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Read Orbital Partners With Reflex Aerospace On Space Data Center Constellation
Orbital Compute has selected German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace as its platform partner to develop the Orbital-1 constellation, planned to include 100,000 satellites for orbital data ce...

Orbital Partners With Reflex Aerospace On Space Data Center Constellation

September 12, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Orbital Compute has selected German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace as its platform partner to develop the Orbital-1 constellation, planned to include 100,000 satellites for orbital data centers. Reflex will lead satellite integration using a proven bus design that will become exclusive...

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Read Friesen Elektra Explores Data Center Project In Lower Saxony, Germany
Friesen Elektra is exploring a data center at its planned Wasserstoffpark Friesland green hydrogen site near Sande, Lower Saxony. The company has applied for a zoning exemption to allow the project...

Friesen Elektra Explores Data Center Project In Lower Saxony, Germany

September 10, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Friesen Elektra is exploring a data center at its planned Wasserstoffpark Friesland green hydrogen site near Sande, Lower Saxony. The company has applied for a zoning exemption to allow the project. No IT capacity has been disclosed, while the wider hydrogen park is planned for 400MW of power...

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Read Frankfurt Suburb Council Approves Data Center Proposal
Municipal authorities in Hesse, western Germany, have approved a new data center in Gießen developed by Revikon. The six-hectare (14-acre) facility is expected to cost more than €1 billion ($1.1bn)...

Frankfurt Suburb Council Approves Data Center Proposal

September 05, 2026 Frankfurt Data FFO AI GmbH

Municipal authorities in Hesse, western Germany, have approved a new data center in Gießen developed by Revikon. The six-hectare (14-acre) facility is expected to cost more than €1 billion ($1.1bn), consume up to 65MW of power, and create around 200 permanent jobs. Although 38 of Gießen’s 57...

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Read Scientists In Germany And Japan Prototype Electricity-Free Cooling System For Data Centers
Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Japan’s University of Tsukuba have developed an electricity-free solid-state cooling system for data centers. The prototype uses two...

Scientists In Germany And Japan Prototype Electricity-Free Cooling System For Data Centers

September 02, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Japan’s University of Tsukuba have developed an electricity-free solid-state cooling system for data centers. The prototype uses two ultra-thin nickel-titanium shape-memory films to convert waste heat into mechanical work and...

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Read Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus
Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304...

Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus

September 01, 2026 Frankfurt

Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304 sq ft) of technical space. It uses air cooling, with Telehouse exploring liquid cooling to support...

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Read Infineon Partners With Skeleton Technologies On AI Data Center Power Systems
Infineon has partnered with Estonian power and storage company Skeleton Technologies to develop efficient and resilient power systems for AI data centers. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies wil...

Infineon Partners With Skeleton Technologies On AI Data Center Power Systems

September 01, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Infineon has partnered with Estonian power and storage company Skeleton Technologies to develop efficient and resilient power systems for AI data centers. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies will explore power architectures covering the grid-to-data-center chain, including Solid State...

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Read Schwarz Group Plans €5.6bn Data Center In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Schwarz Group and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania plan to develop a 240MW data center in Dummersdorf, Germany, backed by a €5.6 billion investment. The facility could expand to 1GW by 2045 and benefi...

Schwarz Group Plans €5.6bn Data Center In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

August 29, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Schwarz Group and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania plan to develop a 240MW data center in Dummersdorf, Germany, backed by a €5.6 billion investment. The facility could expand to 1GW by 2045 and benefit from renewable wind power, a potential 380kV grid connection, and free cooling. Schwarz Group also...

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Read BBT Group Launches Data Center At Hospital In Bad Mergentheim, Germany
The Barmherzige Brüder Trier (BBT) Group has opened a new 78kW data center at Caritas Hospital in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. The €3.6m ($4.1m) facility will support the digital and AI needs of Carit...

BBT Group Launches Data Center At Hospital In Bad Mergentheim, Germany

August 20, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

The Barmherzige Brüder Trier (BBT) Group has opened a new 78kW data center at Caritas Hospital in Bad Mergentheim, Germany. The €3.6m ($4.1m) facility will support the digital and AI needs of Caritas, as well as other regional hospitals and elderly care facilities. “With today’s commissioning of...

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Read Data Center Rumored To Be Coming To Hofheim, Germany
A large data center is rumored to be planned for Hofheim, Hesse, following the sale of a 10-hectare (24-acre) site to an undisclosed buyer.
Local media reported that Amazon bought the land, but Ho...

Data Center Rumored To Be Coming To Hofheim, Germany

August 20, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

A large data center is rumored to be planned for Hofheim, Hesse, following the sale of a 10-hectare (24-acre) site to an undisclosed buyer. Local media reported that Amazon bought the land, but Hofheim authorities denied this, while Amazon declined to comment. The town’s mayor confirmed the sale...

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Read Maincubes Completes First Module Of New Frankfurt Data Center
German data center operator Maincubes has completed the first module of its FRA03 facility in Frankfurt, a 16MW site featuring 7,680 sqm of data hall space across three floors and six IT rooms. The...

