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VP of design construction for EMEA at Yondr
and a number of projects set to add to that capacity over the next couple of years
“This data centre has been built to provide exceptional resilience
while also delivering on our client’s goals for sustainability and operational efficiency
Achieving our first RFS milestone in Frankfurt adds to a busy year for Yondr
Plans for the site were first unveiled back in 2021
The Bischofsheim data centre complies with the stringent rules of Germany’s Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG)
which forces sites to use renewable energy for 50% of the asset’s electricity consumption — rising to 100% renewables from January 1 2027
The building features a solar PV installation on the roof
with the site also offering charging points for electric vehicles
Yondr said the site’s location in the FLAPD market (Frankfurt
Paris and Dublin) makes it a viable location for customers
providing capacity for Germany’s financial capital and a major technology hub
“We are proud to contribute to Frankfurt’s reputation as a critical location in the FLAP market,” said Ailish McDonnell
“This data centre reflects our desire to expand and invest further in the German market.”
Yondr’s German milestone adds to its growing list of global projects, having recently secured the green light to create a 100MW capacity site in London
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Yondr Group
owner and operator of hyperscale data centers has handed over the first 20MW of its 40MW project in Bischofsheim
represents the completion of the first two ready-for-service (RFS) phases in Yondr’s planned four-phase schedule for its Bischofsheim data center
It is Yondr’s second successful handover in Europe this year
following RFS for the first building at the company’s 100MW+ London campus in July
The Bischofsheim facility is also part of Yondr’s rapidly growing global data center portfolio
Designed and constructed to industry-leading sustainability standards
the Bischofsheim data center is aiming for LEED Gold certification
It will also comply with the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG)
which stipulates that data centers in Germany use renewable energy for 50% of the asset’s electricity consumption
2027. To help align the data center with Yondr’s sustainability goals and net carbon zero targets
the building has a solar PV installation on the roof
The asset also has electric vehicle charging points
The new 40MW Bischofsheim data center being delivered by Yondr will help to answer growing demand for capacity in a location that is both Germany’s financial capital and a major technology hub
Peter Hill, VP Design & Construction EMEA at Yondr commented: “Germany is a very dynamic market
“This data center has been built to provide exceptional resilience
“We are proud to contribute to Frankfurt’s reputation as a critical location in the FLAP market
This data center reflects our desire to expand and invest further in the German market
Yondr is excited to continue partnering with local stakeholders to drive innovation and deliver cutting edge
sustainable data centers that meet the country’s evolving needs.”
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Yondr Group has launched the first 20MW of its data center project in Bischofsheim
First announced at the end of 2021
this marks the completion of two out of four phases
Specifications of the facilities have not been provided
Yondr said its Bischofsheim facility will company with the German Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG)
using renewable energy for 50 percent of the facility’s electricity consumption
The building has a solar photovoltaic installation on the roof and a green wall
as well as electric vehicle charging points
with more on the horizon,” said Peter Hill
VP of design & construction EMEA at Yondr
added: “We are proud to contribute to Frankfurt’s reputation as a critical location in the FLAP market
Yondr is excited to continue partnering with local stakeholders to drive innovation and deliver cutting-edge
Earlier this year, Yondr completed the first building at its 100MW+ campus in London, with a second building currently under construction and a third approved by local planning authorities
The company is also developing a data center in Johor, Malaysia, and launched the first facility at its 336MW campus in Loudoun County, Northern Virginia
In October 2024
DigitalBridge Group announced it would acquire Yondr through one of its managed investment funds
The deal is expected to close in early 2025
Yondr is headquartered in London and was previously owned by single-family investment office Cathexis, Apollo Global Management, and Mubadala
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As the Chinese auto manufacturing sector ramps up
Mercedes-Benz China plans to cut 25% of its workforce by 2027 amid cost cuts and a slowdown in electric vehicle production
Reuters said Mercedes aims to cut 10-15% of its workforce in finance and sales within the region specifically
Mercedes-Benz China has denied that the figure is accurate
Wilhelm emphasized that the Chinese market remains competitive and that Mercedes-Benz could continue to navigate tariffs and other external economic factors through strategies such as supply chain optimization and production location flexibility
Wilhelm also highlighted the company's ability to implement workforce reductions
which he credited for a significant portion of the company’s current cost savings
"[Out of] 10,000 [of those were] white-collar [jobs]
That is obviously a key support to the fixed cost achievement of [dropping] 19% compared to 2019."
