Construction Magazine August 2020 | Page 24

DIGITAL REALTY
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to the nation ’ s overall economy in the last decade . Digital Realty has invested more than 200mn euros in Ireland to date , with the latest Clonshaugh development designed to underpin the importance of data-led technologies to Dublin ’ s economy .
The company has also expanded PlatformDIGITAL in Germany , purchasing 1.35 acres of land in Frankfurt to address increasing customer demand . The new campus , purpose built for those enterprises looking to exploit the opportunities that PlatformDIGITAL provides , will add an additional 6MW of power to the company ’ s existing
28MW ; it offers solutions from Network Hubs through to Data Hubs .
“ With our size and our balance sheet , there ’ s rarely an opportunity in the market that we don ’ t see ,” says Sharp . “ If there ’ s an asset that will trade or customer demand around an area then we ’ ll spend a lot of time assessing that prospect . We already have one of the most robust platforms to serve Europe with the recent expansion of the Interxion assets , we ’ re constantly watching for opportunities in the Middle East and we also have an eye on some of the deeper elements of the African market . It ’ s also worth
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