Salesforce has opened its first European datacentre in the UK as part of a new strategy to build three facilities in Europe, it will next open in France and Germany in 2015. They intend to create more than 500 new jobs across Europe within the next year. The new centre based in Slough will be fully powered by renewable energy sources. Salesforce has delivered 42% growth in the European market year on year and will be using the new data centres to increase this further.

Salesforce data centre opens in the UK