Our main They chose more good reasons Helsinki benefits Oslo Wallonia 5 to invest in Wallonia Stockholm Ultra-fast connection Located at the centre of economic Europe : Ideal weather condition 400 million Copenhagen Low earthquake risk consumers Dublin Numerous of land available Brussels plots European institutions operating 4 hours by road Multinationals headquarters Low costs “We opened our St. Ghislain data center in October 2010. It was London Amsterdam A highly-qualifiedworkforce Brussels the first Google designed, owned and operated data center Warsaw Favourable business environment : outside the US. We chose St. Ghislain because of the available Advantageous taxation Wallonia Luxembourg infrastructure including land, power, industrial canal water, and . The in the , 200 Prague fibre connectivity central location heart of Europe business competitiveness and the local technical university added to the appeal. clusters Paris Frankfurt parks 6 4,200 acres of buildable commercial land Strasbourg To-date, Google has spent a total of EUR 775 million on the construction and operation of the data center in St. Ghislain. Vienna London Amsterdam R&D Culture : The vast majority of the construction and operations have taken 150’ 120’ Brussels Milan place in Belgium, and 60% of those employed in the data center are from Belgium. Universities Wallonia is a good business environment for Google, and we look forward to being here for many years to 1 Berlin Madrid Liège Louvain-la-Neuve 80’ 7 come. “ Science R&D Lille 4 parks in Life Sciences 80 Spin os Andrew Hyland 60’ 5 3 2 Community Relations Manager, Data Centers, Europe Mons Namur Istanbul Charleroi Economy open to the world : Frankfurt 60’ WAL=70% Paris EU=30% 90’ 6 % of average export turnover «ENGIE Cofely has decided to base its first commercial data centre in Gembloux, at the heart of Wallonia. Our objective is * From Brussels to offer our customer a green, agile data centre connected to Quality of life : the main European platforms. This investment of over 32 million Strasbourg 60’ euros gives companies all the flexibility they need.
Luxembourg In this period of growing digitalisation, ENGIE Cofely believes 100’ DATA CENTRES in the development potential of Wallonia in the IT sector and is proud to be able to contribute to it.» Multicultural/Welcoming Region Healthcare sector Culture/Gastronomy Nature choose Wallonia !
Nicolas Coppée INVEST IN WALLONIA Namur Office Park Data Center Manager Avenue des Dessus de Lives, 6 B-5101 Loyers (Namur) - Belgium Tel. : +32 81 33 28 50 www.investinwallonia.be Advantageous Ultra-fast Digital competitiveness: The 6 main 20% taxation connection Notional interest deduction : advantageous taxation scheme used to lower corporate tax from 34% to 20%. Belgium (Wallonia is in its southern part) is ranked 3rd in the EU for the Competitiveness taxes quality of its connectivity. 1 Labour tax cuts As a conclusion, compared to France, Germany, Uk, Ire- after tax deduction Latency between Wallonia and the capitals of neighbouring land and The Netherlands, Wallonia has more affordable (approx. 0,05 Euros / kWh under certain conditions) and benefits Work premium for night work and on team work. countries is barely 5 milliseconds at destination! available power supply. Furthermore, Wallonia has rea- Expatriate status: expatriate allowance, refund of expenses, foreign expenditure refunded. On average latency is 6 times faster than regions in northern Europe. dily available and cheap (approx. 35 Euros / m2) land for hyperscale projects although very close to Brus- > Contact us for more information about these subsidies. Several Fiber Optics network providers for each site proposed. sels. For central European customers, compared to the Due to its proximity to Brussels, Wallonia benefits from the Nordics, the latency is better in our region as we are in of Wallonia ! connectivity of the BNIX high-speed hub. the heart of a dense redundant connectivity network.
