nLighten: Munich

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Operational

Fully operational facility

Munich-München

Metro
Bavaria

State
Germany / Deutschland

Country
Western Europe

Region
Europe

Region
EMEA

Region

nLighten: Munich

Short Code: MUC-011

Total Power

In February 2023, nLighten acquired the site from Exa Infrastructure.

In May 2018, GTT acquired the Munich site in a $2.3 billion acquisition of Interoute. (TR PR Source)

Datacenter Details:

Gross size of data centre: 9638 m²
Net size of customer space: 192 m²
Building type: Concrete, steel frame metal clad
Total power supply to site: 165 kVA
Building tenure: T-Systems Data Centre – year 2002
Number of data suites: 1
Suit expansion available: Yes
Uniform distributed loads: 1000 kg/m²
Max raise floor height: 600 mm

Compliance:

ISO 27001

Map and Nearby Locations

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nLighten Sites

Nearby Facilities

Sites within 15 miles of nLighten: Munich

Distance	Site	About
0.00 miles	T-Systems München
3.91 miles	Level3 Munich (Seidlstraße)
3.91 miles	Equinix Munich MU1, MU3
4.43 miles	euNetworks Munich 2
4.50 miles	euNetworks Munich 1
4.79 miles	EdgeConnex Munich	Edgeconnex acquired the facility from Vodafone in January of 2019.
5.05 miles	Vodafone Munich 2
5.13 miles	NorthC: Munich II	The NorthC Munich II facility, located in Wamslerstrasse, officially joined the NorthC portfolio in September 2025.
5.15 miles	NorthC: Munich	In 2021, the NorthC Group acquired the IP Exchange data centers in Munich and Nuremberg.
5.25 miles	Equinix Munich MU4
6.18 miles	DCP: Munich	The site will offer 6,300 square meters (67,810 square feet) of white space across three floors, aiming for a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.2.
6.40 miles	PGIM: Munich	In April 2024, PGIM Real Estate acquired a greenfield site in Unterschleißheim, positioned between Munich's city center and Munich Airport.
6.90 miles	NTT Munich 2
6.97 miles	noris Munich MUC5
7.75 miles	NTT Munich 1
8.46 miles	Portus: Munich	The company acquired this newly developed data center in Munich, which had been developed by SpaceNet AG, a local IT services provider.
8.48 miles	Portus: MUC2	European operator Portus Data Centers has announced the expansion of its Munich colocation campus with a new facility, Portus Data Centers Munich 2 (MUC2).
8.50 miles	Max Planck Society: Munich	The Max Planck Society in Germany is building a new data center in Munich after getting approval for a modified plan.

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Operating Company

nLighten is a digital infrastructure platform owned by I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investor. The company is developing innovative edge data centers distributed across European key economic hubs to provide best-in-class network access to regional, national, and global enterprises, private users, and the mobile workforce. Through the strategic distribution of its edge data centers, nLighten is working towards establishing a pan-European presence in all major cities and providing access to low latency and proximity to end users across Europe.
The edge data centers developed by nLighten are designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing and storage, while also being mindful of environmental impact. nLighten was founded in 2021 by a core team with many years of experience and wide-ranging expertise in the data center sector. The team's main motivation was to create the next step for the data center industry and align edge data centers with the green transition.

nLighten's goal is to build and operate the leading pan-European edge data center platform. The company's focus on strategic locations, low latency, and environmental consciousness positions it as an innovative player in the European digital infrastructure landscape.

Expansion and Acquisitions

nLighten has grown rapidly through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions:

In June 2023, the company acquired Euclyde Data Centers, a French regional platform with six carrier-neutral data centers.
In September 2023, nLighten completed the acquisition of Proximity Data Centers, a leading UK edge platform with ten carrier-neutral data centers.
The company also acquired 10 carrier data center sites from its sister company Exa Infrastructure.

Facilities

67MW

Megawatts

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