From DatacenterDynamics, November 17:
Firms in exclusive negotiations over site
The site of a former coal-fired power plant outside Paris, France, could be converted into a €4 billion ($4.64bn) hyperscale data center.
EDF, France’s state energy provider, and data center firm OpCore, have entered exclusive negotiations about the project, which would be built at the former Montereau-Vallée-de-la-Seine power plant located 75km (46.6 miles) southeast of Paris. The coal power station closed in 2004.
News of the deal was first revealed by James Chéron, vice president of the Ile de France regional government, back in July.
The partners said the data center would have a capacity of “several hundred” megawatts. The 20-hectare land parcel has an authorized grid connection of up to 700MW....
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