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Arcus acquires an 85 % shareholding in European Data Hub S . A .
EDH operates a data centre in Luxembourg , a market in which demand for data centre capacity currently outstrips supply . It provides premium colocation capacity and related services to its customers .
The data centre has a current sellable IT power capacity of 1.2MW , 1,750 sqm of sellable IT whitespace and is certified , among others , to the EN50600 VK4 and Uptime Institute Tier IV high availability standards . It is also fitting out existing floorspace with the required electrical and mechanical infrastructure to increase sellable IT power capacity to 3.0MW , with the first stage being completed in Q1 2023 .
Arcus Infrastructure has announced that Arcus European
Infrastructure Fund 3 SCSp ( AEIF3 ), has acquired as part of its regional Edge colocation strategy , an 85 % shareholding in European Data Hub S . A . AEIF3 ’ s stake in EDH has been acquired from the Luxembourg-based Wagner Group .
EDH aligns with Arcus ’ strategy to ensure that its investments have a positive ESG impact . The facility is certified ISO 50001 ( a reputed international standard which targets energy efficiency ) and its energy consumption is 100 % renewably sourced . EDH also adheres to the European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centres . Arcus plans to further improve the energy efficiency of the facility and strengthen EDH ’ s ESG policies .
EDH serves a diverse blue-chip client base including financial institutions , IT services companies , telecommunications companies and several European Union institutions .
Domino Printing Sciences chooses Oracle Cloud to expand service-based business offering for customers
Domino Printing Sciences ( Domino ), a global leader in coding , marking and digital printing technologies – will implement Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications Suite for finance , supply chain and customer experience , offering flexibility to support its new business models , such as advanced solutions and outcome-based services and delivering greater business insight to enhance customer life cycle management .
With operations in over 120 countries and manufacturing facilities in the UK , US , China , Germany , India , Sweden and Switzerland , Domino employs over 3,000 people worldwide and has a proven track record for excellence in the fields of coding and marking and digital printing . In recent years the company has expanded and diversified its offerings to include new subscriptionbased services that provide additional value to its global customer base .
Domino ’ s continued growth and development necessitated a new cloudbased solution that would enable more dynamic business models and evolve alongside the organisation . After careful consideration , Domino chose to move its core business processes to the cloud with Oracle Fusion Applications .
“ As we continue to expand and transform our business operations to be more digitally focused , we couldn ’ t think of a better partner than Oracle with its deep applications expertise and experience in delivering innovative integrated solutions ,” said Alwin Rasul , ERP Programme Director , Domino . “ With Oracle Fusion Applications , we ’ ll be able to effectively unify our business operations , enable data-driven decisionmaking , better support our global operations and continue to set the industry standard for printing and coding technologies .” p
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