Barcelona, 11 January 2024. MERLIN Properties and Edged Energy announced today agreements with Barcelona Cable Landing Station (CLS), Exa and Axent for their new state of-the-art, carbon-neutral data center located in Barcelona, Spain. The agreements mark an important milestone as MERLIN Properties, the Iberian Peninsula’s leading developer and operator of green real estate assets, and Edged, a sustainable data center infrastructure technology company, recently started operations at the world-class facility.
Centrally located at the Port of Barcelona near downtown, the MERLIN Edged data center offers 16 MW of critical load capacity, consumes no water for cooling and is powered by 100% renewable energy. The facility is uniquely designed for both energy and water efficiency with a guaranteed Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 and an advanced waterless cooling system built to handle the dense AI-driven loads that are reshaping the IT industry while conserving Spain’s scarce water resources.
“We are proud to be part of Spain’s fast-growing digital economy and to partner with leaders in the data carrier, networking and telecommunications industries to expand the region’s reach and connection opportunities. Our customers can feel confident they are connected to a secure, high-speed, on-demand network with established redundancies that ensure their data can reliably and instantaneously reach markets in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.”
Said Bryant Farland, Chief Executive Officer for Edged.
The MERLIN Edged data center’s Meet Me Room is directly connected to the Barcelona Cable Landing Station
The MERLIN Edged data center’s Meet Me Room directly connects to the Barcelona Cable Landing Station, providing customers with a high-connectivity bridge between the western Mediterranean and major and emerging markets worldwide. Barcelona CLS offers strategic connections to what will soon be the largest and fastest subsea cables in the world (2Africa cable and Medusa cable respectively).
MERLIN Edged customers also have access to additional subsea cables and terrestrial networks through connections with EXA and Axent. EXA’s network spans over 142,000 kilometers with routes extending throughout Europe and North America. Axent further amplifies local connections with high-speed routes throughout Spain, Portugal and France.
“We are seeing incredible growth and investment in IT and digital infrastructure across the Iberian Peninsula. The Barcelona Cable Landing Station is proud to be the area’s go-to connection spot, and we are honored to work with companies like MERLIN Properties and Edged who are combining top tier performance and global connectivity with innovative technology and sustainable design. The connection to the new facility was made possible thanks to Barcelona CLS existing redundant metro fiber ring, which adds significant network route diversity for the MERLIN Edged data center.”
Said Miguel Angel Acero, Chief Operations Officer for Barcelona CLS.
In addition to their Barcelona data center, MERLIN Properties and Edged have launched a network of waterless, carbon-neutral data centers across the Iberian Peninsula. Construction is complete and operations have begun at their data centers near Bilbao and Madrid.
Construction will break ground on an up to 100 MW campus in Lisbon, Portugal as soon as the license is granted (expected in early 2024).
