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Read Siemens and Delta Partner on Modular Power Systems
Siemens and Delta Partner on Modular Power Systems

Siemens and Delta Partner on Modular Power Systems

November 20, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

German tech company Siemens has partnered with Taiwanese power solutions firm Delta Power to provide prefabricated, modular power solutions for data centers in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The modular, scalable design offering will reduce time-to-market for data centers by up to 50 percent...

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Read Schwarz Breaks Ground on 200MW Facility in Germany
Schwarz Breaks Ground on 200MW Facility in Germany

Schwarz Breaks Ground on 200MW Facility in Germany

November 20, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

The owner of German supermarket chain Lidl has broken ground on a new data center in Lübbenau, Germany, to host its cloud division. The 13-hectare brownfield site was previously the Lübbenau power plant. Schwartz said more than 20,000 cubic meters of concrete and stones, 110 tons of steel, and 20...

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Read Germany’s Rostock Government Breaks Ground on Data Center
Germany’s Rostock Government Breaks Ground on Data Center

Germany’s Rostock Government Breaks Ground on Data Center

November 03, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

The Rostock government of Northern Germany last week broke ground on a new municipal facility in Toitenwinkel. The 300kW site will feature 90 sqm (969 sq ft) of white space across two data halls. The government said the facility will secure and modernize the city administration’s IT...

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Read Wobcom Expands Data Center in Wolfsburg
Wobcom Expands Data Center in Wolfsburg

Wobcom Expands Data Center in Wolfsburg

October 09, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

German telecoms firm Wobcom this week announced it is expanding its data center in Wolfsburg's Nordkopf Tower by a new floor, taking its total to five floors within the building. The new floor is already leased to Host-Unlimited.de, a brand of Bieber IT GmbH focusing on cloud and game...

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Read German Tax Office Launches New Data Center
German Tax Office Launches New Data Center

German Tax Office Launches New Data Center

October 01, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

Germany's Bavarian State Tax Office is set to get a new data center and construction has begun on the new data center, which is described as a "high-security" facility. The data center is a modular build and is being developed by Noris Network AG. It will be located in Nuremberg. Germany's...

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Read EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing
EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing

EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing

September 09, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

EcoDataCenter has secured €600 million ($703m) in debt financing from Deutsche Bank Private Credit and Infrastructure which will be used to develop AI data centers in Sweden.“AI infrastructure is a new base industry, and we are building one of Europe’s most exciting companies in the sector. We...

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Read SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud
SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud

SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud

September 05, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

German software company SAP is planning to invest more than €20 billion ($23.3bn) in expanding its sovereign cloud offering in Europe which will span the next 10 years.Among SAP's plans is to bring an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform to its European cloud offerings, as well as...

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Read 500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany
500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

August 22, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

A major renewable energy and AI data center campus is planned for Weida-Land in Germany. Located in the Saxony-Anhalt municipality, the project will include a 500MW solar farm, 500MW/1,750MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), and an AI campus with a data center.The solar parks will be...

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Read E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany
E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

August 21, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

Energy firm E-Werk Mittelbaden and IT services provider Leitwerk are investing €16 million ($18.63m) in a new data center within the startkLahr Airport & Business Park in Lahr, close to the French border in western Baden-Württemberg. “Starting signal for our data center in Lahr,” Julian...

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Read Maincubes to Develop First Data Center at Nauen Campus
Maincubes to Develop First Data Center at Nauen Campus

Maincubes to Develop First Data Center at Nauen Campus

August 06, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

Germany data center operator Maincubes is developing the first data center at its Nauen campus outside Berlin which will be the first of a maximum of six data centers constituting the campus, dubbed BER02.The announcement was made after two agreements - the land use and zoning plan, as well as...

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Read AtlasEdge Launches Data Center in Germany
AtlasEdge Launches Data Center in Germany

AtlasEdge Launches Data Center in Germany

July 25, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

European operator AtlasEdge has launched a new data center in Stuttgart, Germany, STR001 in the Böblingen area of the city. The company said the site was 100 percent powered by renewable energy and is fully compliant with the German Energy Efficiency Act (Energieeffizienzgesetz). “We’re proud to...

