Colt Data Center Services Expands into Europe
FRANKFURT – Colt Data Center Services, the global data center operator, announced today it is planning to build a brand new flagship data center to service the German market, having acquired a greenfield site in the city of Frankfurt. The announcement forms part of a major European investment drive by the company, which also sees further expansion of its existing data centers in London and Paris.
The new data center, which will complement Colt Data Center Services’ existing Frankfurt site, will boast 8,000 sqm across 12 data halls with a significant power capacity of 18 MW. The carrier-neutral site will be the first data center to be built using the company’s new, cutting-edge modular design technology in the German market.
Detlef Spang, EVP of Colt Data Center Services, commented:
“Frankfurt remains a key market for us and one where we are seeing incredibly strong demand in colocation opportunities, which require large contiguous space.
“The acquisition of this site means that we will be able to offer large scale capacity and connectivity-rich solutions in a known data center hotspot. It will enable us to accommodate large enterprises and major cloud providers in a state-of-the-art city center facility.”
Estimates place growth in the German data center market at ten per cent year-on-year, with Frankfurt being the central hub: 50 per cent of all large German data centers (over 10 MW in size) are located in Frankfurt and its vicinity.
Colt Data Center Services today also announced the expansion of its flagship UK site: London 3, representing an extra 4 x 500m2 data halls with a total IT load of 6.4MW. This capacity will be ready for service in January 2017, with the construction of a further two data halls planned to commence shortly. The company is also expanding its data center in Paris which will accommodate a total IT load of 3.2 MW.
Detlef Spang concluded:
“This announcement marks another major milestone in a highly successful year for Colt Data Center Services, in which we recently broke ground to commence construction of our Inzai 2 data center in Japan.
“Most importantly, this investment means that we will be exactly where our customers want us, when they need us – both now and in the future – as we grow with them.”
About Colt Data Center Services
Colt Data Center Services is a leading carrier neutral data center operator.
We are trusted by our globally recognised customers to provide unparalleled service and security. Our operational excellence is verified by achieving one of the highest possible scores in the Uptime Institute’s Management and Operations award.
Colt Data Center Services has been designing, building and operating large scale data centers and providing data center colocation services for more than 15 years. Over 1000 customers in the world’s most data-critical industries trust us to secure their information in our 29 carrier-neutral data centers across Europe and Asia.
