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Anexia, founded in 2006, operates around 110 data centers in 100 cities worldwide. The cloud service provider based in Klagenfurt is now one of the most renowned of its kind in the world, with customers such as Rewe, BMW, Allianz, Palfinger and Lufthansa entrusting their data to the Carinthian company. Data centers are considered energy-intensive, and Anexia’s electricity requirements continue to rise as the company expands.<\/p>\n
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Seven-figure purchase price<\/h2>\n
The founder and CEO of Anexia, Alexander Windbichler, is now pursuing the vision of generating energy \u201csustainably and honestly\u201d for his cloud company. \u201cIn the long term\u201d, he wants to become \u2018sovereign\u2019, i.e. independent of electricity suppliers. Of course, there is still a long way to go, but the first step has already been taken: Windbichler recently acquired a small hydropower plant in Kammern in the Liesingtal region of Styria for a \u201csignificant seven-figure sum\u201d – i.e. several million euros. The power plant on the River Liesing generates 600 KW of electricity, enough to cover a third of the electricity consumption of Anexia’s Vienna data center.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSensible expansion\u201d<\/h2>\n
Further hydropower plants are on his \u201cshopping list\u201d (\u201cUnfortunately, there are only a few for sale\u201d), but Windbichler is also interested in purchasing PV systems and wind turbines. \u201cWe want to decouple ourselves from the electricity market by generating our own power,\u201d is his goal. Power plants are a \u201csensible extension of the value chain\u201d for a cloud provider. The ideal scenario would be if the computing power could be transferred to the power plant, i.e. data centers could be built directly next to the power generation, which would also save grid costs.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBecoming digitally sovereign\u201d<\/h2>\n
Anexia CEO Windbichler is also concerned with the need to become sovereign in the core business itself. He had already experienced the dependence of European companies on the USA in the digital sector first-hand when they were put under massive pressure by industry giant Broadcom. This made him realize the existential risks that Europe was taking with its enormous dependence on the USA: \u201cOnly if we are digitally sovereign will we be on an equal footing with everyone,\u201d says Windbichler. Data centers are not gas storage facilities; data can be withdrawn within a very short time. Windbichler warns that there is only sufficient security if data is accessed in accordance with European law.<\/p>\n
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