Sines receives investment of up to €3.5 billion in mega data center

News • April 2021

Sines receives investment of up to €3.5 billion in mega data center

Technology. Investment will create 1200 qualified jobs and can place Portugal at
the center of the European data network. Start Campus will invest up to €3.5 billion in the creation
of a sustainable data processing megacenter in Sines.

Full article here.

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Community projects in Sines and Santiago do Cacém will receive 100 thousand euros

Start Campus, the company responsible for the development of the mega data center in Sines, launcheda new competition to support community projects in Sines and Santiago do Cacém. The “GAMMACommunity Platform”, whose name is an allusion to Vasco de Gama and the ‘gamma factor’ of business(social impact), will allocate 100 thousand euros to initiatives that […]

News • October 2022

Start Campus applauds growing investment in country’s connectivity

The company recognizes that there is a will from the various “players” in the sector to transform the country into a digital “hub”and take advantage of Portugal’s strategic and geographic potential. The national market has been moreretail than wholesale. Start Campus has been one of the most active voices in relation to strengthening the country’s […]

News • September 2022

Can climate change affect data centers? Companies already include this crisis in their resilience plans

Extreme temperatures have already caused instability at Google and Oracle’s data centers in London.Can episodes of this kind be repeated and what measures are companies taking to protectthemselves? The warnings are not new. The Earth is getting hotter and, over the next 20 years, it is expected tocontinue to warm, with the possibility of exceeding […]

News • September 2022

The Weight of the Cloud. Can the cloud be green?

Whenever we send an email, click on an ad or make an online purchase, we createan information unit. An invisible action, but that generates impacts on the planet. Cloud computingcurrently emits as much carbon dioxide as aviation and is estimated that by 2030, it will representmore than 20% of the Earth’s energy bill. 63% of […]

News • August 2022

Afonso Salema, CEO Start Campus: Building the future with Sines 4.0

In this episode I am joined by Afonso Salema, CEO of Start Campus. Afonso is leading theorganisation building one of the largest data centre campuses in Europe, Sines 4.0. Afonso outlines how he has progressed his career and why he decided to enter the world of data centres.Afonso also shares his views on how the […]

News • July 2022

Afonso Salema (Start Campus): “SINES 4.0 will be one of the largest Data Center campuses in Europe

DCD interviews Afonso Salema, CEO of Start Campus Start Campus has recently started the construction of the first phase of the SINES 4.0 project. The firstbuilding on the campus will have a total capacity of 15 MW, and is expected to be completed in the firstquarter of 2023. Full article here.

News • July 2022

Podcast #45 | Start Campus: reinvent Sines in the age of sustainability and digital

Today’s episode is dedicated to Start Campus, a structuring project for this new era of developedeconomies, where sustainability and the digital transition are the matrix on which to base the futureand which PLMJ is honored to be accompanying. And it’s the future country we’re talking about whenwe talk about Start Campus. The €3500 million project […]

News • January 2022

Deloitte study points to Portugal as a “hidden gem of connectivity”

On the westernmost coast of Europe, Portugal emerges as an attraction for infrastructurerequirements, with competitive connectivityPortugal is very well positioned to be a key player in the European data strategy becausee it has a set of conditions to connect Europe to markets in North America, South America,Africa and the Middle East/Asia. This is one of […]

News • September 2021

Mega data center in Sines starts with 100 million euros

It will be the first building of the 3.5 billion euros investment that will be born in Sines. Thepromoters anticipate “one of the biggest GAV creators in the country”. It was presented with pomp andcircumstance in April, at an event attended by the Prime Minister, António Costa. Five monthslater, Sines 4.0 is ready to jump […]