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DataOne Lyon

About DataOne Lyon

DataOne (DataOne France SAS / DataOne platform) is a France-based data center platform focused on AI hosting infrastructure, formed and announced by infrastructure and connectivity provider BSO in November 2024. DataOne’s publicly stated footprint centers on two French campuses in Grenoble (Eybens) and Lyon (Villefontaine), which it describes as an acquired Tier-3 / Tier III-quality data center campus platform. DataOne positions these sites as carrier-neutral and designed for high-density, liquid-cooled AI infrastructure, including hosting customer supercomputers, with an expansion roadmap targeting 400MW of AI-compatible capacity by 2028.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Data Center Footprint

  1. France (2-campus platform): DataOne publicly describes campuses in Grenoble (Eybens) and Lyon (Villefontaine) with a combined current footprint of 15MW IT load (at time of announcement).
  2. Lyon campus address (public contact listing): 9001 Avenue Steve Biko, 38090 Villefontaine, France.
  3. Grenoble campus address (public contact listing): Avenue Raymond Chanas, 38320 Eybens, France.
  4. Other facilities / additional regions: Not publicly listed.

Facility Design & Infrastructure

  1. Campus classification: DataOne’s launch communications describe the platform as an acquired Tier-3 / Tier III-quality campus.
  2. High-density design target: DataOne states the sites will use direct liquid-cooled Facilities Distribution Units (FDUs) with power densities of 60–250 kW per rack.
  3. Energy efficiency target: DataOne states a target PUE of 1.06–1.15.
  4. Inter-campus connectivity (described): DataOne states the campuses are interconnected via dedicated dark fibre and 100G+ DWDM wavelengths, enabled by a connectivity ecosystem.
  5. Rack/cage/suite form factors (standard colocation): Not publicly listed.
  6. Remote hands (as a named service): Not publicly listed.

Service Portfolio Overview

  1. AI hosting infrastructure / customer supercomputer hosting: DataOne states the platform will be capable of hosting customer supercomputers and heterogeneous AI infrastructure.
  2. Colocation (general purpose racks/cages/suites as commercial SKUs): Not publicly listed as directory-ready SKUs.
  3. Cloud services (IaaS/PaaS), bare metal as retail SKU, managed hosting SKUs: Not publicly listed.

🔐 Security & Compliance

Infrastructure Resilience

  1. Tier statement: The platform is described as Tier-3 / Tier III-quality in launch communications.
  2. Power redundancy topology (N+1/2N), UPS/generator specifics: Not publicly listed.

Physical & Logical Security

  1. Physical security controls (guards, CCTV, mantraps, etc.): Not publicly listed.
  2. Logical security controls / tenant segmentation details: Not publicly listed.

Compliance & Standards

  1. Certifications stated in launch communications: ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, plus SOC 1 and SOC 2 are stated for the facilities.
  2. Additional certifications stated on DataOne’s website: DataOne’s website additionally states ISO 9001 and HDS (and reiterates SOC 1/2).

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

Carrier Neutrality

  1. Carrier-neutral positioning: DataOne states the campus is carrier-neutral and references an ecosystem of connectivity providers with plans to add more.
  2. On-site carrier list / MMR details: Not publicly listed.

Network Capabilities

  1. Dark fibre and DWDM wavelengths (described as campus interconnection): DataOne states the campuses are interconnected via dedicated dark fibre and 100G+ DWDM wavelengths.
  2. Cross connects (as an explicit SKU): Not publicly listed.
  3. Ethernet / MPLS / SD-WAN (as explicit SKUs): Not publicly listed.

Connectivity Use Cases

  1. AI infrastructure deployments requiring high-density racks and liquid cooling (60–250 kW/rack stated) in a carrier-neutral campus environment.
  2. Campus-to-campus connectivity using dedicated dark fibre / 100G+ DWDM wavelength interconnection (as described).

💼 Who It Serves

  1. Organizations deploying large-scale AI infrastructure (including customer supercomputers) requiring high-density, liquid-cooled environments.
  2. Enterprises / researchers / innovators (example deployment: Core42/G42 AI infrastructure hosted at DataOne Grenoble, per DCD reporting).