Apr 09, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Colt Data Centre Services (Colt DCS) aims to develop four new data centers in Germany as it recently announced plans for Frankfurt 4 & 5 and Berlin 1 & 2. The two Frankfurt data centers will be built on an 18-acre site east of Frankfurt in Wiesbaden and provide a combined 63MW, while the Berlin data centers will be constructed on a 9.5-acre site 10km east of the capital and provide a total 54MW of IT capacity.
Niclas Sanfridsson, CEO of Colt DCS, said: "The continued growth in digital services has created strong demand for hyperscale data centers in Germany. Our acquisitions in Frankfurt and Berlin are a testament to our commitment to Europe's largest economy."
The company said it would be investing €2 billion in the projects. The facilities will feature hybrid air and liquid (direct-to-chip) cooling and will be able to offer densities of up to 130kW per rack. Waste heat from all the sites will be reused by the local councils for district heating.
Gert-Uwe Mende, Lord Mayor of Wiesbaden, added: "Wiesbaden is an attractive business location, and artificial intelligence is an absolutely future-oriented topic. I am therefore very pleased that Colt DCS has chosen the Landeshauptstadt (capital of the state of Hessen) as the site for its new data center.”
