We’re delighted to share that AtlasEdge won Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year at the recent TMT M&A Awards. Organised and hosted by TMT Finance, the awards celebrate the most successful dealmakers of 2021 from Europe and USA, and are determined by a dedicated judging panel consisting of some of the sector’s most influential figures.
The win is testament to the outstanding work of our shareholders, Liberty Global and DigitalBridge, as well as the entire AtlasEdge team in building a market-leading pan-European data centre portfolio consisting of 100 data centres across eleven countries in Europe, supporting more than 700 customers and providing connectivity to more than 50 different on-net carriers.
On a successful night, Liberty Global and DigitalBridge were also awarded the following:
- TMT Leader of the Year – Marc Ganzi, President & CEO, DigitalBridge
- Digital Infrastructure Investment Firm of the Year (Americas) – DigitalBridge
- Telecom M&A Deal of the Year (Europe) – The merger of Virgin Media O2 (Liberty Global and Telefonica)
- IPO of Vantage Towers on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange was also recognised as TMT IPO of the Year (Europe), which included a cornerstone investment by DigitalBridge (E500m)
About AtlasEdge
AtlasEdge designs, builds and operates highly secure, scalable data centres across 14 strategic locations in Europe. Formed as a joint venture between Liberty Global and DigitalBridge, we’re focusing on the next wave of markets including Lisbon, Vienna, Barcelona, Madrid, Brussels and multiple cities across Germany.
Our proven modular-based construction enables rapid deployments under 10MW, while we continue to develop larger campuses, with a target of more than 500MW in our powered landbank by the end of 2026.
Since 2021, AtlasEdge customers have deployed AI, cloud and mission-critical workloads in our 2N facilities, using liquid-to-chip or air-cooled designs. All new builds run on 100% renewable energy. Our tax, legal and site-selection teams also support customers entering new European regions, helping them navigate regulatory, commercial and technical requirements with confidence.