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The country’s only listed infrastructure fund is down EUR 12 million for an interest in Datacenter United, a Belgian specialist in data centers.
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Het infrastructurefunds TINC
acquires a majority stake in Datacenter United and also invests additionally to support the company’s growth ambitions. Datacenter United was founded in 2011 and has since grown to three regional data centers in the port of Antwerp and in Brussels.
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The investment amounts to 12 million euros. “TINC remains committed to diversifying its portfolio,” said CEO Manu Vandenbulcke. “A spearhead is digital infrastructure such as fiber optic networks and data centers that form the backbone of a digital society.”
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Datacenter United has planned a capacity expansion later this year to meet increasing demand and finds an ideal partner in TINC, said founder and CEO Friso Haringsma. The company has governments and companies among its customers and offers the advantage that it can store data completely locally.
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The Covid-19 health crisis once again illustrates the importance of good and widely available digital infrastructure.