The data center company LCL has acquired ENGIE Solutions’ data center in Gembloux, through the acquisition of Cofely Data Solutions SA. LCL Wallonia One, the new name of the data center, thus becomes LCL’s first data center in Wallonia. LCL is taking over the ENGIE Solutions data center along with its employees. This site’s solar park, which provides energy for it, is also included in the acquisition. With this operation, LCL continues to extend its activities. Specifically, this is the fifth LCL data center on the Belgian market and the company’s second acquisition – following that of the Atos data center in Huizingen in April 2020. The value of this acquisition has not been disclosed.
LCL, the data centers specialist, is taking over the ENGIE Solutions data center on the Belgian market. It’s located in Gembloux, in Namur province, and is the first LCL data center in Wallonia. This data center is at the leading edge of technology and has an excellent reputation. Moreover, it’s ideally situated, and has ample space available in the vicinity for future expansion.
“At LCL, we are focusing strongly on the Belgian market’s digital opening,” said Laurens van Reijen, CEO of LCL. “With this fifth data center, we are increasing our presence on the market. Gembloux is located in the heart of the Walloon economy. As a result, LCL Wallonia One offers excellent connection possibilities for the business sites and parks throughout Wallonia. Thanks to our other strategic sites located in the four corners of the Brussels and Antwerp peripheries, we can ensure that any company will have close links with other regions in our country.”
The four employees under a fixed contract at Cofely Data Solutions will be joining the LCL team. They remain attached to LCL Wallonia One, under the leadership of their current manager Nicolas Coppée. ENGIE’s IT infrastructure is, and will stay, based in this data center. Nothing will change for the various clients who are hosted there.
“We warmly welcome our four new colleagues and their support will be effectively integrated,” added Laurens van Reijen. “LCL is still strongly driven by service and quality. We intend not only to build synergies between our five data centers, but also to introduce some innovations. Our current team of 37 employees is specialised in data center services. So this is a win-win-win operation: for the customers of data centers, for ENGIE Solutions, and for LCL,” underlines Laurens van Reijen.
The LCL Wallonia One site also features a solar park, which was built to provide power for the data center. The park includes some 2,000 photovoltaic panels, generating around 1 MW of electricity. Furthermore, the data center has a low Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) rating of 1.25. This in line with LCL’s general objectives for sustainability and efficiency in particular. LCL is committed to making all its data centers carbon-neutral by 2030. At European level, the data centers company has created the ‘Climate Neutral Data Center Pact’ with 24 companies and 17 associations. This pact is in line with the European Green Deal.
Besides this acquisition, LCL and ENGIE Solutions have also concluded a collaboration agreement, thus enabling ENGIE Solutions to build new data centers for LCL. There are also plans for ENGIE Solutions to advise LCL on energy efficiency, given ENGIE’s experience in such projects.
LCL offers years of experience and know-how in the field of data centers and co-location. The company has five independent data centers: Aalst (LCL Brussels-West), Antwerp (LCL Antwerp), Diegem (LCL Brussels-North), Huizingen (LCL Brussels-South) and Gembloux (LCL Wallonia One).
Thanks to the efforts of its dynamic team – the largest on the Belgian data centers market – and reputable service provision, LCL has grown over the years into a company that offers its services to customers active in many different sectors. Multinationals, small and medium-sized companies, governments, internet companies and telecom operators all call on the services of LCL. Customers have the choice of more than 40 providers and the LCL Cloud Exchange for optimal connectivity.
The company is Tier 3 certified and complies with ISO 27001, ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 standards. LCL also resolutely embraces sustainability and is ISO 14001 certified. In addition, LCL holds ISAE 3000 and ISAE 3402 type II reports. More information: LCL
ENGIE Solutions, a leader in multi-technical installations and services, supports cities, industries, and service sector companies in their transformation to a carbon-neutral world. With turnkey and customised solutions, ENGIE Solutions offers its customers a global service that extends beyond energy, plus solutions that enable its customers to respond to the challenges of the energy transition. Its 9,600 experts operate throughout Belgium. Based at more than 56 sites close to customers, they are active in a broad variety of fields, from design to operation of infrastructure and services, as well as financing, installation and maintenance. ENGIE Solutions is part of ENGIE, a global standard-setter in low-carbon energy and energy services, with the ambition of becoming the leader in the transition to carbon neutrality. ENGIE Solutions had a turnover of €2 billion in Belgium in 2020. More information: Engie
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