Infrastructure and connectivity provider BSO is launching a new data center platform.
“After months of confidential development, BSO is proud to announce the creation of DataOne, Europe’s first gigascale AI hosting infrastructure data center,” the company said this week.
With the backing of the Ardian debt fund, the company is expanding two Tier III-quality campuses in France.
The company has taken over sites in Grenoble (Eybens) and Lyon (Villefontaine); it says the two sites currently offer 15MW of IT load, spanning 50,000 sqm (538,195 sq ft) across 14 hectares.
By 2028, DataOne will deliver a combined 400MW of AI-compatible infrastructure across the two sites. The existing buildings are to be fitted out, with new substations developed to accommodate high-voltage lines.
The sites will integrate renewable energy sourced from EDF’s hydroelectric power, complemented by nuclear energy backup, ensuring zero-carbon operations at scale.
BSO has confirmed to DCD that these sites were previously operated by HP/DXC. Update: BSO has confirmed DXC is set to remain as a customer of the sites.
BSO and DataOne aim to expand the sites to 80MW by April 2025. They will be expanded to 200MW by Q4 2026 and 400MW by 2028.
DataOne will feature direct liquid-cooled Facilities Distribution Units (FDUs), able to host GPUs and offering densities ranging from 60 to 250kW per rack. The data centers’ design aims to achieve a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.06–1.15. The sites will also be repurposing waste heat.
DataOne is led by BSO co-founder Charles-Antoine Beyney and BSO CEO Michael Ourabah.
“DataOne represents a bold vision for the future of AI infrastructure in Europe – a sustainable, high-performance hub that sets a new standard for the industry,” said Beyney, CEO of DataOne. Beyney also founded Etix Everywhere.
Founded in 2004, BSO has PoPs at more than 240 data centers across 33 countries. Its network includes more than 50 cloud on-ramps, 30 stock exchanges, and 150,000 miles of subsea fiber. As well as colocation services from ten sites, the company has a cloud offering – known as BSO Cloud.
HP has been at Eybens since the early 1970s, using the site to manufacture 2100 computers and other hardware.
DXC Technology was founded in 2017 after HPE merged its enterprise services business with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). In 2019, DXC Technology said it had "43 owned or leased sites globally, in addition to over 250 managed colo locations."
However, last year DXC said it would move around 1,000 of its largest IT outsourcing customers to Amazon Web Services (AWS), selecting AWS as its primary cloud provider as it looked to divest some of its data centers.
DXC facilities have since been sold or put up for sale in Detroit, Michigan; Houston, Texas; Juarez, Mexico; and São Paulo, Brazil.
