EBRC in Luxembourg has announced a new partnership with EURid, the domain name registrar responsible for the .eu 1st level domain; Brussels-based EURid will use the Trusted Services Europe from EBRC to accelerate its development.

Speaking at their Kayl installation on Tuesday afternoon, Yves Reding, CEO of EBRC, welcomed the news and acknowledged the environmental and energy considerations of its Tier IV datacentres as playing an important part of their offer in the formal decision-making process.

Talking with Chronicle.lu, Yves Reding confirmed that the EBRC Datacentre in Kayl is now at 70% capacity, the one in Windhof is almost at maximum capacity, and their datacentre in Betzdorf is now at around 50% capacity. Pressed on giving a value on the EURid partnership, he declined, instead focusing on the indirect benefits the partnership brings. He also stressed that EBRC is working more and more internationally with a subsidiary already established in Switzerland and another to be finalised shortly in France.

Marc Van Wesemael, Director General of EURid, explained how their services are continually evolving for their clients and partners, and referred to the social and environmental engagement offered by EBRC, along with security, as being prime considerations in their decision to choose EBRC. He also referred to the domain name business becoming more and more competitive.

Luxembourg's Prime Minister and Minister for Media and Communications, Xavier Bettel, spoke passionately and referred to the digital economy and is delighted that EURid chose EBRC and Luxembourg for this partnership. He talked about the growth areas of FinTech and eHealth, in particular, where Luxembourg is very strong, with its datacentres hosting a large number of companies operating in eCommerce, Bitcoins, domain name services and much more, even going as far as saying that Luxembourg may lay claim to the title of world capital of domain name management, with the EURid - EBRC partnership underlying this position.

Photos by Geoff Thompson (above, L-R): Marc Van Wesemael, EURid; PM Xavier Bettel; Yves Reding, EBRC