{"id":24722,"date":"2026-02-24T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/?post_type=news&p=24722"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:45:07","slug":"altarea-and-vantage-data-centers-announce-strategic-partnership-to-develop-ai-and-cloud-data-center-campus-in-france","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/news\/altarea-and-vantage-data-centers-announce-strategic-partnership-to-develop-ai-and-cloud-data-center-campus-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Altarea and Vantage Data Centers Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop AI and Cloud Data Center Campus in France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris, Luxembourg \u2013 February 24, 2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Altarea, France\u2019s leading low carbon urban transformation group, and Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announce the signing of a partnership to develop an AI and cloud data center campus expected to be one of the largest in France.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The campus will be developed on land owned by Altarea close to Bordeaux, France. Altarea has already secured a 400MW power connection with the French utility, enabling rapid time to market to meet accelerating AI and cloud customer demand.<\/p>\n

The campus marks Vantage\u2019s first expansion into the French market and continued growth throughout EMEA, where it currently serves customers across nine markets. It also reflects Altarea\u2019s growing pipeline in the fast-moving data center market.<\/p>\n

Altarea and Vantage will bring together their combined expertise in real estate, development and digital infrastructure to support leading hyperscale, cloud and AI companies both from Europe and internationally.<\/p>\n

Quotes from Altarea:<\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cThis initiative is an important milestone for Altarea\u2019s data center strategy. As presented during Choose France, we are committed to support the growing need of digital infrastructure in France,\u201d<\/em> said Alain Taravella, Executive Founder and CEO of Altarea.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are pleased to partner with Vantage Data Centers, a global leader in digital infrastructure with more than 40 hyperscale campuses and 9GW of power capacity, with the view to significantly accelerate the completion of this project,\u201d<\/em> commented Baptiste Borez\u00e9e, Managing Director at Altarea.<\/p>\n

\u201cAltarea\u2019s mission has always been to meet France\u2019s essential needs. As the digital transition becomes critical to national competitiveness, our local expertise enables us to deliver a full range of data centers with exemplary environmental performance,\u201d <\/em>confirms Ludovic Castillo, CEO of Altarea Data Center.<\/p>\n

Quote from Vantage Data Centers:<\/u><\/p>\n

\u201cEntering France alongside Altarea positions us to deliver capacity at unrivaled speed and scale and demonstrates our dedication to develop next-generation, sustainable digital infrastructure in markets critical to our customers. By combining our global expertise with Altarea\u2019s local insight, we are well positioned to meet the evolving requirements of these hyperscale and AI customers,\u201d<\/em> said David Howson, President of Vantage Data Centers, EMEA. \u201cWe look forward to bolstering France\u2019s digital infrastructure capabilities that will support the country\u2019s European and international edge.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

About Altarea
\n<\/u><\/strong>Altarea is the French leader in low-carbon urban transformation, with the most comprehensive real estate and infrastructure offering to serve the city and its users. In each of its activities, the Group has all the expertise and recognised brands needed to design, develop, market and manage tailor-made products. Altarea is listed in compartment A of Euronext Paris. For more information, please visit: www.altarea.com.<\/p>\n

Press contact: Denise Rodrigues-Vielliard, drodrigues@altarea.com<\/a> +33 6 37 36 24 14<\/p>\n

About Vantage Data Centers
\n<\/u><\/strong>Vantage Data Centers is a global leader in digital infrastructure serving the world\u2019s most influential AI and cloud providers. With operations spanning North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage delivers capacity at unrivaled speed and scale, driven by a relentless commitment to operational excellence and customer success. Vantage is empowering transformative companies to shape the future.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.vantage-dc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Press contacts:<\/p>\n

Mark Freeman, mfreeman@vantage-dc.com<\/a>, +1-202-680-4243<\/p>\n

Robin Bectel, REQ for Vantage Data Centers, vdc@req.co<\/a>, +1-202-936-6335<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","news_type":[64],"class_list":["post-24722","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","news_type-press-release"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"media_page_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/24722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vantage-dc.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_type?post=24722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}