Spanish data center firm Templus has announced plans to expand into Portugal.
In a recent LinkedIn post, the operator said it would open its first data center in the country before the end of the year.
In an interview with El Debate, CEO Nacho Velilla said the company is focusing on data centers in smaller, regional data center markets.
Velilla said it plans to reach 20 operational facilities by the end of the year, including the Portugal data center. Further details, including location, have not been shared.
“Until now, data centers were only in large cities, or in large hubs,” he said. “But for a company in Andalusia, for example, it is very difficult to move its idea 1,500km and manage everything remotely. Why not bring everything closer with infrastructure as good as in a first-class city?”
He added that there is a problem with the electricity transmission network in Spain, however, Spain’s advantage is the large presence of renewable energy.
The company historically has built smaller installations between 2MW and 5MW. It has four operational data centers in Malaga, Seville, and Barcelona in Spain. Two of them are through acquisitions from Mapfre and Avatel.
Most recently, Templus acquired Spanish colo bitNAP from Cellnex. The company is also targeting facilities in Valencia, Zaragoza, and San Sebastián.
Velilla has been at the helm of Templus since May last year. He has previously held senior positions at Equinix and was the co-founder and former president of the Spain DC.
The majority of data centers in Portugal are concentrated in Lisbon, with the likes of AtlasEdge, Equinix, Claranet, Edged, and Tata Communications having a presence in the city.
Start Campus is also building a 1.2GW campus in Sines, Portugal. The first facility launched at the beginning of this year. Sines is quickly becoming a hub for subsea cables, with the Medusa, CAM Ring, Nuvem, and Olisipo cables set to join the existing EllaLink subsea cable in the coming years.
