Aug 21, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
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 Neunstöcklin, managing director at Leitwerk Data Centers Appenweier/Lahr GmbH, said on LinkedIn. “We are pleased to announce the official start of construction for our second Baden Cloud data center. After the first data center in Appenweier, which was built five years ago, has been utilized, we will create additional data center capacities in Lahr in the future.”
Ralf Schaufler, managing director of Leitwerk Data Centers Appenweier/Lahr GmbH, said: "As a regional IT systems provider, we currently operate two data centers and are familiar with the challenges they entail. Whether you're a freelancer, a medium-sized business, or a corporation, with our individually tailored offerings from our data centers or from the connectivity portfolio of Link2Air GmbH, we understand the IT needs of companies rooted in their home country yet operating globally. Even in emergencies, Leitwerk's helping hands are always available for our customers' IT systems."
