Colt DCS appoints Xavier Matagne as Chief Real Estate Officer.

Matagne to drive further growth of Colt DCS towards 1GW of data centre capacity.

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Data Centres07 May 2025

Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS), global provider of hyperscale and large enterprise data centre facilities, today announced the appointment of Xavier Matagne to the role of Chief Real Estate Officer. Matagne will be responsible for leading Colt DCS’ Development, Engineering and Construction teams.

Xavier Matagne joins us with a wealth of expertise. He has worked in the data centre industry for over 17 years, holding global leadership roles with a strong track record in strategic development and large-scale infrastructure delivery across Europe and Africa. Matagne, most recently served as Chief Development Officer at Africa Data Centres, where he led the expansion strategy across multiple markets.

Having worked in over 15 countries, including France, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Poland and South Africa, Matagne, is known for his ability to simplify complex projects, bringing innovative thinking to fast-growing environments.

Niclas Sanfridsson

"The Executive Leadership Team and I are delighted to welcome Xavier to Colt DCS at such a pivotal moment in our growth. He will be instrumental to the success of our ambitious expansion plans and further enhancing the outstanding calibre of our teams."

 

Niclas Sanfridsson, CEO, Colt DCS

Xavier Matagne

“I am thrilled to be joining Colt DCS at such an exciting time. Colt DCS has a world-class team of Development, Engineering and Construction professionals. They are also in a fantastic position of having secured powered land enabling capacity expansion up to 1GW. I am very much looking forward to helping continue Colt DCS’s tremendous growth, to 1GW and beyond.” 

 

Xavier Matagne, Chief Real Estate Officer, Colt DCS. 

PR contact at Colt Data Centre Services

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