The strategic acquisition is designed to strengthen nLighten’s presence in a critical European data centre market.
Located in Émerainville, Paris, the data centre becomes nLighten’s eighth data centre site in France and adds to the company’s portfolio of more than 30 data centres across seven markets. It has been acquired from oXya, a leader in managed services and cloud solutions for business-critical applications.
“The acquisition of this Paris data centre represents a significant expansion of our French footprint and strengthens our position in one of Europe’s most dynamic digital infrastructure markets,” said Harro Beusker, CEO and co-Founder of nLighten. “Paris is a critical hub for regional connectivity, and this facility enables us to deliver enhanced capacity and resilience to our enterprise customers.”
The site is located in the eastern data centre cluster of Paris and is roughly one kilometre from nLighten’s existing PAR1 facility. It will continue serving anchor customer oXya under a long-term master services agreement, with additional capacity being made available to enterprise customers via channel partners.
The transition also enables oXya to focus on its core business of delivering managed cloud services and ensuring continuity for its infrastructure needs.
Beusker added: “The proximity to our existing Paris sites creates operational synergies while also allowing us to support dual-site deployments. This acquisition exemplifies our strategy of building smart, sustainable infrastructure that scales with customer needs and contributes to the digital transformation of European businesses.”
The facility is designed to support high-density and AI-ready configurations, in addition to providing scalable infrastructure that can evolve with customer requirements. nLighten is eager to focus on the delivery of sustainable, interconnected infrastructure tailored to enterprise needs, with seamless connectivity between its sites.
The news comes shortly after nLigthen signed an energy deal with Uniper to supply round-the-clock carbon-free power across all its data centre sites in Germany. Harnessing hydropower, the agreement supports nLighten’s renewable strategy of procuring green electricity and supporting its clients who require energy transparency.
For this site in Paris, nLighten is hoping to reinforce its position in one of the most important digital hubs in Europe and expand its portfolio of sustainable regional infrastructure solutions.
“This acquisition fully aligns with our ambition to build a distributed, locally operated digital infrastructure across France. By adding capacity in the Paris region through three interconnected sites, we provide our customers with the conditions needed to deploy more resilient architectures, better secure their data and meet growing requirements in terms of performance, service continuity, and digital sovereignty,” explained Anwar Saliba, managing director of nLighten France.
“Proximity is therefore becoming a concrete driver of sustainable digital transformation in France.”
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