Goodman Secures Financing from Aareal Bank

Germany’s Aareal Bank is moving into providing financing to data center customers and has entered into its first financing transaction in the data center asset class in July 2025 with Goodman Group.

"Frankfurt is Europe's largest Internet node, with a data transfer rate of more than 18 terabits per second,” said Christof Winkelmann, chief market officer and member of Aareal Bank's management board. "I'm delighted that we have financed our data center here in the Rhine-Main region together with our long-term client Goodman Group. Growing digital infrastructure requirements make data centres a highly attractive asset class and an excellent add-on to our portfolio."

Hans Ongena, director of investment management at Goodman Group, added: "We have been working closely together with Aareal Bank for many years. We value the bank's high level of expertise and reliability, and are delighted to be partnering again with such a strong player. The completion and refinancing of the Frankfurt I data center expands our portfolio of high-quality, sustainable properties in our focus metropolitan regions and strengthens our position as a leading global data center project developer and owner.”