The report also coincides with recent comments from CEO Ola Källenius, who told reporters after the earnings call that the company "feels American" and wants to "grow their footprint in the U.S."
"The point is we're also an American company," Källenius said
we have our headquarters in Germany and our European origins
He said the company hopes to shift more operations toward the U.S.
primarily to avoid tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump
operations support Mercedes-Benz’s global business in ways that have been largely underreported
"We are prepared to continue to invest billions and we want to grow our footprint in the United States, we are committed," Källenius said
"A little-known fact — we are one of the major industrial exporters out of the United States
Two-thirds of the vehicles that we make in our Tuscaloosa plant actually go out into the world
a significant part of them obviously to Europe."
The Chinese car industry has become a major disruptor among manufacturers and the cause of many tariff-related discussions in Washington. The recent cuts and quotes by Mercedes-Benz and their leadership hints at a growing trend of large companies nearshoring production towards the U.S. as a result of tariffs
"We know Mercedes went all in on EVs and those have not sold nearly as well as they forecasted," Shefska said
"Brands like Lexus are on much better footing because they did not increase their prices as much or push into EVs more aggressively."
facing growing competition and the cost of failed EV initiatives
are struggling to sustain their businesses
"We are seeing a similar story play out at both Nissan and Stellantis," Shefska added
Mercedes-Benz experienced a 23% decline in battery electric vehicle sales
This downturn has prompted Mercedes-Benz to revise its electrification goals
aiming for EVs to constitute up to 50% of total sales by 2030
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Together these two European projects will require an initial investment of $1bn+ and form the beginning of Yondr’s broader data center development strategy
Yondr is developing a 40-megawatt data center in the city of Bischofsheim
which is located ~18.5 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Frankfurt
The 387k sqft (36k sqm) plot of land is situated in Tagweide Industrial Park (Gewerbegebiet Tagweide)
Yondr acquired the land directly from the Bischofsheim municipal council for €9.9m
equivalent to €25.5 per sqft (€275 per sqm)
Yondr will develop the data center to LEED Gold certified building standards and target energy efficiency
with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) below 1.3
the company committed to employ 800 to 1,000 people to build the data center and to invest €400m ($453m) in the project
Yondr is in the process of preparing its building application for the site
the company is in discussions with Mainzer Netze
Yondr expects the Bischofsheim data center to be ready for service by Q1 2024
Yondr competed to purchase the development site with NTT
who also wanted to build a data center at this location
online wine retailer VGP (alongside anchor tenant Viacampo) sought to develop a logistics facility on the land
Yondr is developing an initial 30-megawatt data center located in Slough
which is situated ~20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Central London
the data center campus will comprise two buildings with a total of 100 megawatts of power capacity
Yondr refers to its project in Slough as the Wexham Road Development Site and by its data center name
the site is the former Uxbridge Road Gas Works
Yondr’s YDRSL01 development will occupy the northern half of the site
Yondr plans to invest £450m+ ($615m) for phase one of the development
This data center’s capacity will be distributed across three 10-megawatt data halls
Yondr expects phase one of the Slough (YDRSL01) data center to be ready for service by January 2023
Yondr notes that it has added a new site to its portfolio
which has 72 megawatts of deployable critical IT capacity
which is located ~34 miles (55 kilometers) north of London
Yondr’s LON-3 spans a 17.3-acre (7-hectare) site and is located at Jct 11A
LON-3 will comprise 72 megawatts of critical IT capacity across 280k sqft (26k sqm) of data hall gross internal area
with a power usage effectiveness (PUE) below 1.2
Yondr expects the Luton (LON-3) data center to be ready for service by Q4 2022
Beyond its recent announcements in the markets of Frankfurt
Yondr has also detailed development projects in Northern Virginia and India:
Yondr notes that its future data center campuses will ultimately span the following 19 global markets:
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40MW project in Bischofsheim to come online in early 2024
Yondr has announced plans for a new data center outside Frankfurt
The project is located in the City of Bischofsheim
to the south-west of Frankfurt and close to the River Rhine
The facility is expected to be ready for service by Q1 2024
"The last few years have seen an aggressive expansion in Frankfurt due to increased cloud capacity demands
The availability of this new metro will greatly support our clients' growth and remove any constraints when it comes to scalability challenges," said Pete Jones
chief development officer and founder at Yondr Group
In November the company announced plans to develop a UK hyperscale data center campus in Slough
The initial phase will see the development of a 30MW facility
which is expected to be ready for service by the first quarter of 2023
The data center campus will have a total capacity of 100MW when fully developed
This year has also seen Yondr form a $1 billion joint venture with Everstone to develop hyperscale data centers in India, and acquire 270 acres for a data center campus in Northern Virginia
"The data center project proposed by Yondr is the largest and perhaps the most important development project for the City of Bischofsheim," said Mayor Ingo Kalweit
Bischofsheim will become a digital infrastructure pillar and our community will greatly benefit from the influx in innovation."
