PARIS, July 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Interxion, a
leading European provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation
data centre solutions and a Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) company,
announced today the opening of the first phase of MRS3, its third
data centre in Marseille. The Marseille campus sits at the heart of the
global subsea cable industry, with 14 cables currently landing in
Marseille and five to 10
additional cables expected to land within the next five years.
Marseille serves as the digital nexus connecting 4.5 billion
cloud and digital media users across Europe, Africa, the Middle
East and Asia.
"With over 150 network service providers, Interxion's
Marseille campus has established
itself as one of the world's leading digital hubs for
intercontinental data traffic," said David
Ruberg, Chief Executive Officer of Interxion, a Digital
Realty company. "The opening of MRS3 will offer new and
existing customers expanded access to the vibrant community in
Marseille, including numerous
connectivity providers, digital media and cloud segments along with
local as well as global enterprises."
Former submarine base restored and converted to a data
centre
This state-of-the-art, highly connected data centre
is located in a former World War II submarine base known as Martha.
Abandoned for decades, this unusual building was built to be
virtually indestructible – its specifications include terraced
reinforced concrete to a thickness of 5.5 metres, the ability to
withstand 10-tonne bombs, a length of 250 metres and a 12-metre
high surrounding wall. The result is an architecturally
unique structure that houses a 16.5-megawatt data centre and
approximately 7,100 square metres of fully equipped IT space to be
delivered in three stages. This first phase, comprising
approximately 2,300 square metres, will be followed by two
additional phases scheduled for delivery during
2021.
A latest generation data centre in one of Europe's most dynamic digital hubs
MRS3
is situated adjacent to the MRS2 data centre and will benefit from
the dense connectivity throughout the campus. As is the case
for all Interxion's data centres, MRS3 will benefit from 100%
renewable energy sources. Uniquely, MRS3 and subsequent data
centres will benefit from cooling from an unused water source at
15°C drawn from the former Gardanne mines, which will be available
throughout the year. The heat drawn off will be available for
heating purposes for homes and offices in the new Euroméditerranée
districts.
"Our Marseille campus is well known for its national and
international community of leading global digital media and cloud
services providers, with a growing presence from enterprise
customers seeking to evolve their hybrid cloud infrastructures in a
secure and highly connected environment," explained Fabrice Coquio,
Interxion France Managing Director. "Given the scale of the
campus, this project has been a formidable undertaking,
transforming the site into a best-in-class, modern data centre
purpose-built to provide our customers with the digital
infrastructure requirements to scale at the speed and bandwidth
they need. Thanks to the support of the local public
authorities and the enthusiasm of our customers, Marseille has grown to be the world's
ninth-largest Internet hub. Our goal is now to see the city
enter the top five within the next three years."
About Interxion
Interxion, a Digital Realty company,
is a leading provider of carrier- and cloud-neutral colocation data
centre solutions in Europe,
serving a wide range of customers through more than 50 data centres
in 11 European countries. Interxion's uniformly designed,
energy-efficient data centres offer customers extensive security
and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With over
700 connectivity providers, 21 European Internet exchanges, and
most leading cloud and digital media platforms across its
footprint, Interxion has created connectivity, cloud, content and
finance hubs that foster growing customer communities of interest.
For more information, please visit
www.interxion.com.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR)
supports the data centre, colocation, and interconnection
strategies of customers across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, ranging
from cloud and information technology services, communications and
social networking to financial services, manufacturing, energy,
healthcare and consumer products. To learn more about Digital
Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn
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Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations,
forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially,
including statements related to the new MRS3 data centre, the
Marseille campus, subsea cables,
expected IT load, square footage, timeline to completion and costs,
renewable energy sources, the inability to utilise the capacity of
newly planned data centres and data centre expansions, delays in
connection with the development of new data centres or data centre
expansions, significant competition, and data centre demand,
including demand for our facilities. For a list and
description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports and
other filings by the company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. The company disclaims any intention or obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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