What we do
Our data centers are designed and built to adapt to our client's demanding market needs – exponential data requirements for cloud computing or AI, High-Performance Computing, and 5G.
To meet the pace and scale required of a modern data center business, we are a partner who understands the process inside out and can deliver the highest possible standard with built-in scalability and at the speed of digital infrastructure against your investment. Wherever you are and wherever you need to build, fit-out, retrofit, or upgrade your data center infrastructure, we can support you from end to end. Our standardised way of working is designed to ensure consistent quality across Europe and clients while leveraging decades of local knowledge and experience to remain adaptable. Our unique global and local approach is anchored by a single point of contact that empowers us to standardise efficiently while catering to your needs and elevating your experience. At the heart of our solutions lie unparalleled in-house design, build, and commissioning expertise ensuring comprehensive tailored solutions for new build, fit-out, retrofit, or upgrade of your data center infrastructure.
New build data center
As a strategic partner, Equans Data Centers enable your business to always deliver new data center infrastructure across Europe on green and brownfield sites. Our expertise in the complete construction delivery of the building provides for the shell & core, fit-out, and MEP through to commissioning & IST giving you a total delivery partner with the capability for all required disciplines. We have the right mindset and approach for the coordination and planning needed to deliver secure and resilient large-scale builds, at speed, with design approaches allowing flexible phased handovers and sectional occupation.
Data center fit-out
With Equans Data Centers, you have a partner who can fit-out an existing facility for data hall spaces, technical rooms, and ancillary areas to deliver a high-quality operational data center.
We have specialised expertise in fitting out a building and carrying out any modifications necessary to maximise available space. With this blending of architectural, civil, construction, mechanical, and electrical engineering, we can deliver a complete operational data center with reliability and speed. This is underpinned by our expertise and approach to working in an operational data center. We precisely follow our clients’ procedures and protocols to ensure we integrate infrastructure into existing and new systems and deliver quality data centers.
Retrofit and upgrade
Whether you require plant upgrades within live operational data centers, complete retrofit of data halls, or when facilities and infrastructure are deemed to be redundant/ obsolete, we have the expertise and experience to bring your data centers up to your new specifications, layouts, and power densities while complying with industry standards.
These works require the expertise to plan and manage complex activities, and here at Equans Data Centers, we have total confidence throughout the processes to deliver your major data center projects. This is done in alignment with your capacity targets while providing 100% uptime to any other systems and data halls in operation. We actively plan close control of all design, site activities, and commissioning working with clients so we can meet all specification requirements with clear and controlled methodologies.