Yondr says it has European developments in Amsterdam
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We look at some of the latest data center developments announced over the past month
The demand for new data centers isn’t showing any sign of slowing
With new projects being announced each week
keeping track of the latest data center developments is not always easy
To keep you informed about the latest data center news involving design, construction
we bring you the highlights from the past month
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
This curated selection will help you stay on top of the latest data center development news with ease
Analysts’ forecasts of hundreds of billions in data center investment are materializing
with Microsoft planning an $80 billion buildout in 2025
The company said the funds would be used to create new data centers
underscoring the intense capital requirements of AI systems
More than half of this projected spending through June 2025 will be in the US, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote in a New Year blog post
Recent AI progress is thanks to “large-scale infrastructure investments that serve as the essential foundation of AI innovation and use,” Smith wrote
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Meta announced a $10 billion data center near the city of Monroe in northeast Louisiana (see featured image above)
The four million square foot facility in Richland Parish will be Meta’s largest data center in the world
Construction is expected to continue through 2030
Meta also said it is seeking up to 4 GW of new nuclear energy as the tech giant looks for a reliable electricity source for its data centers
In other hyperscale news
Google is investing in mega energy parks that will generate renewable power as the company races to fuel its data centers
The company entered into a partnership with Intersect Power
and investment firm TPG Rise Climate to design and build big energy plants next to data center campuses
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest $10 billion to expand its data center infrastructure in Ohio
This builds on the company’s previous $7.8 billion investment plan and over $6 billion spent through 2022
bringing its total announced commitment in Ohio to $23 billion since 2015
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The new facilities will support cloud computing
apparently marking the second-largest private sector investment in Ohio’s history
The Canadian government is investing C$240 million ($169 million) to help Toronto-based AI startup Cohere to expand its data center AI compute capacity
The investment is intended to help drive the construction of a state-of-the-art AI data center on Canadian soil
with operations scheduled to begin in 2025
On December 27, Bit Digital acquired a site for a 5 MW Tier-3 data center expansion project in Montreal
The New York-based HPC infrastructure company paid C$33.5 million for the 160,000 sq ft MTL2 site and expects to spend an additional C$27.6 million to complete a retrofit by May 2025
each building of the so-called ‘Project Sail’ campus will span 378,000 sq ft – a total footprint of 4.9 million sq ft across 832 acres of land
Louis-based World Wide Technology (WWT) announced plans to acquire Canadian IT services provider Softchoice for $1.25 billion
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More North American data center news:
Oklo, a developer of advanced nuclear technology backed by billionaire Sam Altman, agreed to supply up to 12 GW of electricity to data center operator Switch
Northern Data Group announced plans for a 120 MW high performance computing data center in Maysville, Georgia
The 63-acre campus is expected to be fully operational in Q1 2027
AVAIO Digital announced plans to purchase and develop a 452-acre site in Appomattox County, Virginia. The $3 billion Appomattox Data Hub will host a 300 MW data center campus with “substantial” onsite green power
Yondr Group launched the first 20 MW of its 40 MW data center project in Bischofsheim
In Europe, Yondr Group launched the first 20 MW of its 40 MW data center project in Bischofsheim
The milestone marks Yondr’s second handover in Europe over recent months
following the opening of its first building at the company’s 100 MW London campus in July
Yondr also secured a 4.5-acre site in Toronto to develop its first Canadian data center
NorthC, provider of regional data center services in the Benelux and DACH region, is set to expand its European operations further in 2025 and 2026. The company said it would establish new data centers in Frankfurt and Berlin
UK data center operator Latos Data Centres said it would develop a 90 MW data center in Cardiff
and a total of 40 new data centers across the UK by 2030
the operator’s proposed outline will see the construction of up to ten data center buildings spanning a total area of up to 540,000 sq m
On December 23, Equinix announced plans to acquire BT Group's Irish data center business, including data centers in CityWest and Ballycoolin
Equinix currently operates six data centers in the Dublin area
More European Data Center News this month:
Schwarz Group, owner of the European supermarket chain Lidl, is developing a new data center campus in Lübbenau
atNorth secured land in Långsele in central Sweden for a future data center “mega site.”
