Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 22 | Page 9

NEWS Sweden’s only electric-powered aircraft manufacturer moving to Säve Airport The new workspace will be used to design and assemble the prototype for an e-plane H eart Aerospace, the newly started manufacturer of electric aircraft, has signed a leasing agreement with Castellum for premises comprising approximately 1,800 square metres at Säve Airport. The workspace will be used to design and assemble the prototype for an e-plane, currently under development at the company. Heart Aerospace’s objective is to develop a 19-seat electric aircraft with a range of 400 kilometres, to be certified airworthy by 2025. Castellum acquired Säve Airport in December 2018. The development property covers an area of nearly 3 million square metres, strategically located close to the Gothenburg Harbour and city centre, as well as national transport routes. The acquisition constitutes part of Castellum’s long-term strategy to expand the company’s logistics line of business. Parallel with planning long- term development in the area and as a complement to existing operations, the company will create an innovation and development cluster for sustainable transport and mobility. “We are very happy that Heart Aerospace has chosen to establish in the Säve Airport area. The company is running an exciting operation that lines up perfectly with the innovation cluster we’d like to create in the area, while we plan development over the longer term,” said Mariette Hilmersson, Managing Director for Castellum’s Region West. Heart Aerospace is one of the first tenants to move into the area since the acquisition. ///////////////// Sparkle continues its commitment to environmental sustainability for its Istanbul data centre S parkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top 10 global operators, has completed the expansion and renovation of its Istanbul data centre with the adoption of state-of- the-art energy efficient equipment. Today, data centres consume more than 2% of the world’s electricity, requiring the implementation of more efficient technologies able to meet the growing demand for services while decreasing energy consumption. Sparkle has been the first in Turkey to introduce Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in its premises in 2018, becoming the first green data centre in the country; located in Yenibosna and served by Sparkle’s Tier 1 global IP Transit service, Seabone. It is one of the largest and most important open colocation facilities in Turkey, featuring advanced technologies and sophisticated monitoring systems. In the last year, the facility has been completely restructured and expanded with additional 300m2 of white space area; moreover, several energy-related interventions have been carried out to improve the data centre’s environmental sustainability, reliability and efficiency while providing additional power and space to new and existing customers. Updates included replacement of the power system with the adoption of energy efficient technologies for all its components – Medium and Low Voltage (MV and LV) transformers, generators, uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) and batteries – and the introduction of a new cooling system able to increase capacity by 40% while reducing consumption by 14%. These updates resulted in an improvement of the average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). In addition, the data centre modernisation included the renovation of fire and safety systems, to provide customers with a secure and sustainable infrastructure fully compliant with regulation on customer data security and privacy. www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 9