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CyrusOne announces new Frankfurt data centre with BEOS and Swiss Life Asset Managers
NEWS yrusOne – a leading global data centre developer and operator – has announced plans for its seventh
C data centre campus in Frankfurt , named FRA7 , located on a 63,000 square metre plot at Frankfurt Westside ; a 73-hectare commercial and industrial mixed-use regeneration project managed by BEOS AG and Swiss Life Asset Managers Deutschland GmbH ( Swiss Life Asset Managers ).
This follows a competitive selection process in which CyrusOne was the favoured partner to deliver a data centre scheme that prioritises sustainability , provides reused waste heat to the Westside campus and is aligned to BEOS ’ commitment to creating spaces that support creativity , innovation , progress and productivity . The partnership marks an important step in CyrusOne ’ s ongoing commitment to European expansion and a sustainable future .
Innovative waste heat reuse methods will be deployed within both buildings with a potential 40MW of waste heat delivered to the campus heating network when at full capacity .
The facility will be powered by renewable energy , as has CyrusOne ’ s entire operational portfolio in Europe since June 2021 . In addition , specific practices are being implemented throughout the design and construction phase to source sustainable materials and lower CO 2 emissions .
Starting with a total capacity of 81MW delivered across nine data halls in two three-storey buildings , the facility will benefit from CyrusOne ’ s highly efficient data centre design to achieve a BREEAM ‘ Very Good ’ certification as a minimum and deliver an annualised PUE of < 1.3 in advance of European energy efficiency directive targets for 2030 . It will also fall in line with the anticipated energy efficiency targets proposed by German legislation .
Vertiv further enhances manufacturing capacity for chilled water solutions
ertiv , a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions , has unveiled an upgraded
V testing room at its thermal management centre near Tognana , Italy . This sizeable investment significantly increases the facility ’ s testing capacity and manufacturing capabilities in the existing space and demonstrates Vertiv ’ s ongoing commitment to the advancement of chilled water systems to help drive liquid cooling adoption . It also shows the company ’ s support of increasing demands on data centres , including High-Performance Computing , Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) and Generative AI ( GenAI ).
The upgraded testing room will allow Vertiv to do standard and tailored tests of customer equipment , spanning all of the cooling solutions in its product portfolio – both air and watercooled , balancing a thermal load greater than 2MW with a chamber air temperature up to 55 ° C . Moreover , Vertiv will also be able to test units equipped with low global warming potential ( GWP ) refrigerants .
This upgrade comes at a critical time for the data centre industry . Operators are expanding rapidly to meet increasing capacity needs , while at the same time seeking to minimise their environmental impact . More than 100 European data centre operators and trade associations have signed The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact committing to climate neutrality by 2030 . Chilled water systems play a key role in helping to reach this goal by enabling operators to upscale data centre capacity while simultaneously limiting direct and indirect emissions . These systems apply low-GWP refrigerants that enable a significant reduction of direct and indirect CO 2 emissions , decreasing a data centre ’ s carbon footprint .
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