Verne announced plans to develop a 70 MW Data Center campus in Mäntsälä
will invest a combined €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) into Vantage’s EMEA data center platform
along with a Viettel Group data center that uses Nvidia technology
will help develop advanced AI in the country
Vietnam’s Investment Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said at a signing ceremony in Hanoi this week
Elsewhere, NTT Data announced its proposed acquisition of nearly 70 acres of land in Johor Bahru
the site will become one of the largest data center campuses in the Asia-Pacific region
featuring six dedicated buildings and 290 MW of capacity
“Johor Bahru is an increasingly important cross-border economic zone due to its proximity to Singapore,” said Doug Adams
BDx Indonesia, a joint venture between Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Lintasarta, and BDx Data Centers, deployed the first phase of an AI data center in Jatiluhur, Indonesia
The new CGK4 facility is Indonesia’s first renewables-powered AI data center campus
Edgnex Data Centers, an arm of the Dubai-based Damac Group conglomerate, plans to invest approximately $3 billion in data centers across Southeast Asia
we have over 550 MW of projected capacity towards Southeast Asia
which effectively means that this could be a $5 billion market for us,” said Danish Nayar
senior vice president of investments and acquisitions at Damac Group
More Asia-Pacific data center news this month:
Digital Edge DC, a company backed by private equity fund Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, secured $1 billion in debt to fund its data center expansion across Asia
Microsoft opened its first hyperscale cloud region in New Zealand
Taiwanese hardware developer Foxconn is on track to become the world’s largest server vendor, according to Omdia.
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there’s a general sense of social upheaval brought on by some invisible force
we’re tilting at windmills while the real source of social engineering is in our pockets
highly lifelike social robots for the home
has now joined the ranks of socially interactive robots
plugged into the internet and powered by artificial intelligence
This all begs the question: how smart do we want our robots to be
we all want robots to perform an array of functions
but do we actually want to replace the people in our lives with intelligent robots and AI
These are voice-activated robots that speak
remember everything you tell them and can be exquisitely fine-tuned to your preferences and desires
They will perform a wide range of household tasks
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like all devices loaded with generative AI
has been trained on human-generated data from the internet
organize it into categories and provide mostly coherent commentary on virtually any subject
there’s also a good chance his little metal head is teeming with inaccuracies and misinformation
Now Spot is a soldier in the AI arms race to get generative AI packed into robots as quickly as possible
Social robots don’t just want to assist us. They’re designed to convince us they want us to love them and to believe that they love us. As silly as this sounds, studies have shown that people of all ages can form deep attachments to interactive robots
that our brains are easily tricked into believing they are at least somewhat alive
and that we’re easily influenced by them even when they make mistakes
These robots are being designed specifically to be friends
They read our emotions and body language and feign emotions of their own
They draw us in through ersatz “personalities” and by catering to our emotional neediness by pretending to care about us
These robots can be a godsend to lonely, isolated people. They can entertain, teach, and monitor children, and run special programs that teach those on the autism spectrum basic social skills. They can provide a version of cognitive behavioral therapy for those with common mental illnesses, care for the elderly and disabled
and are veritable wizards at multimedia functions
and creating videos of memorable events in the home or from raw footage you feed them
means that they will have the same limitations and pitfalls as GAI technology
which was launched while still having significant problems related to accuracy
and the fact that it neither understands human language nor is able to discern truth from falsehood
It could take years to work out the bugs in generative AI
for lawsuits (there are several) to wend their way through the courts
for new copyright laws to be enacted to protect authors and publishers from having their material mined for profit
But now that Boston Dynamics has endowed Spot with ChatGPT
we can expect others to clamor to get it into their robots so as to ride the wave of expectations surrounding it
Just as in the case of social robots that exploit our need to connect as social beings
ethical guardrails are practically nonexistent for AI in general
So far AI and robotics companies have been on the honor system
