Vienna Prepares Data Center and Searches for an Operator
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Data. The goal was digital independence – the meaning of sovereignty over data, programs and infrastructure, including data centers.
Due to the advance of artificial intelligence, Viennese companies need more and more storage space, which they often do not have and have to outsource themselves. A large data center in the Seestadt is supposed to provide a remedy. On Tuesday the plans were presented in the town hall.
In Seestadt-Aspern in Vienna-Donaustadt, a data center with up to 48 MW of power is to be built. The property has already been prepared for this by the Strabag. Now a potential operator is being sought. If everything goes well, the operation could start in 2030, according to Mayor Michael Ludwig, financial city daughter Barbara Novak (both SPÖ) and Stefan Gara, digitalization spokesman of the Vienna NEOS, in a joint press conference.
On Tuesday, the City of Vienna presented its data center strategy and presented a concrete project in the Seestadt Aspern. STRABAG Real Estate is designed to create a modular data center with up to 48 megawatts of connectivity.
City of Vienna relies on digital sovereignty, economic competitiveness and ecological sustainability The demand for computing power is increasing with the increasing digitalization of business, science and society. According to a recent EcoAustria study commissioned by the Vienna Business Agency, Austria's demand for around 419 megawatts is currently only 80 to 100 megawatts of domestic supply. [...] The contribution City of Vienna is designing …
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