Maincubes Completes First Module Of New Frankfurt Data Center

August 04, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

German data center operator Maincubes has completed the first module of its FRA03 facility in Frankfurt, a 16MW site featuring 7,680 sqm of data hall space across three floors and six IT rooms. The facility will run entirely on renewable energy and include waste heat recovery technology....

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Read Stack Infrastructure Cancels Planned Data Center in Hesse, Germany
A planned Stack Infrastructure data center in Hesse, Germany, has been canceled. The hyperscale facility, planned for a site near Babenhausen southeast of Frankfurt, was dropped due to uncertainty ...

Stack Infrastructure Cancels Planned Data Center in Hesse, Germany

July 18, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

A planned Stack Infrastructure data center in Hesse, Germany, has been canceled. The hyperscale facility, planned for a site near Babenhausen southeast of Frankfurt, was dropped due to uncertainty over local government support. The €3 billion ($3.4bn) project was expected to create up to 200...

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Read Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany
A new municipal data center is under construction in Meppen, Lower Saxony, Germany, as part of Emsland’s broader IT infrastructure upgrade. The €3.4 million ($3.8 million) facility is expected to b...

Construction Starts on Municipal Data Center in Meppen, Germany

July 11, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

A new municipal data center is under construction in Meppen, Lower Saxony, Germany, as part of Emsland’s broader IT infrastructure upgrade. The €3.4 million ($3.8 million) facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2027, though local authorities have not disclosed its planned capacity....

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Read 150MW Data Center Planned in North Frisia, Germany, Draws Protests
A 150MW data center proposed in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has faced local opposition. Developed by Uniq Land, the project would be built on a 55,000 sqm site near Langenhorn in North Fr...

150MW Data Center Planned in North Frisia, Germany, Draws Protests

July 01, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

A 150MW data center proposed in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has faced local opposition. Developed by Uniq Land, the project would be built on a 55,000 sqm site near Langenhorn in North Frisia, with potential to expand grid capacity to 300MW. The plan received a hostile response at a...

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Read Hochtief Begins Construction on New Data Center in Herne
Hochtief Begins Construction on New Data Center in Herne

Hochtief Begins Construction on New Data Center in Herne

May 25, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Yorizon and ACS-owned construction firm Hochtief have broken ground on a new data center in Herne, located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The facility will be the third ‘Yexio’ data center the companies are developing in the region and the fourth across Germany. The project forms part of...

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Read A Data Center is Planned in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
A Data Center is Planned in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

A Data Center is Planned in Wilhelmshaven, Germany

May 23, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

A large, unnamed developer is planning a data center and energy park near Wilhelmshaven in Sengwarden, Lower Saxony, with project costs estimated in the billions of euros. The exact scale and purpose of the facility have not yet been disclosed.Few additional details have been released by the...

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Read New DMO Data Center Goes Live in Germany
New DMO Data Center Goes Live in Germany

New DMO Data Center Goes Live in Germany

May 05, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Datacenter Münster Osnabrück (DMO) has brought its data center outside Münster, Germany, online. Located at Münster Osnabrück Airport, the first phase of the facility offering 1MW of capacity has been operational since April 15.The facility has been in development since 2022, with construction...

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Read Kauri Buys 55,000 sqm Plot in Hochheim for Data Center
Kauri Buys 55,000 sqm Plot in Hochheim for Data Center

Kauri Buys 55,000 sqm Plot in Hochheim for Data Center

April 20, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

German asset manager Kauri has acquired a 55,000 sqm (592,000 sq ft) site in Hochheim for the development of a data center. Kauri paid €24 million ($28.2 million) for the plot, located between Frankfurter Strasse and the B40. According to Frankfurter Neue Presse, the facility is expected to...

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Read Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near Berlin
Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near Berlin

Virtus Starts on 204MW Data Center Campus Near Berlin

April 15, 2026 Berlin

European data center operator Virtus has begun construction of a 204MW facility outside Berlin, Germany. Located around 12km (7.4 miles) west of the capital in the municipality of Wustermark, the company plans to invest a total of €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in the project.“This ambitious...

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Read Research Institutions Collaborate on New HPC Data Center in Berlin, Germany
Research Institutions Collaborate on New HPC Data Center in Berlin, Germany

Research Institutions Collaborate on New HPC Data Center in Berlin, Germany

March 30, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

The Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have partnered to build an AI and HPC data center in Berlin’s Adlershof area. Announced by Adlershof Technology Park on March 27, the facility will be developed in multiple phases to support high-performance computing and AI...

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Read Plans are Underway for a 360MW Data Center Campus on Germany’s Eastern Border
Plans are Underway for a 360MW Data Center Campus on Germany’s Eastern Border

Plans are Underway for a 360MW Data Center Campus on Germany’s Eastern Border

March 17, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Stadtwerke Lübeck has launched its first self-operated data center in the northern German city of Lübeck. Built to strengthen the city’s digital sovereignty, the facility will support business-critical and sensitive applications for local companies and features multiple layers of redundancy.While...

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