If there’s an overarching ideology to guide this sector, its current buzzword is “effective accelerationism.” Enormous benefits are bestowed on humanity
just by accelerating the speed at which new AI products can be developed and launched into the world
This is a no-brainer for people who believe in the heroic narrative of AI solving some of mankind’s most intractable problems—but a source of alarm for doomsayers who predict the end of humanity
I believe that eventually these technologies will provide enormous benefits for all of society
and maybe tap the brakes for a moment while laws and regulations catch up to the science
Algorithms and AI will continue to insinuate themselves into nearly every crack and crevice of our lives
the harder it will be to control or address problems
No one wants their child’s robotic tutor going psycho from material it has absorbed from the dark web
While everyone’s hackles are constantly being raised by the conspiracy-theory-industrial-information complex
we may be looking in the wrong direction to explain our widespread sense of pernicious control over our lives
Being ruled by faulty algorithms is far more insidious
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this project realized by german firm MIND AC sees a three-storey office space built up in a compact plot located in the central suburban area of bischofsheim in west germany
the cross laminated paneling is manufactured by KLH austriaall images © nick frank / courtesy of MIND AC
‘büro schulstrasse’ rises as a solid timber volume clad completely in cross-laminated paneling. MIND AC planned the ecological building with a versatile floorplan to accommodate the client’s desire of wanting a co-working setting
the result capitalizes on the urban possibilities of its location to capture a contemporary office environment
and take into consideration of the possibility of future renovations
translucent curtains are used on the ground floor to create divisions for the kitchen
access into the interior is through an entrance set back from the main road
the unobtrusive character of the building is due to the minimum material palette in which the design team decided to use
an airy and open nature is instilled in the interiors
this underlines the main design concept of exercising flexibility and relationship with the surrounding context and is seen especially on the ground floor
floor-to-ceiling windows invite natural light
while curtains have been installed as space partitioning for meetings
sliding doors provide access to a private terrace and garden
a white steel staircase delineates the different types of work environments on each floor and forms the central link
the first and second floors offer independent work spaces for privacy and focus
large windows interrupt the timber façade to capture garden views outside and the same curtains used on the ground floor allow the control of light
a white steel staircase forms the central link
the minimum material palette was used to achieve a modern simplicity and offer an unobtrusive appearance
light permeates the workspaces through the glazing
the first and second floors are aimed for more private and intimate working
sustainability was considered throughout the entire design development
a bookshelf runs the length of the three levels
the positioning of the structure has formed a private courtyard
the new structure had to be built directly on the street
AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function
but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style
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The central warehouse of online delivery service Knuspr in Garching covers 10,000 m²
together with the Autostore Fresh facility
Up to 7,000 boxes can be filled and delivered to customers daily via the Autostore facility
with one zone at 4 to 6 degrees Celsius and the other at 9 to 11 degrees Celsius
The temperature in the freezer is -26 degrees," explains Head of Maintenance Christian Fieder
referring to the good quality of the fruit and vegetable products
together with press spokesman Manuel Kalleder
The share of fresh produce in the total of 12,000 items is 26.2 percent
"You don't find this quality in supermarkets
for some products we only have 5 tons available instead of 20 tons
this means we throw away virtually nothing
we can live up to our claim of always ensuring the freshest products for our customers
Since the shopping experience of stationary retail is missing
customers trust us to offer the items they would have chosen themselves," says Fieder
Europe's first Autostore Fresh facility"In the fresh food sector
we were pretty much the first in Europe to install an Autostore Fresh facility
we worked out a concept with the manufacturer and distributor of the Autostore system to cover the entire system
full-spectrum daylight lamps were installed over the ports
"This also involves employees changing stations more frequently and working at different picking positions within the facility."
