Salesforce has move to open its first data centre in the UK, in a move to bypass data protection laws which prohibits sensitive data from being stored in non UK or non EU locals. The move comes as part of an expansion program in Europe which is expected to create 500 new jobs.

Successful expansion in Europe, with a 41 per cent increase in revenue growth, has resulted in Salesforce moving to open data centre facilities in France and Germany alongside the UK.

The new UK site is planned to open in August 2014, while the German and French sites are scheduled to be operational in 2015.

The new site will be used by existing customers, with European customers including BMW, Pernod Ricard and Zeiss all benefiting from the locally hosted facilities.

President of EMEA at salesforce.com, Miguel Milano, said: "Our tremendous growth and customer momentum is why salesforce.com is significantly increasing its investment in Europe, by adding 500 new jobs and opening three new data centres across Europe, in the UK, France and Germany."

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