Amsterdam 1 According to the European Commission’s Digital Economy and Society Index 2017 Looking to explore our solutions? Please contact us! Brussels (DESI) 15 Berlin 14 Digital stakeholders Ideal weather Mouscron 6 milliseconds of latency in conditions, low Louvain-la-Neuve 13 16 Wallonia WAREMME 12 17 earthquake risk London Ath 11 on average Infopole ICT : Cluster bringing together 130 members 9 10 LIÈGE Average annual temperatures : Tournai Soignies NIVELLES VERVIERS from the ICT sector between 8 and 10 degrees. 2 3 4 Lille -logistics HUB Digital : High annual rainfall : 7 8 e Wallonia Mapping of key skills : between 800 and 1300 mm/year. 5 HUY The Digital Wallonia agency has launched its new 2019-2024 NAMUR Sites available development Plan. High hydrological density. 1 MONS average annual temperatures CHARLEROI Measures include : Moderate seismic activity. 30ha< < 20ha No business interruption in the event Paris Thuin available > Support for Walloon companies to enable them to be 1 Dour [70ha] competitive8 Auvelais on [20ha] the global stage. of a crisis. Dinant 2 Saint-Ghislain [75ha] > New9 Villers-le-BouilletMasters qualification [13ha] (university level) in cybersecurity of infrastructure and data protection. 3 La Louvière [100ha] 10 Engis [12+2ha] Marche Numerous > «Open data» decree: accessibility of Walloon public Servers Systems Cooling systems Power Hardware Software Cloud Security Infrastructure Maintenance Services/Consultancy/Training Frankfurt service data to all for the creation of innovative applications. Philippeville plots of land 4 Senee [72ha] 11 Seraing [6ha] BITS > 5G coverage of the region. 5 Charleroi Airport 1 & 2 [30+30ha] 12 Val-Benoît [1.600m2] Calyos available > «Smart Region»: joint consultation by 5 major Walloon 6 Chertal [191ha] cities13 Cherattefor the «Smart [na] Cities» project. CBlue A highly- Very modest property qualified universities 7 Ecopole [150ha] > Investment14 Oupeye funds [20ha] (W.I.N.G) for the creation of digital Cetic 18 Sites disponiblesinvestments (see map). start-ups (subsidy of €50,000 to €200,000). workforce CE+T higher education > Creation15 Visé of[15ha] a collaborative platform to promote 30ha< The main data centres < 20ha digital innovation. A skills ecosystem working 16 Welkenraedt [10ha] Euro-Diesel establishments Bastogne in Wallonia are all Tier 3 for the investor. 1 Dour [70ha] more information : www.digitalwallonia.be or Tier 3+. 8 Auvelais [20ha] 17 Eupen [20ha] MAEHDROS research 2 Saint-Ghislain [75ha] 9 Villers-le-Bouillet [13ha] Munters 6 universities 18 Bastogne [13,1 ha] Education : centres Luxembourg and 19 higher education establishments. 13.9% of our operating 3 La Louvière [100ha] 10 Engis [12+2ha] Nexans graduates come from scientific or engineering courses. Competitive Strasbourg Neufchâteau Nextlab costs 4 Senee [72ha] 11 Seraing [6ha] Training : 5 CharleroiVery Airport modest 1 & property2 [30+30ha] [Price per m²] 12 Val-Benoît [1.600m2] Site disponibles NRB new Data Center Engineering master developed in Price of electricity : 0,05 to 0,08 €/kW ARLON 6 Chertal [191ha] 13 Cheratte [na] Real Dolmen partnership between HELHa and Google. (supply, transmission and taxes included) Luxembourg - 20 to 70€ > 30ha < 20ha 7 Ecopole [150ha] 14 Oupeye [20ha] SNK Negotiable price in the « framework agreement Liège - 45 to 90€ Research : 22 research centres including Cetic 1 Dour [70ha] 8 Auvelais [20ha] » for the sector. 15 Visé [15ha] Systemat (computing), Multitel (ICT) and SIRRIS (technology Hainaut - 15 to 60€ Virton 2 Saint-Ghislain [75ha] 9 Villers-le-Bouillet [13ha] industry). Sites are connected to the 150V-380V grid, with 16 Welkenraedt [10ha] Technord Brabant wallon - 75 to 125€ 3 La Louvière [100ha] 10 Engis [12+2ha] 50-300 MW power available 17 Eupen [20ha] Ulysse Group Namur - 45 to 90€ A breadth of skills available to you : PWC 2015 Study: highly competitive positioning 11 Seraing [6ha] servers, cooling systems, hardware, software, cloud, 18 Bastogne [13,1 ha] VERDON in Western Europe. 0,05 to 0,08 €/kW 5 Charleroi Airport 1 & 2 [30+30ha]12 Val-Benoît [1.600m2] security, maintenance infrastructure, consultancy/training. WIN 6 Chertal [191ha] 13 Cheratte [na] 7 Ecopole [150ha] 14 Oupeye [20ha] 15 Visé [15ha] 16 Welkenraedt [10ha] 17 Eupen [20ha] 18 Bastogne [13,1 ha]