Normandy 1 (Normandie 1) is the first data center on Orange's 18-hectare Val-de-Reuil campus at 7 Voie de l'Orée in Eure, Normandy. Orange launched the project in 2009 with APL as designer and builder. The 16,000 m² (172,223 sq ft) building holds 5,000 m² (53,820 sq ft) of computer rooms in four halls arranged as two independent pairs; halls 1 and 2 went live in June 2012 and halls 3 and 4 were delivered between 2013 and 2015. Orange inaugurated the site in October 2013.
It was the first data center in France cooled by direct outside-air free cooling, backed by mechanical cooling above 21 °C, and is designed to Tier IV availability with three days of autonomy on site generation. It hosts Orange business and consumer services and the group's own information systems. Its sister building, Normandy 2, opened on the same campus in 2022.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.23 miles | Orange: Normandy 2 |
The second data center building of Orange's Normandy Campus was launched in 2022. The facility spans 16,000 sqm (172,200 sq ft) with 5,000 sqm (53,800 sq ft) of computer rooms.
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| 0.24 miles | EDF: Noé |
EDF operates multiple data centers, with NOE being one of its largest facilities, located in Val de Reuil. In 2016, NOE, along with all other EDF data centers, achieved ISO 50001 certification.
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| 1.03 miles | UltraEdge: Val-de-Reuil | |
| 1.36 miles | NDC: Normandie |
Nation Data Center (NDC), a French data center firm, is building its second facility on a 1.5-hectare site in Val-de-Reuil, located in the Eure department of Normandie.
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| 12.49 miles | Cogent Rouen |
Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2018 and 148,000 employees worldwide at 30 June 2019, including 89,000 employees in France. The Group has a total customer base of 266 million customers worldwide at 30 June 2018, including 207 million mobile customers and 20 million fixed broadband customers.
The Group is present in 27 countries. Orange is also a leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services. In March 2015, the Group presented its new strategic plan “Essentials2020” which places customer experience at the heart of its strategy with the aim of allowing them to benefit fully from the digital universe and the power of its new generation networks.
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