October 21, 2026 Germany / Deutschland
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region, the company said on Oct. 20. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and federal economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche appeared with Amazon chief global...
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October 01, 2026 Germany / Deutschland
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) plans to build an AI data center at its Campus North site in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. The university estimates the facility will cost €24 million ($27.2m) and support universities, government organizations, and researchers. The project...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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