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Read Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant
Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

December 23, 2024 Madrid

European solar power producer Edisun Power plans to direct power from its 941MW Fuencarral solar power plant in Madrid to data centers in the region.The company noted that the additional electricity demand from artificial intelligence and the increasingly stringent European regulations for the...

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Read Aermont acquires Spanish data center firm Nabiax
Aermont acquires Spanish data center firm Nabiax

Aermont acquires Spanish data center firm Nabiax

November 12, 2024 Nabiax

Keppel-linked European asset management company Aermont is to acquire Spanish data center operator Nabiax. Asterion Industrial Partners this week announced an agreement to sell Nabiax to a fund managed by Aermont. The transaction includes the sale of Telefónica's 20 percent stake in the...

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Read Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid
Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid

Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid

February 23, 2024 Madrid

Spanish insurance firm Mapfre has sold its data center in Madrid. The company received advise on the sale-leaseback deal of its 10MW facility in Alcalá de Henares from CBRE’s Spanish unit. Paul Mortlock, senior director and head of European data center capital markets at CBRE, said, "CBRE's...

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Read Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center
Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center

Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center

July 13, 2023 Madrid

In anticipation of a potential sale-leaseback transaction, Spanish insurance company Mapfre is listing its data center for sale. According to Cinco Dias, the company has hired CBRE to find a buyer for the Tales de Mileto building in the Alcalá de Henares neighborhood of Madrid. Mapfre launched...

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Read Thor Equity launches Form8tion Data Centers
Thor Equity launches Form8tion Data Centers

Thor Equity launches Form8tion Data Centers

March 14, 2023 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced it has launched its own data center development company, named Form8tion data centers, which is reportedly now marketing Thor’s maiden project in Madrid, Spain, named ‘Madrid One’ campus. This facility will offer up to 100MW of capacity spanning 60,000 sqm (645,850 sq...

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Read Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development
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Thor Acquires Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Madrid For 100MW Data Center Development

November 02, 2022 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced the acquisition of a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in Madrid, Spain. The site is planned for a data center campus development. Swiss real estate investment company Stoneweg completed the sale on behalf of the Icona Capital Group to Thor. None of the companies...

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Read Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus
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Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus

July 25, 2022 Madrid

According to Cinco Dias, Spanish data center developer Xdata is looking to offload a stake in its company to help fund its 100MW Madrid data center campus development. The company has reportedly contacted CBRE and Morgan Stanley to seek an investor. Stoneshield established XData Properties in...

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Read SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain
SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

July 18, 2022 Madrid

Web hosting service, SiteGround, has announced that it has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth in Europe. In addition to the new facility, the company also announced the expansion of its content delivery network in...

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Read Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain
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Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain

April 22, 2022 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced its plans to move into data centers. The US real estate group, is also looking to develop its first data center in Madrid, Spain. Thor Equities will be doing this by launching a new data center division called Thor Digital. The new unit will be headed by Roy Gibbens,...

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Read €5 billion ($5.67bn), 360MW data center campus coming to Madrid, Spain
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€5 billion ($5.67bn), 360MW data center campus coming to Madrid, Spain

January 26, 2022 Madrid

Great news for Spain as plans for a 360MW data center campus in Madrid, Spain, is underway. The data center will be developed on a 700-hectare site, and investment is expected to reach up to €5 billion ($5.67bn). The Digital Valley project is to be a ‘reference model’ for sustainability in data...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 Nabiax

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read Nabiax ties €320 million financing to environmental and social targets
Nabiax ties €320 million financing to environmental and social targets

Nabiax ties €320 million financing to environmental and social targets

August 04, 2021 Nabiax

Nabiax has announced that it has tied its project financing to sustainability goals. The data center firm announced that its €320 million ($379.5m) financing had been converted into a sustainable format. Valora will serve as the project’s sustainability consultant, while BBVA will be the...

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Read Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages
Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

May 14, 2021 Madrid

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has installed and commissioned eight mtu emergency gensets with 9.2MWe power output at a major bank in Madrid. The installation was made to secure power supply in case of a public power grid failure in the region. Rolls-Royce will ensure power supply is secured...

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