Former printworks in northern France could be turned into data center

A former printworks south of Paris, France, could be converted into a data center.

The 65,000 sqm (700,000 sq ft) factory in Malesherbois, in the Loiret commune, has been sold by printing firm Maury Imprimeur to German industrial property group Garbe for a reported €3 million ($3.4m). Though part of the site could be utilized as a logistics depot, it is also set to host a data center.

A data center could be coming to Malesherbois – Chabe01/Wikimedia Commons

It has been vacant since last year when Maury Imprimeur downsized its operations and moved all staff to another site in nearby Manchecourt. Malesherbois is in northern France, south of the capital city, Paris.

According to law firm Osborne Clarke, which advised Maury Imprimeur on the sale, the site “will undergo a comprehensive modernization in order to be repositioned for logistics-type use, with the ambition of creating a sustainable asset that meets high environmental standards, incorporating criteria relating to energy efficiency and space optimization, while limiting its environmental footprint.”