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The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. Banco Santander in Brazil has contracted ACCIONA to build a 75m euro data center to support its Latin American operations.
A 342,000 plot has been chosen to home the 89,000 sq m campus (floor area) will be made up of two data centers, 28,000 sq m each, and will also hold a logistics center.
Both buildings will contain technology and communications equipment for the support of the bank's IT functions.
The grounds will also house energy and water efficiency technologies which are expected to reduce the data centers' environmental impact.
ACCIONA has been operating in Brazil since 1996 and has developed a number of projects, from toll roads to the Volkswagen Group factory in Resende. It is also building Telefonica's headquarters in Brazil.
It also has experience in water management projects, having worked with Copasa on water supply and treatment at Minas Gerais, Brazil's second largest water utility. It provided technical assistance for the project.