The operator Telia Lithuania has purchased a 2 hectare land plot near Vilnius as the site for a new data centre. According to its plans, this will be the largest data centre in the country, and the company will invest EUR 10 million in its construction. It took over the rights of ownership for the plot at the start of 2022 and plans to put contracts for design and construction out to tender shortly.
The data centre will be located next to the Vilnius-Panevezys highway and directly connected to the other two Telia Lithuania data centres in Vilnius, thus creating the largest data centre infrastructure in the Baltic States. A growth in sales of Telia Lithuania's IT services by more than 20 percent for several consecutive years has dictated the need for such a decision. The Raisteniskes data centre will be modular, so the operator will be able to scale it in the future, thus balancing the activities of other data centres, said Daniel Karpovic, the CEO at Telia Lithuania.
The new data centre, like the operator's other ones, will be connected by fibre-optic cable ring, connecting it to all the major backbone internet networks using two independent fibre-optic connections laid on different routes.
In 2021, Telia Lietuva renovated its Zirmunai data centre in Vilnius for almost EUR 1 million and invested EUR 2 million in expanding and modernising the Naujoji Vilnia data centre, which is also located in the capital city. Renovation and expansion of the existing data centres are also planned this year.