An employee picks up an empty crate from the conveyor belt
which she fills with the respective orders
The order was previously transmitted to the Autostore by the customer management system and displayed on a screen
Each crate is assigned a specific barcode that belongs to a particular order
The sizes of the facings on the shelves can be adjusted
depending on what the customer wants," says Fieder
the boxes rotate continuously and are used for both storage and retrieval of goods
All goods that need to be refrigerated are delivered and pre-picked in the refrigerated area
This means that the goods are assembled here so that they can later be placed in the individual sectors accordingly
the added value and efficiency of the Autostore system start at the putaway stage."
The Autostore is powered by 230-volt lithium-ion batteries
This is to keep the energy consumption of the electric motors as low and efficient as possible
"The lights in the hall basically use more electricity than the Autostore itself," Fieder says
the distributor of the facility checks the entire system."
the Autostore controller ensures that the robots do not get in each other's way
which the robots approach autonomously as soon as they need to recharge
the robots are waiting to remove boxes from the bays as well as to insert new boxes into the bays
"Save Me" bags discount products with minor blemishes
as well as deliver surplus goods to food-sharing organizations
while goods are picked up twice a week from community kitchens
we can reduce the percentage of goods that are not sold to less than one percent and the percentage of food that is actually then thrown away to even less than 0.1 percent," Kalleder emphasizes
Customers should be able to do their entire weekly shopping through Knuspr
which is why all other products such as washing powder
can be purchased in addition to fresh produce
but it's still important that we offer a full range," Fieder says
"Due to our unique supply chain - mainly because the suppliers bring the food to us without intermediate storage and we also pass it on directly to the customer without dark stores or the like - we can guarantee fair prices without having to compromise on quality" adds Kalleder
orders are taken via the conveyor belt and sorted into shelves
"Half of this hall will be automated in the future
After successful implementation of the automation
the remaining manual part of the expedition will also be automated
The robots will then remove orders from the conveyor belt and place them on the shelves
Once the trip route for the orders is determined
the robots place the orders into the flow racks
The picked orders for the tours can then be loaded into our delivery vehicles more easily and quickly
We can then use the employees in the areas where we need more employees anyway." From the end of May/beginning of July
the conversion of the automation system in the expedition is scheduled to start and be completed by the end of August
Another warehouse is located in Bischofsheim near Frankfurt
For more information:Manuel Kalleder und Christian FiederGroßer Kern GmbHTal 3080331 MünchenTel.: +49 89 307 688 90 Email: [email protected] Web: www.knuspr.de
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Reigning German Champion Jochen Kaess clinched victory in the third stage of the Trans Germany
The 28-year-old took 3:39:13 to complete the 95.95km race with 2,674 metres of elevation change throughout the course from Bischofsheim a
The Multivan Merida Biking member defeated Alban Lakata (Topeak-Ergon Racing) by 1.1 seconds and Bulls pilot Thomas Dietsch by 1.9 seconds
Dietsch took over the yellow jersey of the race leader from Hannes Genze (Multivan Merida Biking)
who was also off the front for awhile during stage 1
was all smiles and pleased with his performance
The Oberstenfeld resident spent most of the day in the lead groups
I felt good the whole time and was able to stay in front," said Kaess
"I'm glad that I was able to secure the victory on this hard stage."
Asked if he also hopes for some other good results or a higher placing on the GC
"Despite the gap I guess everything is possible on the last four stages
Our team won't give up and will try to place one of us on the podium - if it works on top of it."
Dietsch jumped on the top spot of the ranking on the fourth stage; this year
the French National Champion was able to do so one day earlier
"It was a tough race but we had a very good team tactic with Stefan Sahm in the lead group from the middle of the race onward
When Alban Lakata attacked up to the Dolmar and Hannes Genze could not follow the pace anymore
Dethroned leader Genze was understandably not amused with this race result
I was hoping to stay on the ball as from now on I guess I won't have a chance anymore." The 27-year-old said
I was able to keep the gap at 30 seconds while pedalling in a group after the Dolmar climb
Esther Suess celebrated her third stage win with a time of 4:09:59
The Swiss racer from the Wheeler Pro Team however experienced something new on the day's stage
"I was riding a long time with Nina Gaessler and Sally Bigham
That was pretty unusual for me as I normally ride together with the men."
The British Topeak-Ergon Racing racer stepped up one spot on the GC to second in the women's classification due to her 4:14:39 finish time
"I felt better than the days before and was able to stay in a group for a while until Lakata passed by again
But on the downhills I was able to relax for awhile and noticed that I can bring home a good result."
