APL conducts the audit of three data centers in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region

Published on May 24, 2026 -

As part of the territorial reorganization, which redivided the country into 13 regions, the Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes regions merged to form the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Client company

Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Industry

Public sector

Type of support

Audit

Type of service

Audit of three data centers with a total area of 255 m²

Context and objectives of the assignment

As these two local authorities had two distinct IT hosting infrastructures, they commissioned APL to conduct a comprehensive audit of their data centers, particularly to determine the future data center master plan.

Assess external risks (natural and industrial)
Audit technical installations (electrical, cooling, building infrastructure, etc.)
Define the resilience level of each data center (infrastructure availability and security-related risks)
Define improvement areas to meet the ARA region's requirements
Provide supporting elements for establishing the region's data center master plan

Completed assignments

Comprehensive audit of the region's three data centers: two in Lyon (115 m² and 90 m²) and one in Clermont-Ferrand (50 m²)
Operations and maintenance audit: governance and associated best practices

Client benefits

Identification of weaknesses and compliance remediation according to best practices
Visibility on the budget to invest to ensure the reliability of the three data centers
Measurement of the degree of infrastructure pooling provided by each region
Assessment of the technical and operational level of savings associated with pooling (OPEX)
Definition of initial possible future hosting scenarios (data center and disaster recovery)

Our solutions for

APL Data Center designs and optimizes critical infrastructures capable of meeting the major challenges of the digital age: data security, service continuity, scalability, cost control and sustainability.
Through a global approach integrating innovation and CSR, we support every type of client in creating next-generation data centers tailored to their uses and constraints.

Hyperscaler

On the scale of major cloud operators, APL Data Center designs and deploys infrastructures built for performance, resilience and energy efficiency, to support the global rise of cloud and AI and to build the responsible data centers of tomorrow.

Colocation

Faced with the challenges of availability and proximity of digital services, APL Data Center supports hosting providers in creating modular, secure, and scalable data centers. Designed infrastructures meet the needs of distributed cloud and edge architectures.

Company

To support the digital transformation of organizations, APL Data Center designs and optimizes reliable, scalable, and sustainable data centers. These sovereign infrastructures meet the performance, security, and compliance requirements of businesses.

Public sector

Serving public sector actors, APL Data Center designs secure, compliant, and eco-efficient data centers that meet regulatory requirements and digital sovereignty challenges while guaranteeing service continuity.