Penta Infra, a provider of reliable, sustainable and highly connected edge and hub datacentres in Europe, has acquired the Sungard datacentre campus in Paris (Lognes). With this, Penta Infra will also acquire the colocation business and will continue to deliver high quality datacentre services to the majority of the existing client base. Sungard has signed a service contract with Penta Infra for continued use of the datacentre capacity, and will remain on site as a partner in delivering managed hosting and other availability services for a specific set of existing clients.
Created in 2015, Penta Infra had already established a portfolio consisting of 10 datacentres in Germany, The Netherlands and Denmark. The acquisition of the Lognes datacentre campus creates an entry for Penta Infra in the French market. Presence in this major European market fits within Penta Infra’s long-term strategy of further expanding a pan-European portfolio of edge and hub datacentres.
Being part of FLAP, Paris is one of the most important colocation markets in Europe, making it the ideal site for Penta Infra’s base of operations in France. The carrier and cloud neutral Lognes datacentre campus is very well connected. This dense ecosystem, including public cloud access, provides current and future customers with a perfect foundation for their digital transformation.
The 3-building campus, consisting of two datacentres and a workplace facility, covers a surface area of over 16.000 m2 and has significant opportunities for expansion. The site will be developed into a 10+ MW datacentre. Penta Infra, with a proven track record of refitting and modernising datacentres, will directly invest to upgrade and expand the Lognes datacentre facilities to the highest market standards and operate them long term, in the most sustainable way.
Patrick van der Wilt, chief commercial officer at Penta Infra, “We are very excited to announce that we’re expanding our footprint into France, one of the European markets. Acquisition of the Lognes datacentre campus is a new chapter in our ambition to increase our datacentre footprint in Europe. The high profile customer base, a dense partner ecosystem that provides a wide range of connectivity and public cloud options, combined with the ability to scale on the Lognes campus positions Penta Infra well for developing our business in Europe by serving both national and international clients. Immediate investments to modernise and expand the facilities will provide our current and future clients with one of the most modern and sustainable facilities in Europe where we see our Penta Infra Copenhagen (2022 Award winner “most sustainable datacentre project in Denmark”) as reference.”
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