TO FEATURE 3 HYPERSCALE DATA CENTERS
Prime Data Centers has today announced its entrance into Denmark with the development of a new 124MW data center campus, to further expand its EMEA footprint.
Located at Energivej in Saeby, the new data center campus is designed to be carbon neutral and will feature three hyperscale data centers that are to be powered by 100% renewable energy, while planning to serve international cloud providers, Internet businesses, AI, and the Global Fortune 500.
“Denmark represents a strong growth opportunity for Prime. The project will provide much-needed capacity as Denmark’s projected data center needs accelerate at a 25% CAGR through 2030,” said Nicholas Laag, Founder & CEO of Prime.
“Additionally, this will be Prime’s most sustainable campus developed to date with a unique PUE offering that is neutral, reinforcing the company’s commitment to our customers, ESG, and to building the foundation for global technology advancement.”
As announced, The Saeby campus is to be delivered through partnership with various organizations including, Saeby Heat Plant which is to bring chilled water to the campus, New Nordic Data Cooling ApS, local government, among others and is also designed to achieve the country’s first DGNB Gold certification for sustainability.
“Working with the local government, Invest in Denmark, the Danish Data Center Association, Saeby Varmeverk, Redbrooks EMEA, NNDC, and other project partners, it is clear why Denmark is rated as the world’s most sustainable country. This project will prove that data centers can have net-positive environmental impacts on local communities, a critical capability for industry continuity over the years to come,” said Michael Wall, Prime’s Senior Vice President of Development and Construction for Europe.
Prime Data Centers also recently announced the groundbreaking of its 1 billion (USD) data center campus, sited on a total of over 750,000 square feet space in Elk Grove Village, Illinois Chicago. The new campus is planned to deliver up to 175 megawatts of IT load capacity at full build-out while also housing three planned data center facilities.