Opened final month within the Inexperienced Power Park in Zellik, northwest Brussels, the striking-looking nine-storey Nexus information middle was designed with the collaboration of anchor tenants the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Free College of Brussels) and the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussels (Brussels College Hospital). With 7.2 MW of IT load based mostly on a 12.5 MVA renewable energy feed, the ten,000 sqm information middle provides medium, excessive and excessive power-density modules, and can home the VSC Flemish Supercomputer. It is usually some of the sustainable information facilities in Europe, with 100% renewable energy, optimized PUE design, a photovoltaic facade producing as much as 0.5 MW, rainwater recuperation for cooling, and 100% warmth re-use based mostly on a thermal sensible grid. Uniquely, the carbon-neutral facility has been ‘triple-certified’; it has obtained BREEAM ‘Glorious’ score for round and sustainable constructing practices; EDGE Superior standing; and Uptime Institute Tier III certification for Design and Operational Sustainability. The location additionally provides loads of room for future improvement.
“We’re delighted so as to add this model new ultra-sustainable facility to our portfolio as Penta Infra BRU01,“ mentioned Bob Sprengers, Penta Infra CEO. “Brussels is on the coronary heart of each Europe and the data-intensive FLAP hubs, and this beautifully-designed facility is the proper versatile platform for digital development. Its distinctive sustainability credentials additionally make it an ideal match for our low influence, 100% renewable-powered portfolio.”
“We’re very pleased with what we’ve got achieved in growing this facility together with our companions,” mentioned Michael Gheysens, Ghelamco Managing Director Belgium. “It’s modern and progressive, we’re assured it offers a useful blueprint for subsequent era sustainable information middle design. For Ghelamco that is the primary of many information facilities we’ll develop internationally, and we really feel it’s a good match for an skilled and environmentally-responsible colocation supplier like Penta Infra.”
