Continuation of the success story
diva-e Datacenters GmbH changes its name to firstcolo GmbH – Sustainability and high quality standards of our data centres will be an even greater focus within the future.
We are happy to welcome the independent infrastructure fund Cube Infrastructure Managers as a new shareholder. This is accompanied by the fact that diva-e Datacenters GmbH was renamed to firstcolo GmbH taking effect on the 10th of October 2022. Apart from that, nothing will change for customers and partners: they will continue to be served in the existing data centre space and by the usual firstcolo staff – the operational business will continue without any changes.
firstcolo says thank you!
The firstcolo team would like to express its sincere thanks to diva-e! Thanks to the close collaboration with our diva-e colleagues, firstcolo was able to gather many new, valuable insights and further establish itself as a data center operator in the industry. Together, we were able to acquire numerous enterprise customers, which are among the largest German companies.
Due to high demand for firstcolo’s data center space, we were able to significantly increase our revenue and integrate new high-growth products such as private cloud solutions for our customers.
This resulted in the successful development of firstcolo into a data center platform with considerable growth potential, which will continue to strongly pursue technological progress and sustainability to continue the success story. We will continue to work closely with diva-e as a technology partner.
The existing managing directors, Jerome Evans and Nicolaj Kamensek, will remain active as shareholders and managing directors for firstcolo GmbH in the long term.
Our new partner Cube
Cube Infrastructure Managers is an independent management company that focuses on sustainable investments in European infrastructure through its brownfield funds (Cube I, Cube II and Cube III). They can rely on their years of international experience with extensive expertise in the fields of industry and management.
The focus is on the areas of energy supply, communication infrastructure and public transport. Cube firmly believes that Environmental, Social and Governance aspects, ESG for short, are one of the key factors in minimizing risk while creating added value for the infrastructure companies in which the funds invest.
One of the core aspects is renewable energies, in which Cube has already made investments in the areas of photovoltaics, hydropower, wind power and energy generation from waste. Efficient heating and cooling are considered particularly important as they can significantly reduce energy consumption.
This is where we come in: All firstcolo data centers are operated with 100% green electricity from renewable energies with a PUE value of up to 1.25 for efficient energy consumption, meaning that only a small amount of additional electricity outside of IT equipment needs to be used.
Our joint strategy
In the medium term, new perspectives are opening up: Together with our new partner, we will be able to further increase our growth; this includes the expansion of additional data center capacities in Frankfurt am Main as well as new data center locations in German metropolitan regions. We will maintain a long-term technology partnership with diva-e.
With combined forces, we will bring sustainability even more to the forefront. We are already well positioned here thanks to 100% green electricity and industry-leading energy efficiency (PUE), and in the future, further opportunities will open up to reduce our ecological footprint – while at the same time achieving additional cost reductions.
Statement from Jerome Evans
Jerome Evans, CEO of firstcolo, comments as follows: “Through the collaboration with diva-e and EMERAM, firstcolo has developed from a founder-led company to a platform with significant growth potential. In the last five years, we have more than doubled our turnover and ventured into new areas such as private cloud.
With Cube, we have gained a long-term oriented owner who will support us in our ambitions to further drive future development. The goal is to triple data center capacities in the next 5 years. In the future, we will build more data centers with industry-leading PUE values in terms of energy efficiency. Together, we will continue our path of growth in an advancing digitalization of society.”
We look forward towards working with Cube Infrastructure Managers in the future. Their focus has been on local infrastructure assets in areas such as telecommunications, district heating, mobility and electric vehicle charging stations. Cube has raised €4.0bn across four European-focused funds and made more than 30 investments – so our new shareholder has in-depth knowledge and extensive experience that will benefit us now. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.
