Equinix has launched its second data center in Lisbon, Portugal.

The colo firm this week announced the launch of LS2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) facility to be located adjacent to Equinix’s existing LS1 site.

With an initial investment of approximately €50 million ($57.1m) and an estimated total of €100 million ($114.2m), the new data center has 2,050 sqm (22,065 sq ft) of co-location space spread over three floors. The facility will initially offer 625 racks.

Equinix previously operated a single data center – LS1 – in Lisbon. The site, at Avenida Severiano Falcao, 14 Prior Velho, consists of one building with 16,000 sq ft (1,475 sqm) of colocation space. Equinix acquired the site from Itconic in 2017, with Itconic having acquired it from Telvent/Carrierhouse in 2015.

Plans for a second Lisbon facility – LS2 – were first revealed in an earnings call in 2023 and officially announced in June 2024. In March, Carlos Paulino, CEO of Equinix Portugal, stated that the company is already planning to build a third data center in the Lisbon region by 2027.

Equinix signed a solar PPA in Portugal with Sonnedix in 2023. The ten-year deal will see the colocation firm procure the output from Sonnedix’s first Portuguese solar PV project, the 149MW Sonnedix Douro

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