Aruba inaugurates new Rome data centre campus

Italy's leading provider of cloud, data centre, hosting, e-mail, domain registration and PEC (certified e-mail) services – has officially inaugurated the Hyper Cloud Data Centre, its new data centre campus in Rome, strengthening its infrastructure and strategic presence across Italy.

Located in the Tecnopolo Tiburtino area (East Rome), already home to over 150 innovative companies, the first data centre on the campus is now officially active with the second nearing completion and due to open in the first half of 2025. The campus extends over an area of 74,000 m², with 52,000 m² of surface area dedicated to data centres, of which over 30,000 m² is made up of data rooms. At full capacity, the campus will include five independent data centres for a total of 30 MW of IT power, delivered with a redundancy level of 2N or higher. The campus has been designed as ideal for companies of all sizes to host data, infrastructure and systems, from hyperscalers to the public administration, as well as large international players.

This new data centre adds to the network owned by the Aruba Group, which includes the Global Cloud Data Centre in Ponte San Pietro (BG) and two data centres in Arezzo.

Innovative and hyper-connected, the Hyper Cloud Data Centre is state of the art in terms of power, certifications and connections, positioning itself as a point of reference in the sector. Over €300million have been invested in building the entire campus.

A hyper-connected and carrier-neutral hub

As with the other Aruba data centres, this new asset aligns with the Group's carrier-neutral philosophy. This approach allows customers to benefit from reliable and high-performance internet connection solutions with maximum autonomy. It also encourages the development of interconnections for the benefit of the entire ecosystem, positioning Rome as a key connectivity hub and IT and cloud service delivery centre for the country.

A centre of technological excellence: innovation and green-by-design

Designed and built internally by Aruba's team of experts, the Hyper Cloud Data Centre offers highly efficient customised colocation solutions ranging from rack portions to entire rooms, up to private cages and cross connections. Aruba Enterprise services are also provided through the Rome data centre, including trust, cloud and managed services, guaranteeing operational continuity, and disaster recovery and business continuity solutions. By utilising Aruba's unique technical skills in the design and construction of the infrastructure, the company is able to guarantee maximum flexibility in the design and modularity of the structures and adapt and evolve the data centre based on customer needs. In addition, the Group can offer turnkey services and consultancy for the construction of third-party data centres.

The data centre has also recently obtained the ANSI/TIA-942-C Rating 4 certification, one of its most distinctive features. After rigorous checks by the EPI, a leading global data centre training provider, this certification confirms adherence to the standard’s requirements for design, planning, and construction.

The campus was also built following the "green-by-design" approach, an integral part of Aruba's way of operating. The approach ensures maximum efficiency of all aspects of the infrastructure, considered from the first design phase of each data centre, and accompanied by a commitment to ensure maximum reliability, safety, and performance. Thanks to the presence of photovoltaic systems and high-efficiency cooling systems (free-cooling), the campus is an innovative example of an efficient data centre.

"The activation of the Hyper Cloud Data Centre in Rome allows us to significantly increase the space and power capacity available to our customers in response to the rapid growth in consumption expected from the development of cloud and technologies such as artificial intelligence. By choosing Rome as the home of the campus we have strengthened the geographical coverage of our network and the location also supports the growing role of the capital as a strategic technology hub in Italy, balancing out the concentration in the Milan area," commented Stefano Cecconi, CEO of Aruba. “This new campus is the result of our commitment to designing solutions that maximise reliability and efficiency, while minimising environmental impact.”