Fluorinated gas leaks, a shadow over the exponential development of data centers

The company Digital Realty, which owns four data centers in Marseille and is preparing to build a fifth, has just celebrated ten years of presence in the city. However, last year the prefecture singled out the digital data manager for greenhouse gas emissions well beyond standards.

The gilding of the Palais du Pharo and its view of the sea provide a perfect setting for Fabrice Coquio, the president of Digital Realty France, to celebrate the “dazzling progress” of Marseille, which in ten years went from 44th to 7th place among the global hubs of internet traffic, these intersections of submarine cables […]