Hscale

hscale is a hyperscale data centre platform backed by Bain Capital, focused on developing scalable, AI-ready campuses across EMEA for hyperscalers and large cloud services customers. The company positions its model around build-to-suit delivery and wholesale capacity across multiple European markets, with a roadmap that includes campuses in Spain, Italy, and Norway.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Data Center Footprint:

hscale publishes four primary markets on its campus roadmap: Barcelona (BCN1), Madrid (MAD1), Milan (MXP1, MXP2), and Oslo region (OSL1, OSL2, OSL3).

hscale describes its Oslo region footprint as three standalone campuses located in Hønefoss and lists OSL1 (2024) plus planned OSL2 (Q2 2027) and OSL3 (Q4 2028) timelines.

hscale states BCN1 is its first campus in Spain, located in North Barcelona (Parc de l’Alba), and lists a target RFS of Q4 2026.

Facility Design & Infrastructure:

BCN1 campus features listed by hscale include concurrently maintainable design, N+1 electrical topology, annual PUE 1.2, chilled water cooling with freecooling, and N+1 cooling infrastructure (liquid ready), plus “dual-feed power secured.”

MAD1 campus features listed by hscale include target annual PUE 1.2, concurrently maintainable design, N+1 electrical topology, and N+2 cooling infrastructure (liquid ready), with a phased delivery model and a “100% green energy” positioning.

For Milan, hscale lists two campuses with modular phasing and describes N+1 electrical topology, N+2 cooling infrastructure (liquid ready), and target annual PUE 1.2 for both MXP1 and MXP2.

Service Portfolio Overview:

1. Build-to-suit hyperscale data centres
2. Dedicated buildings and wholesale capacity positioning
3. Fit-out services (examples include electrical distribution installation and office space build-outs)

🔐 Security & Compliance

Infrastructure Resilience:

Across campus pages, hscale describes concurrently maintainable design and publishes redundancy topologies (e.g., N+1 electrical, and N+1 / N+2 cooling, depending on campus).

Not publicly disclosed.

Physical & Logical Security:

hscale references “rigorous cyber and physical security protocols” including penetration tests and maturity assessments in its campus feature lists.

Not publicly disclosed.

Compliance & Standards:

hscale states it is ISO 27001 certified, and also published an ISO 27001 certification announcement dated 13.11.2025.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

Carrier Neutrality:

Not publicly disclosed.

Network Capabilities:

BCN1 campus features reference proximity to a cable landing station and to fiber providers, and list “4 POEs to site.”

MAD1 market positioning references robust connectivity including major internet exchange points and proximity to submarine cables (market-level statement).

Connectivity Use Cases:

Hyperscale and AI deployments seeking campus-scale capacity with published high-density and liquid-ready cooling positioning (e.g., BCN1 rack density range and OSL2 “AI-ready racks” statements).

💼 Who It Serves

Hyperscalers and large cloud services customers seeking dedicated campuses and build-to-suit delivery across multiple EMEA markets.