The growing demand for data center (DC) cloud services spurred by AI development requires building new DCs with modern technology and increased computing performance. But there are difficulties in finding suitable locations for placing DCs in European primary markets (Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zürich, etc.) that meet requirements for zero-emission power supply when the required DC input amounts to more than approx. 10–20 MW.

This bottleneck is generating growing interest in potentially placing DCs within secondary markets, provided that all the stipulated requirements on the placement of DCs (which are to provide high-end cloud services) are met.  

Prague and the adjacent Central Bohemia Region are ranked among European DC secondary markets and FOSOTRA GROUP provides services aimed at satisfying the demand of potential investors in DCs for placing DCs in this geographic area. Services typically include:

Finding a plot of land meeting the following criteria:

• DC placement complies with a valid zoning plan,

• all the required security criteria can be met,

• zero carbon emissions power supply in amount of up to ca 2 x 60MW will be guaranteed (via high voltage independent links) to a proposed DC plot a land, 

• the required water supply is available,

• robust connectivity with low latency to key European primary markets can be secured,

• there is an opportunity to sell waste heat  from DC to a local utility.  

Carrying out the preparatory steps required by an investor in DCs (both technical and legal ones) prior to concluding any purchase of a plot of land.

Preparation of a detailed technical solution enabling a sale of waste heat from a DC to a selected local utility (active in the area where the DC is to be placed).

Getting approval (of the above technical solution) from a selected local utility and facilitating the signing of a sales contract for heat from the DC with the selected local utility.

Engineering services needed for the preparation and construction of a DC relating to

• buildings (shell and core),

• power, utility and data connections,

• fixed facilities for transferring the waste heat to a local utility.

Facilitation of a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (of zero carbon emission nuclear energy, with proof of origin registered in an EU database).

Preparation of an application and supporting documents to receive potential government grants and subsidies.