EdgeConneX Extends Global Footprint Into Spain With
Planned Edge Data Center in Barcelona, Spain
Facility
slated to go live at the end of2021, will be anchored by a System Integrator customer and will support
cloud, content and other service providers
EdgeConneX®, the pioneer in Edge data center® development, announces that it has broken ground on a new edge data center facility in the Sant Boi de Llobregat region of Spain, located just 15 km from Barcelona city center. The 7,600 m2, 8 MW N+1, carrier-neutral data center facilityill provide businesses in the region with essential, local, cloud and content access as well as highly secure server colocation in a carbon neutral facility employing renewable energy strategies.
“We are continuing our push to bring
the Edge closer to those that need it most, where they need it most. It’s a
client centric philosophy that runs companywide and takes us to places like
Barcelona where we, alongside our technology partners and community leaders,
can have an immediate and positive impact on overall business opportunity and
edge market growth,” states Dick Theunissen, Managing Director, EMEA, at
EdgeConneX.
The EdgeConneX Barcelona multi-tenant data center is expected to
be ready for service in Q4 2021 with a global IT services provider and systems
integrator as its first anchor tenant. The facility will host essential
customer applications as well as provide critical local, cloud and content
access services, including hybrid and multi-cloud options.
“The second largest city in Spain,
Barcelona has become a digital hotspot for communications and technological
innovation in Spain,” states Daniel Bizo, Sr. Research Analyst at 451 Research,
part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. “Recent investments in subsea cable
projects and additional data center capacity have placed Barcelona, like
Madrid, on a trajectory that, if sustained, will elevate the metro’s position
from that of a local hub to one of much greater significance in the global
network of digital infrastructure.”[1]
“The Sant Boi region, Barcelona and
all of Europe is in position to be the next great digital hub,” comments Lluïsa
Moret Sabidó, mayor of Sant Boi de Llobregat. “The EdgeConneX data center
facility will not only provide necessary local access and connectivity to cloud
and content providers for our growing business community but will provide new
jobs and opportunities, continuing to lift our local and regional economy.”
[1] Quoted from Dan Bizo, Sr. Research Analyst, 451
Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, “Madrid Aspires to Become the Next
Digital Hub”, June 20, 2019
Source: EdgeConneX media announcement