Templus is ready to purchase 9 AtlasEdge amenities throughout main European cities in a deal anticipated to finish within the first half of 2026.
The transaction will see Templus purchase knowledge centres in places spanning Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Zurich, Paris, Amsterdam, London, Leeds and Copenhagen.
Whereas monetary phrases weren’t disclosed, each firms are positioning the sale as a part of a wider portfolio reshuffle. For Templus, the acquisition supplies a right away footprint throughout a number of regional and metro markets and marks its first transfer past its present base in Spain. For AtlasEdge, the sale is framed as a transfer away from smaller websites and in the direction of fewer, bigger amenities with longer-term growth potential.
Templus mentioned the transaction will assist ‘important synergies’ in Spain and type the start line for worldwide development. Submit-completion, the corporate expects to handle a portfolio of greater than 60MW and serve 750 clients throughout what it described as high-growth colocation markets.
Nacho Velilla, CEO of Templus, commented, “With this acquisition, Templus begins its European internationalisation, with the agency goal of rising in all markets that at the moment are built-in into Templus’ community of regional knowledge centres in Europe.”
AtlasEdge, in the meantime, mentioned the deal reinforces its give attention to ‘bigger websites with important long-term development potential’, pointing to present exercise in Germany, Austria and Portugal. The corporate highlighted its plans to develop a 42MW presence in Vienna and a 30MW campus in Lisbon, the place it mentioned it intends to speculate greater than €500 million within the coming years. AtlasEdge additionally famous that it secured €253 million in inexperienced financing in October to assist improvement of the Lisbon campus, and that it has launched the primary of three knowledge centres on the positioning, LIS001.
“That is an thrilling step ahead for AtlasEdge,” mentioned Tesh Durvasula, CEO of AtlasEdge.
“It strengthens our potential to put money into the areas the place we see distinctive long-term development, whereas making certain these websites proceed below a targeted operator well-placed to assist their future.”
Henry Harris, Chief Technique Officer at AtlasEdge, added, “This transaction marks an vital milestone as we proceed to refine our portfolio round buyer demand – specializing in higher-density, scalable and strategically situated amenities within the markets the place we see the best potential. These 9 websites performed a key half in our early formation, and we’re delighted to have discovered within the Templus staff a brand new proprietor who shares our ardour for purchasers and operational excellence.”
For Templus, the geographic unfold of the belongings suggests a route into a number of established European hubs, alongside a lot of key regional markets which are seeing rising demand for lower-latency capability nearer to finish customers. The inclusion of web sites in each London and Leeds, for instance, provides Templus a presence within the UK throughout two distinct markets, whereas Copenhagen provides a foothold within the Nordics.
Templus’ management can also be pointing to regulatory and sovereignty concerns as a driver for demand, notably as enterprises steadiness on-premise infrastructure with hyperscale cloud.
Felix de la Fuente, Chief Industrial Officer of Templus, famous, “This acquisition reinforces Templus’ dedication to offering a resilient, proximity-based and state-of-the-art digital infrastructure. These strategically situated amenities profit from glorious connectivity by quite a lot of provider choices, whereas offering European companies with a sovereign and native infrastructure for regulatory compliance. That is essential for AI-ready operations, regulatory alignment, and hybridisation with centralised cloud ecosystems.”
