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growth has consequently enabled the company to become the largest privately-owned internet-services and data center service provider in Europe .
ENERGY EFFICIENCY With an increased number of data center builds emitting large quantities of heat , energy efficiency has become a core focus for EvoSwitch . “ From day one , we started being green ,” explains Chief Executive Officer Eric Boonstra . “ If you look into the world and environment , it is becoming increasingly important . From day one we started becoming energy efficient .”
With 12,000 square metres of premium space , there is scope for expansion opportunities to house the company ’ s colocation and data center services . Additionally , the current energy capacity of 15MW could be upped to 60MW , but with less power than traditional builds thanks to the building ’ s innovative design .
The Amsterdam facility is carbon neutral and features extremely low Power Usage Efficiency ( PUE ) scores . With indirect adiabatic free cooling , air freely flows into the cooling system ,
“ The role of the data center provider will change more into a center of opportunities , offering hybrid clouds that are not necessarily in companies own facilities ”
where warm air from the building becomes mixed and cooled with external air through heat transfer . This cooled air then re-enters the building , providing an optimum cooling solution . Utilising 100 percent renewable energy sources , such as hydropower and wind power , the building also adopts a modular design , enabling additional modules to be added in and provides future scalability for businesses to grow and utilise EvoSwitch ’ s services .
DESIGN INNOVATION The EvoSwitch private suites
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