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Hyperco To Develop two 50MW Facilities in Helsinki, Finland

Hyperco has announced its plan to expand its data center presence in New Zealand with two new data center campus developments. The Nordic data center company said it would develop the facilities in Helsinki, Finland, with each having an initial capacity of 50MW. The company did not reveal t...

December 14, 2022

Helsinki

Fastweb inks PPA with Statkraft

Norwegian energy company Statkraft and telco Fastweb have inked a 12-year PPA for the output of a photovoltaic plant which is to be constructed in the region of Lazio, Province of Latina, and will be operational in 2023. The 11.25MW solar plant will produce 19GWh of renewable electricity every...

December 06, 2022

Italy

Aruba launches two new data centers at its Bergamo campus in Lombardy

Aruba has announced the launch of two new data centers at its Bergamo IT3 technology campus in Lombardy. The campus in Ponte San Pietro outside Milan will now house an additional two 'future-proof' data centers. The first of the two, DC-B, spans over 17,000 sqm (183,000 sq ft) offering 9 MW of...

December 02, 2022

Italy

The rise of the underground data center

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...

December 02, 2022

Switzerland

Ennis Data Centre appeal reaches next stage

The appeal against the Ennis Data Centre is reportedly moving to the next stage, according to a report by local newspaper, the Clare Herald. A response from the developer has been passed on from An Bord Pleanála, Ireland's national independent planning body, to the appellants, which include th...

November 28, 2022

Republic of Ireland

LCL to deploy more solar panels at its data center in Gembloux

LCL has announced that it is deploying more solar panels at one of its data centers, at the LCL Wallonia One site in Gembloux. Currently, the park has 2,000, but this expansion will see an addition of 1,300, taking the site’s generating capacity to 1.6MW. According to the Belgian data center f...

November 25, 2022

Belgium

Irish government confirms terms and conditions for ORESS 1

Following the Irish government's approval of the terms and conditions of ORESS 1, a huge auction for offshore wind, 2.5GW of renewable energy could be added to the grid, enough to power 2.5 million Irish homes with green electricity. According to reports, at least three offshore energy auction...

November 25, 2022

Dublin

Floating data centers on the agenda

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 ur...

November 25, 2022

France

Invesis Announces the Acquisition of UK’s Asanti

UK data center company Asanti has been acquired by Investment firm Invesis. Asanti has also acquired five data center facilities from Daisy Group. The five data centers are located in Reading, Hamilton, Manchester, Farnborough, and Birstall. The five facilities have a capacity of over 1,500...

November 25, 2022

United Kingdom

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

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 t...

November 22, 2022

France

New report from the Cool-Data project assesses using waste heat from data centers in district heating

As part of the EU's Fit for 55 legislative package, it is pushing for data centers to be connected to surrounding district heating networks to use surplus heat. A new report from the Cool-Data project has comprehensively reviewed the rules and incentives around waste-heat recovery by data cent...

November 21, 2022

Denmark

600MW data center campus on East London's green belt in Havering met with opposition

Leading environmental group CPRE has argued that Digital Reef's plans to build Europe's "largest data center" will cause "massive environmental damage" and has vowed to fight its development. As previously covered by Baxtel, the £5.3 billion ($5.97bn) project is to be built on land in North Oc...

November 21, 2022

London

Altice Looking to Dispose its Data Center Portfolio

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 ...

November 21, 2022

France

Iron Mountain Acquires Madrid's XData Properties

Iron Mountain has announced the acquisition of XData Properties, one of Madrid’s largest data center parks. The acquisition sees Iron Mountain expand its footprint considerably. The property reportedly has enough power to develop 79MW over the next years. The property currently hosts a 3MW dat...

November 18, 2022

Iron Mountain MAD-1

Germany's Energy Efficiency Act and what it could mean for the data center industry

The German Federal Ministry for the Economy recently presented a draft for an "Act to Enhance Energy Efficiency, Improve Climate Protection and Implement EU Legislation," named the Energy Efficiency Act (ENEfG). This bill has been proposed with the aim of saving 500 Terawatt hours (TWh) of ene...

November 15, 2022

Germany / Deutschland

Former Barclays data center to undergo transformation and be brought back into service

According to reports, Manchester City Council is looking to redevelop a former Barclays data center from the 1970s and bring it back into service. Currently, the council is looking for public feedback on its regeneration proposals for Wythenshawe town center, having already completed the acqui...

November 10, 2022

Manchester

Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London

According to Havering Council, it is negotiating with a private sector developer, Digital Reef, to build a huge data center campus in the eastern London Borough of Havering. The London Data Freeport project would reportedly be 'Europe's largest data center' sitting on a site of 175 hectares. C...

November 08, 2022

London

Vantage Data Centers Opens Three New Facilities in Germany

Vantage Data Centers has opened three new facilities in Germany. The data center company announced the launch of these facilities in Frankfurt and Berlin. The new data centers see the company’s data center footprint in Germany rise by 72MW and 68,750 square meters (740,000 square feet). Van...

November 04, 2022

Vantage FRA II

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

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

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 reve...

November 02, 2022

Madrid

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