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Read University of Stuttgart’s Hunter supercomputer now online
University of Stuttgart’s Hunter supercomputer now online

University of Stuttgart’s Hunter supercomputer now online

January 21, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

The University of Stuttgart’s Hunter supercomputer has begun operations in Germany. This is one of two HPE supercomputers ordered by the university to take its High-Performance Computing Center (HLRS) up to exascale level. The second system, named Herder, is due to be installed in 2027. The €15...

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Read DMO launches data center outside Münster, Germany
DMO launches data center outside Münster, Germany

DMO launches data center outside Münster, Germany

January 08, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

Datacenter Münster Osnabrück (DMO) last month broke ground on its debut facility at Münster Osnabrück Airport in Greven. The first phase of construction will see more than €8 million ($8.3m) invested in developing a 500 sqm (5,380 sq ft) facility with capacity for 140 racks at densities up to...

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Read HPE to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ
HPE to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ

HPE to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ

December 19, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

HPE will build an Nvidia-powered supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Germany. Dubbed Blue Lion, the system will employ 100 percent direct liquid cooling. The water-cooling solution will allow waste heat from the supercomputer to be reused for heating local...

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Read XeedQ installs ita Baby Diamond computer at Goethe University
XeedQ installs ita Baby Diamond computer at Goethe University

XeedQ installs ita Baby Diamond computer at Goethe University

November 12, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

Quantum computing company XeedQ has installed its so-called Baby Diamond quantum computer at Goethe University in Germany. The five-qubit machine is an XQ1 system from XeedQ’s XQ series. On its website, XeedQ describes the XQ1 as “the first multi-qubit mobile quantum processor that is...

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Read ParTec partners with HDRZ research lab for petaflops AI supercomputer
ParTec partners with HDRZ research lab for petaflops AI supercomputer

ParTec partners with HDRZ research lab for petaflops AI supercomputer

October 30, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

German modular supercomputing company ParTec has partnered with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HDRZ) research lab to jointly develop and operate an AI supercomputer. No information has been provided about the system’s hardware but in a statement, the two companies said it will be one...

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Read DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany
DISA sets up  JOE cloud in Germany

DISA sets up JOE cloud in Germany

August 23, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

The US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is setting up a Joint Operational Edge (JOE) cloud in Germany in an attempt to expand DISA cloud offerings outside of the US. According to DISA, JOE is an "interconnected and integrated mesh of large form factor Edge computing platforms, installed...

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Read New quantum computing demonstration system commissioned in Germany
New quantum computing demonstration system commissioned in Germany

New quantum computing demonstration system commissioned in Germany

July 10, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

A quantum computing demonstration system, the first full-stack, ion-trap-based quantum computer demonstrator made entirely in Germany by NXP Semiconductors and quantum computing startups eleQtron and ParityQC has finally been commissioned. Jan Leisse, co-founder & CEO at eleQtron, said: “We...

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Read Planqc secures €50 million in equity financing
Planqc secures €50 million in equity financing

Planqc secures €50 million in equity financing

July 10, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

German quantum computing startup Planqc which makes neural atom-based quantum computers, has secured €50 million ($54m) in equity financing in a Series A investment, led by the European Family Office Catron Holding and the DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF).Alexander Glätzle, CEO and co-founder...

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Read IQM Quantum Computers launches first quantum data center in Munich, Germany
IQM Quantum Computers launches first quantum data center in Munich, Germany

IQM Quantum Computers launches first quantum data center in Munich, Germany

June 21, 2024 Germany / Deutschland

IQM Quantum Computers has opened its first quantum data center on the company’s premises in Munich, Germany which currently houses two IQM quantum machines and will eventually have space to host up to 12 quantum computers, with 800kW of power capacity.“Our aim is to solve business challenges...

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