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Major Data Centre Campus coming up - Digiplex expands its activities in Denmark
DigiPlex, the Nordic leader for sustainable, scalable, and secure data centres, has acquired a plot of 110,000 m2 to construct five data centres for a major new campus site in Copenhagen, Høje-Taastrup. This second DigiPlex data centre site in Denmark will feature waste heat recovery technology to feed into the existing district heating system as part of a significant environmental sustainability commitment.
The plan for sustainable data centres
DigiPlex has secured enough electricity supply for the first phase with an option to increase this to as much as 100MW as the campus grows. Five water-cooled data centres are planned with the majority of water requirements met by onsite wells and rainwater. This is in-line with DigiPlex’ commitment to reduce demand on mains water supplies. As part of the agreement, DigiPlex will build a lake to collect rainwater to utilise for cooling as well as contribute to a storm-water basin to benefit the local community. Two cycle tracks, upgrades and extension to local roads will also be delivered as part of the development.
“We are seeing huge interest in sustainable data centre development in the Nordic region and continue to invest to capitalize on this trend. The acquisition of this major plot, plus the Norwegian land acquisition we announced last month, further strengthens DigiPlex ability to rapidly meet the need for data centre capacity from hyperscalers as well as local and international businesses requiring ultra-sustainable, cost effective colocation facilities. Through close collaboration with all parties, we already have power agreements, access to water, and all necessary building regulation approvals in place. We are ready to start campus construction and are already in discussion with a number of potential international customers.”
Sustainability – a key element in new data centres
As Digiplex, other global tech giants and international colocation operators has establish their data centre business in Denmark. They chose Denmark due to the stable climate in terms of political commitment to a green transition, affordable green energy prices, and a mild weather that allows low-energy cooling all year round.
The Danish government has passed an ambitious Climate Action Plan that legally commits future governments to reduce greenhouse emissions by 70% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and towards net zero by 2050. In the Act, the government has improved framework for utilization of surplus heat – that means that surplus heat from data centres will no longer be taxed.
“Data center developments such as DigiPlex’ are exactly what we aim for to bring the advantages of the digitalization to Danish economy. The high-value services will cement Denmark’s already established reputation as a perfect location for these enablers of the sustainable digital economy. We are pleased to see DigiPlex expanding its current footprint in Denmark to now also include Høje-Taastrup,”
Wondering if Denmark is the best location for your new data centre?
Receive support from Invest in Denmark to take a deep dive into all the advantages you will reap if locating your data centre in Denmark.Digiplex received support from Invest in Denmark and Copenhagen Capacity concerning site opportunities in the Greater Copenhagen area and national and regional framework conditions.
Invest in Denmark has assisted a substantial number of international data centre operators with information regarding potential sites, power availability, opportunities for use of waste heat, and has facilitated contact to local authorities, power and water and district heating utilities, providers of power purchase agreements, various types of service providers etc.
About Digiplex
DigiPlex designs, builds and operates sustainable and secure data centres in the Nordics with locations in Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen. DigiPlex is carrier-neutral and offers connectivity to all major Cloud and Network Service Providers. DigiPlex offers best in class services with the highest possible availability and is trusted by public and private customers alike – including security sensitive organisations such as government and financial institutions with mission-critical applications. DigiPlex’s seven data centres, with one more under construction, are powered by electricity produced from 100% sustainable sources and the company has won several awards for its many energy efficient innovations and sustainability initiatives.
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