Spanish REIT MERLIN Properties has announced a long term, multi-phase strategic partnership with Edged Energy, a subsidiary of Endeavour devoted to net zero digital infrastructure, to build a network of ultra-efficient, waterless data centers in the cities of Madrid, Bilbao, Barcelona and Lisbon, using Merlin’s existing land bank.
‘We service a wide range of customers, from high tech companies in our signature office buildings to international logistics operators in our warehouses,’ said David Brush, co-founder of Merlin and special advisor to the data center programme at the company. ‘The Iberian region is perfectly positioned to be the principal gateway connecting the digital economies of Europe, North America, South America, Africa, the Middle East and beyond. This world class infrastructure platform will allow cloud and technology companies to better service and connect to a diverse customer base.’
‘The Iberian Peninsula is fast-becoming one of the most strategically connected places in the world with excellent fiber networks and an abundance of solar and wind energy resources,’added Jakob Carnemark, founder of Endeavor and a 25-year veteran of the industry, with more than $5 bn in data center built. ‘This region is a major focus for us as we continue building the first carbon-neutral and water-neutral global platform for data center edge infrastructure.’
The sites in Barcelona and Madrid will support up to a total of 20MW of load each, while the data center campus sites in Bilbao and Lisbon have the infrastructure to support hyperscale builds in excess of 100MW each (20MW in a first phase).
