A little history

In 2015, Jean-Paul Calès (then Chairman of CAP INGELEC) and Olivier Labbé co-founded the company Cap DC, in order to support the international deployment of the CAP INGELEC Group in the Datacenter market. The chosen strategic plan covered Southern Europe and French-speaking Africa. 

The roll-out in Southern Europe has been a great success, and now accounts for almost 25% of Group sales, in major countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and more recently Greece. 

Deployment in Africa has been slower, with colocation players having only recently entered the market, and with contractual models that are still a long way from the design-and-build approach now favoured by the Group. 

Finally, CAP INGELEC's strategy is no longer limited to the Datacenter market, and is increasingly targeting the design and construction of industrial buildings, cutting-edge industries, cleanrooms, food processing plants and their critical utilities (water, HVB, energy). 

At the start of 2024, Matthieu Calès and Olivier Labbé are announcing a new strategic direction. 

The European Cap DCs become direct entities of CAP INGELEC, to enable development across the Group's entire portfolio. 

A Cap DC spin-off, named Via DC, has been created to take over the technical consultancy expertise for the development of Datacenter projects in Europe. This company will be external to the CAP INGELEC group. 

Finally, Cap INGELEC is selling its shares in the African Cap DCs to a new French structure, BLUESUN AFRICA, owned by Olivier Labbé and 2 European engineering firms specialising in Datacenters.  

CAP INGELEC is thus demonstrating its ambition to pursue its growth specifically in Europe on the industrial turnkey markets, which are already well established in France and Spain. With Via DC and BLUESUN DC, Olivier Labbé is taking over several of Cap DC's activities, which will be able to work independently with CAP INGELEC in the Datacenter market.