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ATNORTH ANNOUNCES HEAT REUSE ENABLED MEGA DATA CENTRE IN DENMARK
atNorth has announced plans to build its largest data centre to date in the town of Ølgod in Varde Denmark .
The site , to be known as DEN02 , will cater to both colocation and build-to-suit projects and will be specifically designed for data-intensive businesses such as hyperscalers and companies that run AI and High-Performance Computing workloads .
The DEN02 campus is a 174-hectare greenfield site located 40km west of Billund Airport and will have an initial capacity of 250MW with a path to power of several hundred megawatts .
DEN02 will be built in line with demand as part of atNorth ’ s modular approach to data centre construction . The site ’ s location is advantageous due to its excellent connectivity resulting from the many trans-Atlantic fibre cables that have landing stations on the nearby west coast of the country .
As part of its overall expansion strategy , atNorth is committed to including circular economy principles as a core component and as such , has already signed a collaborative agreement with Wa3rm – a leader in the development of circular and bio-based operations for waste streams .
The partnership will enable the recycling of excess heat from the new campus for use in large-scale greenhouses for vegetable production . The site will also be equipped to provide heating and hot water for local communities via the district heating supplier .
CyrusOne KEP , a joint venture formed in 2023 between leading global data centre owner , developer and operator CyrusOne and Japan ’ s Kansai Electric Power Co ( KEPCO ), has begun construction on its first data centre construction project in Japan .
The hyperscale data centre , CyrusOne KEP OSK1 , is located in the Kansai area Keihanna Availability Zone – a key data centre hub .
With a total incoming power of 70MVA , the facility will ultimately deliver 48MW IT capacity to 11,562 square metres ( 124,452 square feet ) of technical space within a single building over four floors with a total of six 8MW data halls .
additional acoustic treatment surrounding emergency backup generators , chillers and air-handling equipment . The external architecture has been designed to conceal external equipment , including flues and generators , to create a neutral aesthetic in keeping with its surroundings .
The project will generate work opportunities in the local area during the construction period and into operation , and the company is committed to supporting the growth of the Keihanna area and , by extension , Japan ’ s economy .
Construction of the shell and core will follow in the second half of 2025 . The development will be delivered in three phases with the first 16MW operational by Q1 2028 .
With sustainability at the heart of CyrusOne designs , and KEPCO ’ s long-established presence in the region bringing with it deep cultural knowledge and sensitivity , the facility is pitched as providing exceptional environmental performance designed to minimise environmental impact over its full life cycle .
The joint venture has significantly invested in design improvements to support the local community ’ s needs , including
CYRUSONE KEP BUILDS FIRST DATA CENTRE IN JAPAN
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