DCSTAR: Data Center Gent

Located at Poortakkerstraat 33, 9051 Gent (Ghent), Belgium, the Data Center Gent facility (originally operated by DC Star and now part of Datacenter United’s national network) provides a carrier-neutral colocation environment in Flanders. The site benefits from excellent regional connectivity, proximity to major Belgian cities (Ghent, Antwerp, Bruges) and strong fibre-backbone links toward the Netherlands and rest of Europe.Its blend of modular scale, efficient design and connectivity options make it well suited for enterprises, service providers and network-intensive workloads.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• The facility covers approximately 572 m² of technical space and supports 229 racks of capacity.
• Power capacity is listed at around 1 MW for the site.
• Cooling and design approach: The centre uses raised-floor data halls with modular rack layouts; cooling systems support standard colocation loads and are built with redundancy in mind. 
• Scalability: While not large in megawatt scale, the site offers rack-scale colocation (¼ rack, half-rack, full-rack, private-rooms) and is part of a larger Belgian footprint enabling multi-site growth. 
• Support services: The operator offers colocation, connectivity services, remote-hands, cross-connects and carrier-neutral meet-me room capabilities. 

🔐 Security & Compliance

• The facility maintains physical security requirements typical for enterprise colocation: 24/7 monitoring, CCTV, controlled access zones and carrier-neutral connectivity. 
• Compliance and certifications: ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and PCI DSS are among the publicly listed certifications for the site. 
• Fire protection: Early-warning detection and appropriate suppression systems are implied by the operator’s standard build policy though specific fire-suppressant system type (e.g., FM200, Inergen) is not detailed in publicly-accessible sources.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Carrier-neutral setup allows customers to select among multiple network providers and establish cross-connects within the facility. 
• The site’s position in Ghent provides direct access to Belgian and international fibre backbones, facilitating low-latency access to the Netherlands, UK and broader Europe. 
• As part of the Datacenter United network, inter-site connectivity and multi-site setups across Belgium are supported. 

💼 Who It Serves

• Enterprises requiring reliable, compliant colocation infrastructure in Flanders/Belgium with strong connectivity.
• Service providers, MSPs and network-operators requiring carrier-neutral access and meet-me-room facilities.
• Workloads such as disaster-recovery, hybrid-IT, cloud-on-ramps and edge-provisioning that benefit from regional presence and scalable rack space.
• Organisations with data-sovereignty or multi-site deployment strategies that want to spread operations across Belgium.