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Europe’s largest data centre was
launched on 23rd September in Portugal
following a €90m investment.
The next generation data centre has
a capacity of up to 30 Petabytes (PB),
accommodating 50,000 servers and four
data centre blocks with a total area of
75,000m2.
The state-of-the-art facility is also a
worldwide energy savings leader, and will
maintain power usage effectiveness of
1.25.
The project brands Portugal Telecom
as a world-class leader in the housing
and management of IT and cloud
infrastructures. Portugal Telecom’s role as
a hub for exporting data storage capacity
for companies and technology services
will further advance through the Covilhã
data centre.
The inauguration is expected to create
vast employment opportunities within
the region, labelling Covilhã as a major
contributor to Portugal’s economic
development.
The event highlighted the culmination
of Portugal Telecom’s transformation,
positioning Covilhã’s leadership status as
one of Europe’s safest and successful data
centre operations.
Portugal Telecom – Portugal
Website:
Conference highlight
Miltec UV will be highlighting its MPI-400
UV curing system at November’s IWCS
Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The MPI-400, used for curing coatings
on optical fibre, allows for more efficient
curing and large reductions in operating
costs.
This new and advanced solution will be
visible on Booth 214 at the conference
between 10th and 13th November.
Miltec UV – USA
Website:
€90m investment in Europe’s largest data centre
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