Johann Grasegger won his third consecutive stage to Oberhof
the Scott Racing pilot crossed the finish line ahead of Branko Grah who followed about three minutes later (4:02:09.5)
Hans Plaenckert from Casa Verde Racing Factory rounded out the podium of the over 40-year-olds - which thus was the same one as yesterday
Milan Spolc again answered the expectations in the Senior Master category
The Sachsen Team von Welt member mastered the distance of about 96 kilometres in 4:14:04.7
just ahead of Bernhard Spieler from Team race worx
The Trans Germany will head back to Bavaria - but not on an easy path
A stage distance of 120 kilometres speaks for itself
the constant up and downs back to Bavaria will stretch the field to the limit as the racer have to handle what is a typical saw blade profile for the race
Racing will be toughest in the Franconian Forest
They will also continue to compete in the King of the Mountains classification
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the 40MW facility will join the company growing portfolio of global data centres which includes the recently announced 100MW data centre development in Slough
“The last few years have seen aggressive expansion in Frankfurt due to increased cloud capacity demands," said Pete Jones
chief development officer and founder at Yondr Group.
"The availability of this new metro will greatly support our clients’ growth and remove any constraints when it comes to scalability challenges.”
The new site will mark Yondr's entry into Frankfurt
is expected to surpass 600MW of total supply this year
with 145MW of new supply expected to come online
the growing hyperscale cloud opportunities and capacity demands from multinational enterprises positions Frankfurt as a strategic location and a key part of Yondr’s global expansion plans
“The data centre project proposed by Yondr is the largest and perhaps the most important development project for the City of Bischofsheim,” said Mayor Ingo Kalweit
Bischofsheim will become a digital infrastructure pillar and our community will greatly benefit from the influx in innovation.”
As part of Yondr’s approach to data centre development
clients will be given access to cloud capacity at scale with space to expand
The company has also made several biodiversity and community development commitments
part of the company's aim to create a lasting positive impact in the community it operates in.
is expected to be ready for service by Q1 2024
In related news, July saw Yondr form a $1 billion joint venture with Everstone Group to open hyperscale data centres in India
An increase of 282MW from the 655MW delivered in 2024
It is estimated that 937MW of new colocation supply will reach Europe’s data center market in 2025, according to a report from CBRE
It is an expected increase of 282MW on the 655MW of total colocation capacity delivered in 2024
51 percent of capacity was to primary markets
with Frankfurt seeing the most supply delivered (141MW)
Yondr, Equinix, and Global Switch all launched facilities in Frankfurt last year
Around 57 percent of new colo capacity this year is expected to be delivered in the FLAPD markets
FLAPD markets have seen vacancy rates reaching an all-time low of eight percent
with European vacancy rates falling to 10 percent
vacancy rates in Europe are expected to close at around 8.5 percent
CBRE warned at the beginning of 2024 that data center demand in Europe would outstrip supply
All four quarters last year saw demand outstrip new supply
Constraints on power and land will push growth in secondary markets
The report said a greater proportion of supply than ever before will be delivered to Europe’s secondary markets
adding that five of the ten secondary markets in Europe will see double-digit supply growth
will have a supply of more than 100MW by the end of this year
just four secondary markets had a supply of more than 100MW
In a report last year
CBRE said five secondary European markets would have more than 100MW supply and that eight would see double-digit growth
“The data center construction boom will continue unabated
and hyperscaler ambitions are key factors that are driving the rapid growth of markets such as Milan
as well as the continued expansion of leading markets like London and Frankfurt,” said Kevin Restivo
head of European data center research at CBRE
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Wilmann makes jump from Joker-Bianchi to Skil-Shimano for 2010
Norwegian Frederik Wilmann will make the jump from Joker-Bianchi to Professional Continental Skil-Shimano for the 2010 season
Wilmann has the last laugh in Bischofsheim
won the French Mi-Août Bretonne stage race in August and a stage of the Tour Alsace in July racing for Norway's Joker-Bianchi team
but Dutch Skil-Shimano is the next division up and raced in the Tour de France this year
He was the first and only Norwegian to win the Tour de Romandie and Setmana Catalana in 1982
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