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Information / Computing Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities 63 - Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and other information service activities
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 May 2025
Employment effect (start)
16 May 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2030
Description
Colt DCS (Data Centre Services) is a part of Colt Group Holdings. Colt DCS designs, builds and operates data centres for global hyperscalers and large enterprises. The company announced on May 14th the construction of five new data centres in France with an investment of 2.3 billions $. Colt Paris 2 is expected to employ 300 people for the construction of the site as well as 100 additional permanent jobs in the local economy.
Colt Paris 2 is the second site in France that is currently under construction in Villebon-sur-Yvette. It has been designed to meet the cooling needs of high-density AI workloads. The facility is designed to use only renewable energies and the recovered heat wast will be used to benefit the local community. The construction of the whole project with the five data centers is foreseen to 2031. These centers are designed to support the growth of digital services in France and Europe.
There is no restructuring events recorded for this company in the ERM database
Eurofound (2025), Colt DCS, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 202748, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202748.
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