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Iron Mountain announces launch of its first UK campus
The 1 million square foot facility will be housed in four buildings leased from Tritax Big Box on its new Symmetry Park site . It will provide customers with flexible warehousing space and deliver a wide range of logistics services from a bespoke operations centre .
The site will also act as a central hub from which Iron Mountain will offer a broad portfolio of its services , from pallet storage , B2B fulfilment to document and data storage services . It is a significant part of the company ’ s facility expansion programme in the UK and follows the recently announced opening of sites in Kettering and Lutterworth .
“ The growth of e-commerce continues to drive huge demand for warehouse and logistics space across the country – this is why we have been so busy increasing facilities offerings for our customers ,” said Phil Shepley , VP and Commercial Lead for Iron Mountain in the UK .
ron Mountain , a global leader in innovative storage , data centre infrastructure , asset life cycle management
I and information management services , will launch its first UK campus in Rugby , Warwickshire , next year .
“ As part of this growth , we are very excited to make Rugby a new home for our operations . In offering our full range of warehouse and fulfilment services , alongside Iron Mountain ’ s digital and record management services , we expect to create an array of new job opportunities and boost the local economy .”
STACK infrastructure continues Milan expansion
TACK Infrastructure ( STACK ), a digital infrastructure partner
S to the world ’ s most innovative companies and a leading global developer and operator of data centres , has announced the opening of its third data centre in Milan ( Siziano ).
The new facility , constructed in less than 12 months on a land parcel it acquired in 2021 , brings the company ’ s live data centre capacity in Italy to 120,000 square meters ( 12 hectares / 30 acres ) and more than 50MW of power .
The new facility runs on 100 % renewable energy , utilises multiple built-in energysaving features including photovoltaic panels and heat isolation infrastructure and prequalifies for LEED Gold certification .
In addition to its live facilities , STACK owns more than 100,000 square meters ( 10 hectares / 25 acres ) of expansion land in Siziano capable of supporting over 80MW of total power , including a new parcel in proximity to its existing campuses acquired earlier this year .
The completion of the latest Milan facility further reinforces STACK ’ s positioning as a market leader in Italy and is part of STACK ’ s growth strategy across the EMEA region , partnering with leading hyperscale and enterprise clients to provide flexible , best-in-class data centre solutions to address their evolving requirements .
“ We believe Italy ’ s data centre landscape is at the outset of a significant growth trend ,” said John Eland , CEO of STACK EMEA . “ Our latest investment in the region is a key component to our EMEA expansion strategy and solidifies our position as our clients ’ trusted development and operational partner in the markets most essential to their own growth .”
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