An artist rendering of TelecityGroup's new Condorcet data center in Paris.
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — European data center operator TelecityGroup (www.telecitygroup.com) announced on Thursday it has opened its new Paris data center.
First announced last May, the Condorcet facility is designed and built to be one of the most technically advanced and energy efficient data centers in Europe.
To meet increasing data centre demand in France, the facility will provide 11,155 square feet of customer space and 6.4MW of total customer power.
TelecityGroup invested $67 million (€48 million) in Condorcet, which is its 23rd data center in Europe and the third in the French capital.
The new Paris facility leverages environmental best-practices, using free cooling to reduce energy consumption, a white roof to mitigate solar gain and designed at every level to maximize both energy efficiency and operational performance.
As a result, Condorcet is able to reduce its power consumption by 28 million kWh, or 2,500 tonnes of CO2 per year.
Waste energy from the data center will be used to heat a “Climate Change Arboretum” built on-site, which will recreate the climatic conditions expected to prevail in France in 2050.
TelecityGroup has partnered with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research to use the arboretum to grow and research plants from around the world with the aim of selecting those species most adaptable to changes in the prevailing climatic conditions.
From launch, the site will house the new Internet exchange point France-IX, offering Condorcet customers both national and international peering options.
The data center is certified for international standards ISO 27001:2005 for security and ISO 9001:2008 for quality control. It has been designed to meet the OHSAS 18001 standard for health control and work safety, and ISO 14001 which attests to an efficient environmental management system.
“The exponential growth in customer demand for data centre power, space and connectivity in France reflects the crucial importance of the digital economy to modern society,” says Stéphane Duproz, CEO of TelecityGroup France. “As industry leaders, our data centres need to be designed to be as energy efficient as possible in order to minimise the environmental impact of our activities. Condorcet’s innovative design, both in terms of service level guarantees and low carbon footprint, shows how we are continuing to drive best environmental best practice in Europe.”
