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Virtus Plans 32.5MW Data Center in Slough, UK

Virtus Data Centres is planning a new data center in Slough, west of London. The company this week announced London19, a 32.5MW facility at the Slough Trading Estate. Planning permission has already been secured through the estate's Simplified Planning Zone, with Segro set to develop the powered ...

June 30, 2026

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Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin

Virtus Data Centers plans to construct a new 300MW campus outside Berlin in Germany. This week, the company, a division of STT GDC, announced the Wustermark Megacampus in Brandenberg, west of the capital.The first phase of the campus in the municipality of Wustermark will encompass 3.7 million...

September 05, 2023

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GTR plans to launch UK data center campus before summer

After breaking ground on its new Slough-based campus in January, KKR-funded Global Technical Realty (GTR) has announced that it plans to launch the site before summer 2023. The $1 billion campus, GB One, comprises three independent facilities, each providing 5373 sqm of net technical space and...

May 05, 2023

London: Slough

Virtus Data Centres to build in Berlin

Virtus Data Centres has announced its plans to build a new data center campus in Berlin, Germany, as part of its global expansion plans. Named Virtus Berlin 1, the facility will be built in Marienpark Berlin and will feature four buildings, offering at least 90MVA of power. The project will b...

May 02, 2023

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Virtus Hires JLL For Facility Administration

Virtus, a data center company in the United Kingdom, has hired JLL to manage its centers. This week, JLL confirmed that it had been selected to provide complete facilities management expertise for all of its UK data center facilities. Neil Cresswell, the CEO of Virtus, stated that this is ...

February 06, 2023

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Slough Council To Sell For Paint Factory To Data Center Developer

Slough Council has agreed to turn a former paint factory zoned for residential development into a data center. The Council decided to sell the site to an unnamed data center developer. Per council documents, the Slough Council acquired the site in February 2021 from Panattoni for £38.5 million...

November 04, 2022

London: Slough

Kennedy Wilson To Develop a 73MW Data Center in Slough, UK

A 73MW data center campus is being planned outside Slough, UK. Developers plan to demolish many office buildings that are not commercially viable to develop the facility. Kennedy Wilson’s affiliate Kwere II filed with the South Buckinghamshire council to develop the data center campus at Frame...

August 23, 2022

London: Slough

Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK

Segro has announced that it has applied to build a new data center park, near Slough, UK. Details outline that the park will span 65,000 sqm (700,000 sq ft) and be located within the Thorney Business Park in Iver. According to the planning statement, the proposed building (DC1) is also accompa...

August 09, 2022

London: Slough

Skanska wins £53m contract to develop Virtus London11 data center

Construction firm Skanska has been awarded the contract of developing the Virtus London11 data center. The company is in charge of developing the £53 million ($70m) data center with work scheduled to begin on the site this month. The facility is also scheduled to be completed in the Spring of ...

December 31, 2021

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AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm fi...

September 17, 2021

London: Slough

Virtus to spend £500m on five data centers across London

British colocation provider Virtus is planning to spend £500 million ($645m) on a network of five data centers in London. All of the new facilities - including some that have been previously announced - will be constructed simultaneously over the next two years, marking this as one of the larg...

January 23, 2019

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