Nexus Data Center
To accelerate the energy transition, cooperation between different stakeholders is badly needed. A good example of a new location contributing to energy transition is the Green Energy Park in Zellik. Ingenium played a crucial role in the development of the data center up close.
Client
Ghelamco
Architect
Robust architecture
Photos
Capture Photography
Timing
2021- completed June 2024
Budget
EUR 55 mio, excluding VAT
Epeil
E00
Nexus Data Center
Our data consumption is growing at lightning speed, so many servers within data centers use a lot of power. But over the years, parties within the digital infrastructure are actually working hard to be as efficient as possible.
A good example of a new location contributing to energy transition is the Green Energy Park in Zellik (Brussels region). This research hub was established in 2019 by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the UZ Brussel (UZB) to develop innovative solutions to societal challenges together with government and industry.
This Nexus Datacenter is Belgium's first truly sustainable center. It uses 100 percent green energy, some of which is generated locally. The design focuses on maximum energy efficiency. It also recovers heat from the servers, uses rainwater for cooling and is designed as a circular building. It aims to reuse materials, minimize new raw materials and minimize pollution.
Green Energy Park will be a large-scale living lab where companies, research institutions, governments and users work together in co-creation on innovative and sustainable solutions to societal challenges. The research focuses on four areas: the transition to green energy and mobility, the hospital of the future, digital issues such as smart cities and smart technologies based on Artificial Intelligence and biotechnology.
Planning, such as obtaining permits and financing, to building a data center takes time. Therefore, it is important to bring the right parties together to get started professionally. Ingenium is one of the parties involved in the development of the Nexus data center.
photos: Capture Photography
image: robust architecture
Facts.
- 7.2 MegaWatts of IT power
- Sustainability highlights:
✓ Industry-leading PUE
✓ Maximum on-site solar through photovoltaic facade
✓ Rainwater harvesting in sub-basement basin
✓ Cascaded HVAC: heat reuse, adiabatic cooling
✓ On-campus heat recovery grid
✓ Local smart grid island mode - Penta Infra BRU01 is triple certified:
✓ BREEAM Excellent
✓ EDGE Advanced
✓ Uptime Institute Tier III - Supercomputer 1 megawatt (TIER I)
- Development and construction by Ghelamco
- Design, construction follow up and Commissioning by Ingenium
Nexus Data Center
To accelerate the energy transition, cooperation between different stakeholders is badly needed. A good example of a new location contributing to energy transition is the Green Energy Park in Zellik. Ingenium played a crucial role in the development of the data center up close.
Client
Ghelamco
Architect
Robust architecture
Photos
Capture Photography
Timing
2021- completed June 2024
Budget
EUR 55 mio, excluding VAT
Epeil
E00
Nexus Data Center
Our data consumption is growing at lightning speed, so many servers within data centers use a lot of power. But over the years, parties within the digital infrastructure are actually working hard to be as efficient as possible.
A good example of a new location contributing to energy transition is the Green Energy Park in Zellik (Brussels region). This research hub was established in 2019 by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and the UZ Brussel (UZB) to develop innovative solutions to societal challenges together with government and industry.
This Nexus Datacenter is Belgium's first truly sustainable center. It uses 100 percent green energy, some of which is generated locally. The design focuses on maximum energy efficiency. It also recovers heat from the servers, uses rainwater for cooling and is designed as a circular building. It aims to reuse materials, minimize new raw materials and minimize pollution.
Green Energy Park will be a large-scale living lab where companies, research institutions, governments and users work together in co-creation on innovative and sustainable solutions to societal challenges. The research focuses on four areas: the transition to green energy and mobility, the hospital of the future, digital issues such as smart cities and smart technologies based on Artificial Intelligence and biotechnology.
Planning, such as obtaining permits and financing, to building a data center takes time. Therefore, it is important to bring the right parties together to get started professionally. Ingenium is one of the parties involved in the development of the Nexus data center.
photos: Capture Photography
image: robust architecture
Facts.
- 7.2 MegaWatts of IT power
- Sustainability highlights:
✓ Industry-leading PUE
✓ Maximum on-site solar through photovoltaic facade
✓ Rainwater harvesting in sub-basement basin
✓ Cascaded HVAC: heat reuse, adiabatic cooling
✓ On-campus heat recovery grid
✓ Local smart grid island mode - Penta Infra BRU01 is triple certified:
✓ BREEAM Excellent
✓ EDGE Advanced
✓ Uptime Institute Tier III - Supercomputer 1 megawatt (TIER I)
- Development and construction by Ghelamco
- Design, construction follow up and Commissioning by Ingenium
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