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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 Maincubes Breaks Ground on Second Berlin Data Center
Maincubes Breaks Ground on Second Berlin Data Center

Maincubes Breaks Ground on Second Berlin Data Center

March 26, 2026 maincubes one GmbH

German data center company Maincubes has begun construction on a new Berlin campus. The company this week held a groundbreaking ceremony in Nauen for its BER02 site. “With the official start of construction for the substation and the cable route, we have reached an important milestone for our new...

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Read euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center
euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center

euNetworks to Shut Down Amsterdam Data Center

July 25, 2025 Amsterdam

European fiber firm euNetworks is exiting its Amsterdam data center in the Netherlands as colocation customers have apparently been asked to vacate the data center by next year.The news was revealed by Dirk Pol, of Dutch connectivity firm i4 Solutions, in a post on LinkedIn. “euNetworks will be...

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Read Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI
Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI

Fintech executives express concerns about increasing reliance on AI

June 12, 2024 Amsterdam

Fintech executives are concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) increasing banks' reliance on the big US tech firms. At a gathering in Amsterdam last week, some executives suggested that the sector will increasingly have to turn to the likes of Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web...

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Read Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.
Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.

Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.

May 18, 2024 maincubes one GmbH

Germany data center firm Maincubes announced this week that it had added sustainability targets to its existing growth financing, linking the achievement of these targets to the financing conditions. "The successful addition of the sustainability targets to our financing facility confirms the...

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Read DTCP takes majority stake in German operator Maincubes
DTCP takes majority stake in German operator Maincubes

DTCP takes majority stake in German operator Maincubes

September 27, 2023 maincubes one GmbH

Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) is now the majority owner of German DC firm Maincubes after acquiring additional stakes from Art-Invest Real Estate, a co-shareholder. Art-Invest, which used to hold about 75% of Maincubes stakes before DTCP’s initial investment, now retains only a...

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Read Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center
Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center

Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center

September 20, 2023 Berlin

The construction of a 100MW data center in Berlin, Germany, has received planning approval. This week, the German consulting and services firm Prea announced that it has received approval to construct a new data center in Berlin in collaboration with the Dutch developer Van Caem. Four four-story...

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Read AtlasEdge forms partnership with PacketFabric
AtlasEdge forms partnership with PacketFabric

AtlasEdge forms partnership with PacketFabric

April 05, 2023 Berlin

Atlas Edge has announced that it has partnered with PacketFabric, to expand cloud access across its network. The strategic partnership will see the company’s facilities connect to PacketFabric’s TruNaas Converge Platform, which will reportedly allow AtlasEdge customers to access PacketFabric’s...

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Read Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe
Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe

Motion Hosting opens new data center in Europe

April 03, 2023 Amsterdam

InMotion Hosting has announced the opening of its first international data center in Europe. The three-story data center is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands and will reportedly offer customers NVMe Hardware, 99.99% Network Uptime and Security Monitoring, refined UltraStack Server Configurations...

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Read Maincubes, a German Operator, Obtains a €1 Billion Funding Facility
Maincubes, a German Operator, Obtains a €1 Billion Funding Facility

Maincubes, a German Operator, Obtains a €1 Billion Funding Facility

March 08, 2023 maincubes one GmbH

The German data center company Maincubes has received debt funding in excess of $1.07 billion. The firm stated this week that it had inked a new $1.1 billion scalable financing facility, including $730 million in committed facilities and an additional $373 million in uncommitted accordion...

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Read Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt
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Mainova Ventures into Data Centers With 30MW Facility in Frankfurt

October 27, 2022 Frankfurt

German energy company Mainova is moving into the data center business. The company broke ground on the new facility in Frankfurt, Germany. Mainova WebHouse, a subsidiary of the energy company, announced that a groundbreaking ceremony for the facility took place earlier in the month. The new data...

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Read DTCP Completes Acquisition of Main Stake in Maincubes
DTCP Completes Acquisition of Main Stake in Maincubes

DTCP Completes Acquisition of Main Stake in Maincubes

September 22, 2022 maincubes one GmbH

Maincubes has announced that investment management firm Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) has acquired a stake in its firm. The deal sees DTCP take over the shares of the former main shareholder Art-Invest Real Estate. Although the transaction details were not shared, Art-Invest Real...

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Read Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

August 08, 2022 Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its...

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Read Maincubes Starts Work at its FRA02 Facility
Maincubes Starts Work at its FRA02 Facility

Maincubes Starts Work at its FRA02 Facility

July 05, 2022 maincubes one GmbH

Maincubes has announced that it has broken ground on a new data center outside Frankfurt, Germany. The company laid the foundation stone of the FRA02 facility in Schwalbach, close to Frankfurt. Maincubes first revealed it would be developing the data center in July 2021. The development of the...

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Read Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
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Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

May 17, 2022 Frankfurt

Alibaba has announced that it opened a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new data center is the company’s third facility in the country. According to the company, the new data center will help support the increasing needs for digital transformation from customers across the European...

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Read Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers
Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

April 08, 2022 Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

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Read Maincubes Plans To Develop Third Facility In Frankfurt and First One In Berlin
Maincubes Plans To Develop Third Facility In Frankfurt and First One In Berlin

Maincubes Plans To Develop Third Facility In Frankfurt and First One In Berlin

January 28, 2022 maincubes one GmbH

Maincubes has revealed its plans to develop another data center in Frankfurt, Germany. It also wants to develop its first data center in Berlin, Germany. Maincubes first announced plans for the FRA02 data center in July 2021. It also broke ground on the data center while scheduling the facility...

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Read Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam
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Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam

September 17, 2021 Amsterdam

Great Grey Investment has acquired the uncompleted Westpoort Data Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The data center was bought from Caransa Group. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed, Tikehu Capital provided financing to Great Grey Investments and Westpoort Datacenter through its...

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Read maincubes is opening its second data center in the Frankfurt area
maincubes is opening its second data center in the Frankfurt area

maincubes is opening its second data center in the Frankfurt area

July 21, 2021 maincubes one GmbH

maincubes is building another colocation data center in Schwalbach near Frankfurt. The new data center will have a sustainable design. The sustainable design of the new facility will include efficient UPS systems that use green power and a waste heat recovery system. It will also have an...

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Read Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers
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Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers

May 14, 2021 Frankfurt

Frankfurt has proposed a development plan to regulate data centers in the area. The plan, it says, will prevent the “uncontrolled growth” of data centers. The city is the hub of the data center industry in Germany, and one of the four largest hubs in Europe, taking up 64 hectares (640,000 sqm) of...

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