Global real estate advisor, CBRE, has predicted the top European data centre markets that are expected to be responsible for the majority of demand this year.  It is expected that there will be a record amount of take-up in Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin (FLAPD) data centre markets in 2023, according to the latest […]

IBM has announced plans to open its first Europe-based quantum data centre to facilitate access to cutting-edge Quantum Computing for companies, research institutions and government agencies. The data centre is expected to be operational in 2024 with multiple IBM Quantum Computing systems, each with utility-scale quantum processors, i.e., those of more than 100 qubits. The data […]

As part of the ambition to reach net zero, the University of York, UK, will place much of the university’s advanced calculations at EcoDataCenter in Falun, Sweden. Access to a sustainable infrastructure for the most energy-consuming part of IT was the determining factor.  “Given the university’s strong commitment to net-zero and the fact that our […]

Colt Technology Services (Colt), a digital infrastructure company, has announced the successful completion of the deployment of a new dark fibre (G.652D/G.657) cable along the Channel Tunnel connecting London, UK to Paris, France.  Colt’s new fibre network will provide businesses and organisations with faster, more reliable and uninterrupted data connectivity across borders. It will also support the growing […]

atNorth, a leading Nordic colocation, high-performance computing and Artificial Intelligence service provider, has formally announced that its third Iceland data centre, ICE03, is now fully operational with an initial capacity of 10MW, following a swift 11-month build. This brings their total number of operational data centres up to six, with one additional site, FIN02, in […]

RETN, a leading international network service provider, has announced the successful completion of its new Stockholm to Helsinki route deployment. This latest expansion extends RETN’s global footprint, offering enhanced diversity, resilience and performance across its network. RETN continues developing the shortest routes on the market to achieve record latency numbers. With a route length of […]

Digital Realty, one of the largest global providers of cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, has announced a signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with EXA Infrastructure (EXA), one of the largest dedicated digital infrastructure platforms connecting Europe and North America. The strategic collaboration will facilitate the expansion of EXA’s fibre infrastructure to Digital Realty’s data centres across the Mediterranean region, bolstering its connectivity infrastructure. Following EXA’s recent deployments in Digital Realty’s sites in Dublin, Paris and Zagreb, Digital Realty’s […]

DE-CIX, one of the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operators and home to the largest carrier- and data centre-neutral interconnection ecosystem globally has announced its newest Internet Exchange in Helsinki, Finland, is ready for service.  The new DE-CIX IX is available in Equinix’s data centres in Helsinki (HE-CIX) with more enabled sites to be announced. In […]

AtlasEdge, a leading pan-European Edge data centre provider, and LINX, one of Europe’s largest Internet Exchanges, have announced a new partnership expanding the presence and offering of both companies in Manchester, UK. The partnership will accelerate the transformation of AtlasEdge’s existing Salford site into an interconnectivity hub, with customers able to benefit from connection to […]

With data consumption at an all-time high, the need for data centres to power the digital economy has rapidly increased. The strategic location of Goodman’s properties and its international data centre development experience will see it develop a data centre in Frankfurt on the site of a former newspaper printing plant. Christof Prange, Head of […]