CyrusOne Breaks Ground on New Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

CyrusOne has officially broken ground on its latest data center project, FRA7, situated on a 63,000 square meter plot at the Frankfurt Westside regeneration project in Germany, managed by BEOS AG and Swiss Life Asset Managers. This data center aims to be one of Europe’s largest waste heat utilisation projects, with the first 9 MW phase set for completion by Q2 2026, the company said in a statement on Friday.

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Focus on Sustainability and Waste Heat Utilisation

Plans for the data center were first shared in September 2023, TelecomTalk reported. The development is set to consist of two three-story buildings offering 81 MW across nine data halls. The data center will focus on sustainability, including up to 40 MW of waste heat utilisation to support the campus heating network, and aims to achieve DGNB Platinum and BREEAM ‘Very Good’ certifications.

CyrusOne noted that the process is designed to enable heat from the servers in the data halls to be absorbed into a water system that will be connected via heat exchangers to pipe network infrastructure built and enabled by BEOS, which will in turn connect to the buildings on the development.

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“Germany is currently a critical growth market for CyrusOne in Europe,” said CyrusOne. “We are investing significantly in the State of Hessen, and this groundbreaking further solidifies our commitment to making a positive impact and contribution to this state and to the German economy more widely.”