Lepida : BOIX Data Center

The BOIX Data Center, operated by Lepida S.c.p.A., is one of the strategic digital infrastructure sites serving the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. As part of Lepida’s mandate to provide secure, high-availability ICT services to public administrations, healthcare institutions, universities, and regional enterprises, BOIX delivers resilient colocation and cloud-ready infrastructure in a controlled, energy-efficient, and highly connected facility. Engineered for mission-critical workloads and regional digital-transformation initiatives, the BOIX site strengthens data sovereignty, service continuity, and interconnection across the public and private sectors in Emilia-Romagna.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

1. Enterprise-grade power and cooling architecture, ensuring uninterrupted operation for critical applications.
2. Redundant UPS systems and on-site generator backup designed to maintain continuity during utility outages.
3. High-efficiency cooling systems, with monitored temperature and humidity control to support 24/7 operations.
4. Scalable colocation footprints including full racks, partial racks, and dedicated cages suitable for public-sector ICT, cloud nodes, and high-performance workloads.
5. Integrated with Lepida’s regional network, providing secure connectivity for public administrations, research institutions, and regional cloud services.
6. Managed infrastructure services, with Lepida offering housing, hosting, virtualization, backup/DR, and platform-level support for institutional customers.

🔐 Security & Compliance

1. 24/7 controlled access, CCTV monitoring, and multi-layer internal security zones.
2. Electronic access control, with logged entry, authentication checks, and strict access governance following public-administration security policies.
3. Fire detection and suppression, using early smoke detection and inert-gas suppression suitable for sensitive ICT equipment.
4. Compliance alignment with requirements for:
5. GDPR data protection and privacy
6. Public-sector data-sovereignty guidelines
7. Regional continuity and disaster-recovery frameworks
8. Secure segregated environments, supporting highly sensitive workloads for healthcare, emergency services, research and education.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. Direct integration with the Lepida regional backbone, one of the most extensive public fiber networks in Italy, connecting municipalities, universities, hospitals, and research institutions.
2. Carrier-neutral access, allowing interconnection with commercial operators and national research networks (e.g., GARR).
3. Low-latency routing across Emilia-Romagna and onward to national and European peering ecosystems.
4. Cross-connect options enabling secure network interconnection among tenants, public agencies, and cloud resources.
5. Suitable for hybrid-cloud, multi-site, and disaster-recovery deployments across the region.

💼 Who It Serves

1. Regional and municipal public administrations, requiring sovereign, compliant, and resilient data hosting.
2. Healthcare networks and hospitals, needing reliable infrastructure for clinical systems and data governance.
3. Universities, research centers, and educational institutions needing HPC, secure hosting, or connectivity to academic networks.
4. Enterprises and digital-service providers partnering with the public sector or requiring regionally anchored infrastructure.
5. Organizations building regional disaster recovery, high-availability architectures, or cloud-hybrid deployments.