A Microsoft iniciou a remediação do antigo local do Postalmarket em San Bovio, onde a Microsoft pretende construir um data center. O local de construção do data center está localizado na Via Trieste, em Peschiera Borromeo (MI), Itália.

Por que os data centers são necessários

Os data centers fornecem a infraestrutura física para a tecnologia da qual dependemos no trabalho e em nossa vida pessoal. Sempre que você abre um aplicativo no seu telefone, participa de uma sala de aula ou reunião virtual, tira e salva fotos ou joga um jogo com seus amigos on-line, você está usando um data center. As empresas locais, o governo, os hospitais e as escolas dependem dos data centers todos os dias para fornecer bens e serviços a você.

June 4, 2025: Demolition of the former Postalmarket building

In February 2025, demolition and remediation works began on the former Postalmarket building located in the San Bovio district of the Municipality of Peschiera Borromeo (Milan). Once completed, these works will allow for the construction of the new datacenter.

Site remediation

Thanks to the demolition work carried out by GSE on the building, which was abandoned for about a decade, materials containing asbestos (MCA) were removed. Following the discovery of additional MCA beyond what was originally expected, a complete removal was carried out, returning a fully remediated site to the community.

Horário de trabalho

Demolition work is carried out from Monday to Friday, with general and preparatory activities starting at 7:00, and operations considered noisy—such as the activation of the crusher and the transit of trucks—starting no earlier than 7:30, with a break from 12:00 to 13:00, and ending by 18:00.

On Saturdays, the site is active from 7:00 to 14:00, but noisy activities do not begin before 9:00 and end by 12:00.

Medidas de mitigação

During demolition, the following mitigation measures help protect the environment and surrounding community:

• Noise control, using equipment with low emission levels and limiting work to daytime hours (as outlined previously).
• Dust control, through the installation of dust protection mesh on the perimeter fence to prevent dust dispersion beyond the site and the use of water cannons (fog cannons) during demolition activities.
• Wheel-wash system for all vehicles exiting the construction site.

Medidas de sustentabilidade

The demolition is being carried out with sustainability in mind. Thanks to the preventive measures adopted, there has been no impact on groundwater, and air quality is being constantly monitored.

Hazardous waste is being disposed of in full compliance with regulations, and construction waste is being minimized by applying circular economy principles. These practices aim to increase the reuse rate of materials resulting from demolition activities, thus reducing construction waste. This will be achieved through the “3 Rs” principle:

• Reforma
• Reutilização
• Reciclagem

We will have a positive environmental impact by avoiding:

• 1,104 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (mtCO2e) from reusing approximately 35,000 cubic meters of crushed demolition material reused on site.
• 1,228 mtCO2e from recycling approximately 500 metric tons of steel structures.
• 3,137 mtCO2e from recycling approximately 2,000 metric tons of reinforced concrete steel rebar.

Using the average emissions of a market-standard car (approximately 130 g/km of carbon dioxide) as a reference, the positive environmental impact—and thus the total CO₂ emissions saved—will be equivalent to around 1,052 complete trips around the Equator (approximately 40,000 km in circumference), or 42 million kilometers.

Communication plan

To keep you informed throughout the project, we will provide updates via the GSE website, also accessible via the QR code available at citizen observation points, and the Microsoft community blog.

Contact information

For questions or concerns, please contact the GSE project representative Francesco Zito at fzito@gsegroup.com. You may also contact the Microsoft Community Affairs team directly at DCItalia@microsoft.com. We are here to assist you and ensure that any concerns are addressed.

26 de outubro de 2024: Recapitulação da sessão de informações à comunidade

Em 26 de outubro de 2024, a Microsoft realizou uma apresentação no bairro de San Bovio, em Peschiera Borromeo, para informar a comunidade sobre seu plano de construir um data center na antiga área do Postalmarket. Mais de 150 pessoas se juntaram à prefeita Andrea Coden e aos membros do governo municipal e do conselho para saber mais sobre o projeto e tirar dúvidas. A Microsoft abordou vários tópicos de interesse da comunidade, incluindo sustentabilidade ambiental, transporte, educação e oportunidades de emprego.

The datacenter has already gone through the environmental impact assessment pre-screening by the Ministry of Environment, which has certified the environmental quality of the project. The datacenter will not draw water from the local potable aquifer, and the Ministry of Environment has confirmed that there is no risk to local water resources. The energy procured for the datacenter will come from 100% renewable sources provided by Terna. The Ministry of Environment has also issued a favorable review of the datacenter’s noise mitigation measures. The datacenter will not generate a significant increase to vehicle traffic.

O datacenter trará novas oportunidades de trabalho para a comunidade. A Microsoft explicou quais empregos estarão disponíveis e que todos serão concedidos de acordo com um processo aberto e transparente. Embora não seja possível dar prioridade aos cidadãos locais, serão oferecidas oportunidades de treinamento para preparar as pessoas para um emprego no setor de data center. As taxas do projeto pagas pela Microsoft também serão usadas para modernizar a infraestrutura da escola em Peschiera Borromeo.

A sessão de informações contou com a participação atenta da comunidade, e muitos participantes expressaram seu agradecimento à Microsoft e ao governo municipal pela organização de uma reunião aberta e informativa.

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