Portus Data Centers expands underground Luxembourg facility

Portus Data Centers has announced the rebranding of European Data Hub (EDH), its colocation data center in Luxembourg, to Portus Data Centers Luxembourg. At the same time the company is pleased to announce the site’s expansion with a further 1.350 sqm of white space and an additional power increase project which will bring the total IT load capacity to 3.4 MW.

Located in the heart of Luxembourg in the expanding business district of the Cloche d’Or, Portus Data Centers Luxembourg is built completely underground, allowing customers to house, host and manage their critical IT infrastructure in a highly secure, sustainable, and resilient environment.

Powered by 100% renewable energy sources, the facility is certified Tier IV by the Uptime Institute, operates in accordance with major industry standards, including ISO 9001, ISO14001, ISO50001, ISO 27001 and EN-50600-2. It equally offers redundant connectivity via a host of national and international carriers.

“As a part of the Portus Data Centers Group, we gain access to valuable resources, expertise and support that enables us to invest in innovation and development, further strengthening our position in the industry and enhance the services we offer to the market,” said David Celis, CEO, Portus Data Centers Luxembourg. “At the same time the significant expansion of space and power announced today will ensure more growth opportunities for our growing portfolio of customers.”

Adriaan Oosthoek, Chairman of Portus Data Centers added: “This is yet another step in the execution of the buy & build growth strategy that Portus Data Centers has defined. We are seeing strong demand in the Luxembourg market which is in line with other key growing regional data center markets in Europe - driven by the increase in organisations looking to outsource their IT and networking infrastructure to high quality colocation facilities.”