Atos and APL Data Center Win UGAP Contract to Boost Public-Sector Data-Center Efficiency

Atos and APL Data Center Win UGAP Contract to Boost Public-Sector Data-Center Efficiency

(IN BRIEF) UGAP has engaged Atos and APL Data Center under a three-year, renewable contract to provide consulting and project-management assistance for public-sector computer rooms. The partnership delivers technical audits, studies, and hands-on support aimed at optimizing performance, enhancing security, and reducing energy consumption and costs. Tailored for local authorities, hospitals, and higher-education institutions—including overseas territories—the service suite includes energy-efficiency audits, greenhouse-gas assessments, project-management support, and implementation of sustainability measures. Leaders from Atos, APL Data Center, and UGAP emphasize the contract’s role in advancing digital sobriety, reliability, and risk management in France’s public IT infrastructure.

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 3-Jul-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, together with data-center design specialist APL Data Center, has been selected by UGAP—the French public procurement agency—to deliver “Consulting and Project Management Assistance for Computer Rooms.” This three-year framework, extendable twice for six-month periods, equips public-sector IT teams with expert audits, studies, and hands-on support to boost computer-room and data-center performance while curbing energy use and operating costs.

As modern IT environments grow more complex and demand uninterrupted service, Atos and APL Data Center will guide local authorities, hospitals, and academia through every phase of computer-room planning and optimization. Their combined expertise helps organizations right-size infrastructure, adopt sustainable technologies, and streamline operations—avoiding both overcapacity and inefficiency.

Enhanced with dedicated project-management support units, the UGAP contract tailors solutions for small to medium-scale facilities nationwide, including France’s overseas departments and territories. Services range from energy-performance audits and greenhouse-gas assessments to designing and implementing efficiency upgrades.

“Through this contract, we address the public sector’s four core priorities: digital sobriety, infrastructure performance, reliability and security, and risk management,” said Laurent Laffere, Director of Public Sector and Defense Markets at Atos France. “We’re honored to contribute our technological and advisory strengths to UGAP’s mission.”

Tristan Richard, Managing Director of APL Data Center, added: “This contract renewal underlines our dedication to public institutions. Together with Atos, we’ll help clients navigate digitalization challenges—enhancing performance and reducing IT’s environmental footprint across the country.”

Alexandra Bastien, IT and Telecom Product Manager at UGAP, remarked: “These new services will empower IT departments and computer-room operators to optimize, redesign, and fortify their server facilities while embracing a responsible digital strategy.”

About Atos Group

Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 72,000 employees and annual revenue of c. € 10 billion, operating in 68 countries under two brands — Atos for services and Eviden for products. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea) and listed on Euronext Paris.

The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.

About APL Data Center

Founded in 1983, APL is a company specializing in consulting, design-build engineering and data center operation. Through its Organic Design mission, APL is committed to developing data centers in symbiosis with their environment, so that the multiplication of digital infrastructures is compatible with the sustainable development of territories. Its services are based on four activities: data center consulting and engineering, IT consulting and engineering, maintenance and operation, and responsible digital.

APL is accredited as a “Tier Designer” and “Operations Specialist” by the Uptime Institute and has obtained the gold medal in the Ecovadis CSR ranking. APL has carried out several thousand projects and assignments with companies such as Air France, BNP Paribas, Euro Information, Crédit Agricole, DATA4, Dataxion, Econocom, Equinix, Groupama, Casino Group, DRT/Interxion, Macif, Orange, Sigma informatique, SNCF, Telehouse and many ministries and public actors.

With offices in Paris (headquarters), Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Rennes, Lausanne and Milan, the APL Group achieved a turnover of €62.3 million in 2024, with 260 employees and is developing its activities in Europe and Africa.

www.apl-data center.com

About UGAP

UGAP, a national generalist public procurement centre, is a central player in public procurement whose overall activity now amounts to more than €5.56 billion excluding VAT in 2021. It meets the needs of all public structures1 regardless of their size and the amount of their orders. UGAP’s offer is based on nearly 3,200 contracts awarded according to public procurement rules. Its customers can access2 more than 1.4 million references from its suppliers.

UGAP, through the purchases it makes, is a vector in the field of public procurement. More than 78% of its suppliers are SMEs and mid-caps. 83% of contracts include a CSR provision. UGAP has been awarded the “Responsible Supplier Relations and Purchasing” label, awarded by the Mediation of Companies and the National Purchasing Council.

1 – Its customers are local authorities, administrations and public establishments of the State, the social sector and public health establishments.

2 – Any public buyer who applies to UGAP is exempt from its advertising and competitive bidding obligations. The central purchasing group’s customers can therefore immediately access its entire offer with a simple order form.

For more information : www.ugap.fr

Media Contacts:

Atos
Isabelle Grangé – France | isabelle.grange@atos.net | +33 (0) 6 64 56 74 88

APL Datacenter
The Arcane – Baptiste Mallard – 07 85 85 24 93 – b.mallard@the-arcane.com

The Arcane – Alexane Milard – 06 86 05 91 87 – a.milard@the-arcane.com

UGAP 
Fabienne Bernard | fbernard@ugap.fr | 06 08 01 66 72

SOURCE: Atos