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ATNORTH ANNOUNCES HEAT REUSE ENABLED MEGA SITE IN KOUVOLA FIN04 will have an immediate power supply of 60MW in the first phase, ready for operation in the second half of 2025, and a path to power to several hundred megawatts when fully built. The site will cater for both colocation customers and build-to-suit projects. Working closely with the city of Kouvola and energy partner, KSS Energia, the new FIN04 site will atNorth has announced further expansion into Finland with a new mega site planned on a 21Ha plot, in Kouvola, 139km north-east of Helsinki and 52km from the city of Hamina. The site, called FIN04, aligns with atNorth’s growth strategy and will be its 10th data centre in the Nordics and its fourth campus in Finland.
be enabled with heat reuse capabilities, which will enable the recovery of excess heat from the data centre to be recycled for possible reuse within the local community. atNorth, atnorth.com
FROM CAMPUS TO COMPUTE: KAO DATA AND JISC’S GAME-CHANGING COLLABORATION Kao Data has formed a new commercial partnership with Jisc, the UK’s digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation. As part of a new data centre referral agreement, Jisc has chosen to work with Kao Data, specifically its Harlow campus, due to the high-capacity connectivity that already exists between the facility and the Janet network, to provide members of Jisc’s user-base with access to scalable, sustainable, and highly connected data centre capacity. “As the UK’s preeminent provider of data centres engineered for AI, we’re delighted to have formed this unique commercial partnership with Jisc, providing its academic and research communities with high performance infrastructure designed to deliver the highest levels of sustainability,” says
Spencer Lamb, Chief Commercial Officer, Kao Data. “We look forward to working with Jisc to support its members’ lifesaving research efforts, and to help them establish a new high performance data centre resource in close proximity to major technology hubs, which will benefit its users for years to come.” Kao Data, kaodata.com
HOST-IT ENDS YEAR WITH A FIFTH DATA CENTRE OPENING
Host-IT has announced its latest data centre. Located in Chester, it is ideally situated to serve the North West of the UK. Host-IT’s Chester facility follows four other site openings during 2023 in Birmingham, Bristol,
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Nottingham and Leeds, expanding the total portfolio to six with its pre-existing Milton Keynes data centre. Built to Tier Three standards, the 3MW site has full UPS with generator backup and all power is sourced from renewable energy suppliers. Set in 3.4 acres, the facility includes meeting rooms, office spaces and kitchen facilities. The full range of Host-IT services are available including shared colocation, quarter, half and full racks. More advanced services such as dedicated servers, bare metal and back up are also accessible. The secure facility has 24/7 access and provides onsite engineering support. Host-IT, host-it.co.uk
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