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Belgian €1 Billion Data Center Plan Tests Existing Grid Access
📅 - Switch Datacenters from the Netherlands is exploring a wholesale data center on the former Sappi paper mill site in Lanaken, Belgium, where existing high-voltage infrastructure could give the project an advantage in securing power. The proposal tests a larger question for European operators: can retired industrial sites become usable cloud capacity without lengthy grid work? The electrical entitlement remains undisclosed.
The proposed facility would occupy roughly eight hectares of a larger industrial property. Switch Datacenters would provide the buildings and supporting infrastructure, while wholesale customers would install their own servers. Its potential investment has been described [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
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