Jan, 2021 : Switch Datacenters Pays Its Clients for Server Waste Heat

Apr 23, 2019 - Switch Datacenter Group Sells Amsterdam AMS1 Data Center to Equinix for €30M - Switch Datacenter Group has announced the transfer of its AMS1 colocation data center and operations to Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) – in an all-cash transaction for €30 million ($34 million). Switch Datacenter Group sees it as a logical next step on its path to strengthening their focus on the colocation wholesale market and customer-specific site development for enterprises and hyperscale customers.

Over the last couple of years, Switch Datacenter Group has evolved from a high-end classical retail colocation provider into a professional designer, developer and operator of high-end (wholesale) data centers. Switch Datacenters has made significant investments in R&D and the development of ...

Mar 17, 2019 - ‘EMEA Has Been Identified As a Primary Region for OCP Technology Growth’ - At the OCP Global Summit last week in San Jose, CA, several announcements were made by the Open Compute Project (OCP) and by companies collaborating with the OCP organization and its community. The annual Summit brought together more than 3,400 key decision makers, executives, engineers, developers and suppliers.

At the OCP Global Summit, global data center infrastructure provider Inspur (inspursystems.com) has announced its plan, in joint efforts with Intel (intel.com), to contribute a High-density Cloud-optimized platform to the OCP Community – code name ‘Crane Mountain.' This four-socket platform launched by Inspur (inspursystems.com) and Intel is a "high-density, flexible and ...

Oct 1, 2018 - Rittal Deploys Europe’s First Open Compute (OCP) Experience Center in Amsterdam - The initiators of the European OCP Experience Center in Amsterdam, from left to right: Menno Kortekaas (Circle B (circleb.eu)), André Hiddink (Rittal B.V.) and Edgar van Essen (Switch Datacenters (switchdatacenters.com))

Data Center solutions vendor Rittal has deployed an Open Compute Project (OCP) Experience Center in Switch Datacenters' AMS1 facility in Amsterdam in joined cooperation with OCP solutions (opencompute.org) provider Circle B. This OCP Experience Center with a fully-functional OCP environment is available as a demo center, but may also be used for testing new ‘OCP Accepted' and ‘OCP Inspired' data center environments and telco solutions.

Open Compute Project was founded by ...

Jun 21, 2018 - Switch Datacenters Plans to Add 18,300 Sq. Ft. Wholesale Colocation Space to Its Amsterdam Data Center Campus - The use of energy-efficient cooling technologies would result in an ultralow pPUE figure of 1.04 for this Amsterdam data center, which is extremely energy-efficient.

Switch Datacenters, a European provider of build-to-suit corporate data centers and enterprise-grade colocation facilities (switchdatacenters.com), has announced its plans to commence development of a new data center at its data center campus in Amsterdam. Adjacent to Switch Datacenters' existing data halls, this 18,300 square feet new data center will be built to offer wholesale colocation space to a large enterprise, managed colocation provider, or cloud provider searching for Amsterdam-based dedicated data center ...

Jun 10, 2016 - Switch Datacenters Deploys 10 GbE Dark Fiber Interconnect Solution Featuring DWDM to Connect Its Amsterdam Area Data Centers - Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 9, 2016 - Switch Datacenters, a European data center operator providing colocation services and build-to-suit corporate data centers, headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, announces the deployment of a 10 GbE dark fiber interconnect solution between its two Amsterdam area data centers, Switch AMS1 and Switch AMS2. Delivered by euNetworks, the interconnect featuring DWDM technology provides Switch's customers with multiple virtual fibers for backup and failover purposes and maximization of data center redundancy.

The data center interconnect (DCI) model deployed utilizes a resilient network architecture with efficiency-enhancing Dense Wavelength ...