Metro Campus: New data center in Dielsdorf
A campus with several buildings is being built on the Zurich Metro campus in Dielsdorf. It is used as a data location with three data centers and modern office buildings. The first of the data centers is currently being fitted out. The first major customers are expected to move in in the third quarter of 2022.
Three high-performance data centers and modern office buildings are being built on an area of 46,000 m2 on the Zurich Metro campus. The campus is embedded in a natural green area and should offer all the services that characterize a leading data hub: A modern, certified data location, comprehensive networking and access to a complete cloud ecosystem. The Metro Campus wants to network IT infrastructures in the shortest possible way and ensure that companies, cloud providers and IT companies come together with their solutions. The data centers are designed for national and international companies from all sectors as well as for cloud providers and technology companies.
All buildings are planned with four floors. The building shell of the data center is to be implemented as a sandwich panel system with expanded metal cladding as the outermost layer. The material of the buildings should reflect their technical content and enable an optimal interaction with the building technology. Glass facades are planned for the office buildings in the area. The roofs and parts of the glass facade are equipped with photovoltaic systems.
Architecture, room design, technologies and systems are precisely coordinated and designed for maximum energy efficiency. Free cooling with cold ambient air minimizes the need for cooling and the use of waste heat via the initiated thermal network and contributes to sustainability. In the future, apartments and industrial companies in the region, as well as the office buildings on campus, can be heated with the waste heat from the data center.
The Zurich Metro Campus is being built in several stages. The first of three data centers is currently being fitted out. The first major customers are expected to move in in the third quarter of 2022. Further buildings are to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022 and from 2024 onwards.