Proximus offloads data centres to Datacenter United

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The deal covers Proximus’s three data centres in Evere, Mechelen, and Machelen, all of which are close to the Belgian capital

This week, Belgian telco Proximus has announced the sale of its data centre assets to local digital infrastructure player Datacenter United.

The sale, worth €128 million, covers Proximus’s three data centres in Evere, Mechelen, and Machelen, with a combined capacity of 11MW.

These sites will be added to Datacenter United’s existing footprint of nine data centres within Belgium.

Proximus itself will continue to be served by the data centres via a 10-year master service agreement. The operator will also lease office and telco space at both the Evere and Mechelen sites.

“While customers will continue to benefit from state-of-the-art datacenter infrastructure, with data stored in Belgium and managed by an expert partner, Proximus will continue to pursue its hybrid cloud strategy and further sharpen its focus on delivering value added services to customers as an IT integrator,” said Guillaume Boutin, CEO of the Proximus Group. “This transaction will bring close to EUR 130 million of proceeds and fits our goal of monetizing assets as part of our EUR 500 million asset divestment plan. We anticipate the closing of this transaction by Q1 2025.”

Back in September, Proximus announced its intention to dispose of €500 million in assets, in order to fortify its balance sheet and allow it to better focus on its core business.

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