Microsoft har påbegyndt oprydningen på den tidligere postmarkedsgrund i San Bovio, hvor Microsoft vil bygge et datacenter. Byggepladsen for datacentret ligger på Via Trieste i Peschiera Borromeo (MI), Italien.

Hvorfor der er brug for datacentre

Datacentre udgør den fysiske infrastruktur for den teknologi, vi er afhængige af på arbejdet og i vores privatliv. Hver gang du åbner en app på din telefon, deltager i et virtuelt klasseværelse eller møde, tager og gemmer billeder eller spiller et spil med dine venner online, bruger du et datacenter. Lokale virksomheder, myndigheder, hospitaler og skoler er hver dag afhængige af datacentre for at kunne levere varer og tjenester til dig.

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.

Arbejdstid

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.

Afhjælpende foranstaltninger

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.

Foranstaltninger til bæredygtighed

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:

• Renovering
• Genbrug
• Genbrug

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.

Den 26. oktober 2024: Opsummering af informationsmøde i lokalsamfundet

Den 26. oktober 2024 holdt Microsoft en præsentation i San Bovio-kvarteret i Peschiera Borromeo for at informere lokalsamfundet om sine planer om at bygge et datacenter i det tidligere postmarked. Over 150 mennesker mødte op sammen med borgmester Andrea Coden og medlemmer af kommunalbestyrelsen for at lære mere om projektet og få svar på deres spørgsmål. Microsoft tog fat på flere emner af interesse for lokalsamfundet, herunder miljømæssig bæredygtighed, transport samt uddannelses- og jobmuligheder.

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.

Datacentret vil skabe nye jobmuligheder i lokalsamfundet. Microsoft forklarede, hvilke job der vil være tilgængelige, og at alle vil blive tildelt efter en åben og gennemsigtig proces. Selv om lokale borgere ikke kan prioriteres, vil der blive givet uddannelsesmuligheder for at forberede folk på et job i datacentersektoren. Projektgebyrer betalt af Microsoft vil også blive brugt til at modernisere skoleinfrastrukturen i Peschiera Borromeo.

Informationsmødet var præget af opmærksom deltagelse fra lokalsamfundet, og mange deltagere udtrykte taknemmelighed over for Microsoft og kommunalbestyrelsen for at have organiseret et åbent og informativt møde.

Holde forbindelsen

Vi vil holde fællesskabet opdateret via vores Italien-side i vores Microsoft in your community-blog.

Hvis du har spørgsmål til den daglige drift, kan du også kontakte engagement lead på DCItalia@microsoft.com.