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Read Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland
Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland

Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland

May 16, 2026 Switzerland

Flexbase has begun construction on the Laufenburg Technology Center in Switzerland, which will combine a large battery energy storage system and a 480MW AI data center. The facility will feature a redox flow BESS with 1.6GW of capacity and 2.1GWh of storage, and is scheduled for completion in...

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Read Swissgrid Seeks Bids for Data Center Racks in Switzerland
Swissgrid Seeks Bids for Data Center Racks in Switzerland

Swissgrid Seeks Bids for Data Center Racks in Switzerland

March 11, 2026 Switzerland

Switzerland’s grid operator Swissgrid has opened a tender for a three-year contract to install server racks in its data centers. The contract also covers supplying materials such as fiber optic and copper cabling, racks, and protection devices. No data was made available about the location of the...

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Read Iron-sodium Battery Company Inlyte has Partnered with NTS to Deploy its Solution at a Data Center in Bern, Switzerland
Iron-sodium Battery Company Inlyte has Partnered with NTS to Deploy its Solution at a Data Center in Bern, Switzerland

Iron-sodium Battery Company Inlyte has Partnered with NTS to Deploy its Solution at a Data Center in Bern, Switzerland

February 27, 2026 Switzerland

US-based iron-sodium battery storage company Inlyte Energy has teamed up with Swiss data center operator NTS Colocation AG to roll out its technology across NTS’s facilities. The first initiative under the partnership will be a pilot installation at NTS’s data center in Bern. The companies have...

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Read Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC
Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

December 11, 2025 NorthC Datacenters

Antin Infrastructure Partners this week announced it has agreed to acquire NorthC Datacenters from DWS and other minority shareholders. The transaction is being carried out through Antin’s €10.2 billion Flagship Fund V and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.Stéphane Ifker and...

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Read NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland
NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland

NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland

September 18, 2025 NorthC Datacenters

European data center firm NorthC last week announced it has signed a contract to build a regional data center at the uptownBasel Innovation Campus in Arlesheim.Alexandra Schless, CEO of the NorthC Group, said: “We are very pleased to announce this expansion of the partnership with uptownBasel....

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Read NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years
NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years

NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years

August 22, 2025 NorthC Datacenters

European data center firm NorthC this week has extended its lease on the 4,800 square meters (51,666 sq ft) of data center space with real estate firm Allgemeine Südboden AG for 25 years.Bettina Krause, head of leasing, Allgemeine Südboden: "We are delighted to extend the lease agreement with...

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Read InfraVia to Sell Switzerland’s Green Datacenter to IFM
InfraVia to Sell Switzerland’s Green Datacenter to IFM

InfraVia to Sell Switzerland’s Green Datacenter to IFM

July 16, 2025 Switzerland

Investment firm InfraVia Capital Partners this week announced IFM Global Infrastructure Fund (IFM GIF), advised by IFM Investors, has agreed to indirectly acquire 100 percent of Green Group AG. Terms were not shared, but the deal is set to close later this year.“We look forward to embarking on...

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Read IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center
IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center

IonQ delivers quantum processor to its European quantum data center

August 22, 2024 Switzerland

IonQ last week announced the delivery of an ion trap to its European quantum data center in the QuantumBasel business park. It's specialists working out of the company’s Basel, Switzerland headquarters will be on site to receive the quantum processor and continue the build and commissioning of...

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Read Swisscom deploys 300 Nokia's Drones-as-a-Service network accross Switzerland
Swisscom deploys 300 Nokia's Drones-as-a-Service network accross Switzerland

Swisscom deploys 300 Nokia's Drones-as-a-Service network accross Switzerland

August 09, 2024 Switzerland

Nokia has teamed up with Swisscom Broadcast to deploy 300 Nokia Drone-in-a-Box units to support emergency response, perimeter protection, and infrastructure inspection, as well as to protect public safety workers across Switzerland. This marks Nokia's second nationwide deployment of its Drone...

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Read Nestlé sells Swiss data center to local real estate firm
Nestlé sells Swiss data center to local real estate firm

Nestlé sells Swiss data center to local real estate firm

September 06, 2023 Switzerland

The multinational food conglomerate Nestlé has sold a Swiss data center. This week, Baker McKenzie Switzerland revealed that it advised Nestlé Global Real Estate on the transfer of its data center and office property to Orllati Real Estate SA. The site at Rte de Buyère 4 in Bussigny, canton of...

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Read NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl
NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl

NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl

July 18, 2023 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Group purchased a new data center near Zurich, Switzerland, through a sale/leaseback transaction. This week, the Dutch colocation company announced the opening of a new data center in the Winterthur neighborhood of Zurich. However, the company announced on LinkedIn that it had acquired...

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Read IonQ proposes quantum data facility in Switzerland
IonQ proposes quantum data facility in Switzerland

IonQ proposes quantum data facility in Switzerland

June 23, 2023 Switzerland

IonQ, a quantum computing company based in the United States, intends to deploy two of its facilities in Switzerland and establish a quantum data center in Europe. This week, the company disclosed its collaboration with QuantumBasel to deploy two quantum computers at QuantumBasel's Center of...

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Read CKW announces launch of new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland
CKW announces launch of new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland

CKW announces launch of new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland

January 16, 2023 Switzerland

CKW Fiber Services has announced that it has launched a new data center in Rotkreuz, Switzerland. The facility, first announced back in October 2021, has 700 sqm (7,550 sq ft) of floorspace and is located next to the CKW Rotkreuz substation in Zug canton.Although the company has constructed the...

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Read INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution
INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution

INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution

December 29, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Datacenters (NorthC) has partnered up with INNIO to use its Jenbacher Ready for H2 engine technology to deliver an emergency backup power solution for its newest data center, set to be constructed in Eindhoven, Netherlands. According to the company, if it is faced with electricity grid...

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Read NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

December 16, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has broken ground on a 4.5MW data center in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The 43,000 square feet (4,000 square meters) facility will be the company’s second data center in Eindhoven. It will also be located next to its existing data center on the Eindhoven High Tech Campus (HTC). The...

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Read The rise of the underground data center
The rise of the underground data center

The rise of the underground data center

December 02, 2022 Switzerland

APL has announced that it is teaming up with Swiss-based underground construction company, Eccus, to propose a novel data center location: underground caverns. The underground cavern excavated 30m under existing terrain, is a waterproof cylinder spanning up to 150m long, with chambers built in...

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Read NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers
NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

April 27, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has announced the acquisition of Netrics’ data center business. Netrics is a Swiss company, making the transaction NorthC’s first move into Switzerland. The deal sees NorthC take over three data centers, two of which are in Münchenstein and the last one in Biel. The total floor space of...

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Read CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste
CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste

CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste

April 08, 2022 Switzerland

In a bid to make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable and long lasting, a new research program has been launched. CircuBAT, a Swiss project of Innosuisse, led by Bern University of Applied Sciences Technology, will be joined by Green Cubes Technology, a company that makes lithium-ion batteries...

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Read Empa begins research into data center waste heat
Empa begins research into data center waste heat

Empa begins research into data center waste heat

March 08, 2022 Switzerland

Swiss research body Empa has announced the launch of a new research project on data centers, namely ECO-Qube. The project is in response to the increasing demand for data and the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT), which...

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Read SWIFT's Switzerland data center and Russia
SWIFT's Switzerland data center and Russia

SWIFT's Switzerland data center and Russia

March 04, 2022 Switzerland

According to reports, a data center being used by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), of which 11,000 banks from over 200 countries are linked to, is being guarded by police. This news that the local Thurgau cantonal police have set up a perimeter around the...

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