telecom italia sparkle: Metaformosi II Dat Center

The Metamorfosis II Data Center, operated by Telecom Italia Sparkle (Sparkle), is located in the industrial area of Metamorfosi, Athens, Greece.  It sits adjacent to Sparkle’s original Metamorfosi I facility, forming part of a core campus for domestic and international interconnection. As Sparkle’s “fourth open data center” in Greece, Metamorfosis II was designed to expand capacity for carriers, OTTs, enterprises, and networks requiring high-availability infrastructure.  Its integration with Sparkle’s global fiber backbone and Mediterranean submarine network enhances its strategic relevance in the Southeast Europe and Mediterranean connectivity landscape. 

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• Modular design spanning ~6,000 m² of total space 
• Maximum capacity: 700 racks across six modules 
• Total electrical capacity / power provisioning: 7.7 MW 
• Cooling & efficiency systems:
• Evaporative free cooling, LED lighting, and other efficiency measures
• Geothermal projects in planning / design (for sustainable cooling) 
• Built with anti-seismic and structural resilience in mind to meet Greece’s seismic requirements 
• Each floor includes a Meet-Me Room to interconnect with the internal ecosystem and external networks
• “Constructed Facility” Certification: Uptime Institute Tier III 
• Green / sustainable design: LEED Gold certification, ISO 14001, incorporation of renewable energy and energy-efficiency features, and carbon footprint reduction (~28,000 tons per year)

🔐 Security & Compliance

• Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 20000-1, ISO 14001, PCI-DSS for Sparkle Greece operations 
• Layered access control: biometric gates plus human supervision 
• 24/7 monitoring and surveillance across critical zones 
• Redundant systems across power, cooling, and network to ensure availability and fault tolerance 

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Carrier-neutral facility: customers may interconnect freely among carriers or via Sparkle’s infrastructure 
• Connectivity to 8 network providers already present in the facility ecosystem 
• Integrated with Sparkle’s proprietary metropolitan fiber ring (Athens) and its broader Mediterranean / global backbone (Seabone, Nibble) 
• Submarine and terrestrial interconnection: the data center is part of the Nibble optical network across the Mediterranean and links to submarine systems (e.g. BlueMed)
• Meet-Me Rooms on each floor facilitate internal and external interconnection with minimal latency and cross-connect overhead 

💼 Who It Serves

• Carriers, ISPs, OTTs, and content providers seeking high-density, resilient infrastructure in Southeast Europe
• Enterprises in Greece and the Balkan region needing low-latency connectivity and access to global backbone networks
• Cloud service providers and application platforms requiring compliant, sustainable, and modular capacity
• Organizations with stringent environmental goals, benefiting from the facility’s “green” design and certifications
• Any operators needing flexible interconnection across domestic and international networks, including submarine connectivity