Infrastructure and connectivity provider BSO is launching a new data center platform BSO is proud to announce the creation of DataOne Europe’s first gigascale AI hosting infrastructure data center,” the company said this week the company is expanding two Tier III-quality campuses in France The company has taken over sites in Grenoble (Eybens) and Lyon (Villefontaine); it says the two sites currently offer 15MW of IT load spanning 50,000 sqm (538,195 sq ft) across 14 hectares DataOne will deliver a combined 400MW of AI-compatible infrastructure across the two sites The existing buildings are to be fitted out with new substations developed to accommodate high-voltage lines The sites will integrate renewable energy sourced from EDF’s hydroelectric power BSO has confirmed to DCD that these sites were previously operated by HP/DXC Update: BSO has confirmed DXC is set to remain as a customer of the sites BSO and DataOne aim to expand the sites to 80MW by April 2025 They will be expanded to 200MW by Q4 2026 and 400MW by 2028 DataOne will feature direct liquid-cooled Facilities Distribution Units (FDUs) able to host GPUs and offering densities ranging from 60 to 250kW per rack The data centers’ design aims to achieve a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.06–1.15 The sites will also be repurposing waste heat DataOne is led by BSO co-founder Charles-Antoine Beyney and BSO CEO Michael Ourabah “DataOne represents a bold vision for the future of AI infrastructure in Europe – a sustainable high-performance hub that sets a new standard for the industry,” said Beyney BSO has PoPs at more than 240 data centers across 33 countries Its network includes more than 50 cloud on-ramps As well as colocation services from ten sites the company has a cloud offering – known as BSO Cloud HP has been at Eybens since the early 1970s using the site to manufacture 2100 computers and other hardware DXC Technology was founded in 2017 after HPE merged its enterprise services business with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) DXC Technology said it had "43 owned or leased sites globally in addition to over 250 managed colo locations." However, last year DXC said it would move around 1,000 of its largest IT outsourcing customers to Amazon Web Services (AWS) selecting AWS as its primary cloud provider as it looked to divest some of its data centers Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Which language would you like to use this site in France: Systemic Police Discrimination Requires Reforms Groups Initiate Class Action Suit on Discriminatory Identity Checks Police in France engage in a longstanding  and widespread practice of ethnic profiling that constitutes systemic discrimination a group of six French and international human rights organizations said today as they initiated action  the first class action against the French state over the practice  The organizations sent a letter of formal notice on January 27 to the prime minister and the interior and justice ministers to press for structural reforms and concrete measures to put an end to discriminatory police practices Despite incontrovertible evidence that French police have engaged in systematic discrimination during identity checks for many years and commitments by successive governments to address the problem The class action suit is needed to end this stigmatizing a lawyer before France’s Council of State and Court of Cassation prepared and filed the formal notice on behalf of a group of local national and international organizations united in their expertise and commitment to combating discrimination They are the Maison Communautaire pour un Dévelopement Solidaire (MCDS) The formal notice includes testimony from numerous victims of discriminatory identity checks in cities across the country as well as affidavits from police officers that confirm bias in law enforcement One of the victims cited in the formal notice said he has repeatedly experienced ethnic profiling by the police since he was 16 “sometimes three times a day.” During a recent stop the police “put me violently up against the wall One of the officers touches my private parts he hits me in the stomach and calls me a ‘dirty Arab.’” the evidence demonstrates a pattern of discrimination that cannot be dismissed as isolated or sporadic incidents The Defender of Rights, France’s national human rights institution, has repeatedly criticized discriminatory identity checks and called for reform the Court of Cassation ruled that police stops of three young men constituted ethnic profiling and a “gross misconduct that engages the responsibility of the state.” The 2016 law to modernize justice in the 21st century allows class action suits to tackle discrimination and empowers the court to provide a range of remedies including ordering the executive branch to adopt systemic reforms The January 27th letter of formal notice is the beginning of a four-month period for negotiations among the parties after which the organizations can take the case to the courts if they are not satisfied with the steps the government pledges to take Deep structural reforms are needed to address systemic discrimination Piece-meal measures such as the use of body cameras by the police are insufficient Based on years working on police discrimination in France and elsewhere the organizations said that the government needs to carry out a constellation of reforms as a whole Recognizing the importance of the issue, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a general recommendation on “preventing and combating racial profiling by law enforcement officials” in November CERD emphasizes that not only is racial or ethnic profiling unlawful it “may be ineffective and counterproductive as a general law enforcement tool.” The organizations’ initiative comes at a time of profound crisis in police-community relations in France Following the savage beating of Black music producer in late November 2020 by four police officers the latest in a series of incidents of racialized police abuse President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged the problem of ethnic profiling by the police He announced that use of body cameras by police agents would become standard and that the government would create a new reporting platform for police abuse with the participation of the office of the Defender of Rights and nongovernmental organizations. Macron also announced that a consultative process would start at the end of January involving law enforcement The organizations are concerned that the president’s announcements and the consultation will lead once again to superficial and insufficient measures The procedure the groups initiated should spur the government to tackle the specific problem of discriminatory identity checks and its deep causes in line with France’s obligations under national and international law undertake the necessary structural reforms Together we can fight for human rights everywhere Your donation can transform the lives of millions If you are talented and passionate about human rights then Amnesty International wants to hear from you