, Norway, via a newly formed joint venture, Skygard. These companies are to make a NOK 2.4 billion ($200m) joint investment in this data center which is already undergoing constru...

March 19, 2024

Oslo

Largest Data Center Funding Deals In Q2 of 2021

The data center industry is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Gartner, end-user spending on data center infrastructure for 2020 was $188 billion, a 10.3% decrease from 2019’s spending. With these figures, we can reach a consensus that there’s a massive market available for data cent...

July 24, 2021

Equinix

GlobalConnect secures €2.7bn ($3.2 billion) debt refinancing

GlobalConnect Group has announced that it has secured what it terms a ‘record debt refinancing’ worth €2.7 billion ($3.2 billion). A consortium of five Active Bookrunners, three Underwriters, and six Cornerstone Lenders coordinated by ING and SEB were responsible for the debt refinancing. The ...

June 28, 2021

GlobalConnect A / S

GlobalConnect acquires Nianet

Global Connect has entered into an agreement to acquire Nianet, the Danish electricity companies' joint fibre net provider. Nianet was established in 2003 and owned jointly by 13 Danish energy companies. Nianet, which has approximately 150 employees, provides Internet and data center services...

June 30, 2017

GlobalConnect A / S

EQT Infrastructure acquires GlobalConnect A/S (PR)

EQT Infrastructure acquires GlobalConnect A/S, the leading alternative provider of B2B data communication services in Denmark GlobalConnect operates in the highly attractive fiber infrastructure sector, a core market for EQT where it holds significant industry expertise EQT Infrastructure i...

December 20, 2016

GlobalConnect A / S

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