Vittorio Colao, Minister for Technological Innovation, visited the Global Cloud Data Center di Aruba, a recently built technological pole with structure and systems “compliant with the highest safety standards in the sector” located in Ponte San Pietro, in the province of Bergamo.
The structure covers an area of 200 thousand square meters and is the largest campus data center in Italy: the visit, led by Stefano Cecconi, CEO of Aruba, took place yesterday afternoon (Monday 12 July) and “it was also an opportunity to see the work in progress on the campus expansion site, which will lead to the imminent activation of two other data centers, one of which by the end of 2021”, as stated in a note from ‘company. THE two new data centers (B and C) will have a fully operational capacity of 9 and 8 MW respectively and will join the A (the one visited by Colao), which has 12 MW.
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In a note, Aruba recalled that all infrastructure on campus “is green: they use energy resources from renewable sources including photovoltaic andhydroelectric, thanks to the power plant on the Brembo river which is located within the area “, together with” high-efficiency systems, such as that geothermal, which uses groundwater to cool the data rooms “; according to the company, these aspects make it possible to” offset consumption, minimizing the energy and environmental impact of our data centers “.
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