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2.36 miles	Portugal Telecom Porto
5.22 miles	Oni: Porto, Maia

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FCCN is the Scientific Computing Unit of the FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, which aims to contribute to the development of Science, Technology and Knowledge in Portugal.

We provide high-speed Internet connectivity and IT services to the Portuguese higher education and research system.

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Portugal Greenlights National Data Center Strategy

Portugal has adopted new rules governing data center development.The country’s Council of Ministers has approved the National Data Center Plan (PNCD) and its 2026–2027 Action Plan, which were formalized on March 19, 2026, and published on April 13The initiative sets out guidelines to accelerat...

April 17, 2026

Portugal

Edged & Merlin launch new campus in Lisbon, Portugal

Real estate firm Merlin Properties and data center company Edged Energy this week announced the start of construction on the 180MW campus located in the Parque das Nações business district of Vila Franca de Xira. The campus will be constructed in phases with the first of five facilities expect...

October 23, 2024

Portugal

EU approves e&'s PPF Telecom acquisition

Internet exchange operator DE-CIX is now offering its interconnection and cloud services in Sines, Portugal which will be hosted at Start Campus’ Sines DC facility outside Lisbon. The first building, with an initial capacity of 14MW, is expected to be operational in Q4 2024. The remaining five...

September 27, 2024

Portugal

DE-CIX unveils Internet exchange in Sines, Portgual

September 26, 2024

Portugal

Start Campus names new CEO after corruption scandal

Portuguese data center company Start Campus has appointed Robert Dunn as chief executive officer, effective immediately, after the previous one was arrested in a corruption scandal that saw the country’s prime minister ousted.Dunn said: “I am excited to continue leading Start Campus as CEO at ...

July 09, 2024

Portugal

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E11: Building India’s Digital Backbone with Sharad Agarwal

Executive SummaryIn this episode recorded live at PTC 26, Eric Bell speaks with Sharad Agarwal, CEO of Sify Infinit Spaces, the data center arm of Sify Technologies. Sharad Agarwal explains how Sify built India’s first commercial Tier III data center in 20...

Mar 12, 2026

Eric Bell

World

E10 - AI Cooling And Data Centers With Cliff Federspiel

In this episode, we sit down with Cliff Federspiel, President and CTO of Vigilent, to explore how AI driven control systems are reshaping data center cooling, energy use, and operational reliability. Cliff shares his journey from academic research and HVAC controls...

Feb 05, 2026

Eric Bell

World

E9 - Building Hyperscale AI Data Centers in Rural America With Wes Cummins

In this Baxtel Podcast episode, Eric Bell sits down with Wes Cummins, CEO of Applied Digital, to unpack how hyperscale AI data centers are being built far from traditional metros. Wes shares why power availability and fiber routes matter more than population densit...

Jan 15, 2026

Eric Bell

Applied Digital

E8: Inside ERCOT, Black Start, Winter Storm Uri, and AI Data Center Load

In this episode, Eric Bell sits down with Russell Fletcher to unpack what it really means to operate a modern power grid in Texas. He is a Russell shares how ERCOT keeps generation and load balanced at 60 Hz, why transmission congestion matters as ...

Jan 05, 2026

Eric Bell

Dallas

E7:Now we are cooking with Gas! Behind the Meter Solutions with Nick Kruse

Nick Kruse is a chemical engineer turned energy entrepreneur who sits at the nexus of power and compute, and in this episode he explains why behind-the-meter natural gas generation is becoming a long-term strategy for large data centers rather than a temporary brid...

Sep 04, 2025

Eric Bell

Texas

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