Data centres in Frankfurt
Oct 2026: 35 projects in the pipeline around Frankfurt, 23 permitted or being built.New grid connections rationed since 1 Apr 2026. Wholesale power €90/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 12 months
31 milestones ·
218 data centres on record around Frankfurt
Projects by stage
Who is building in Frankfurt
Capacity by stage
- IT load, all stages
- 948.4 MW
- IT load, under construction
- 279.4 MW
- Projects
- 35
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | IT load, MW | Facility power, MW | Grid connection, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 103 | 10.5 | · | 8 |
| In planning | 90 | · | 260 | 4 |
| Permitted | 476 | · | 532 | 9 |
| Under construction | 279.4 | 258 | 60 | 14 |
| In service | · | · | · | 0 |
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Market economics, Frankfurt
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- Construction cost
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- EUR m per MW
- Mar 2026
- Colocation, wholesale
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- EUR per kW a month
- 2026
- Colocation, 20 MW and more
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- EUR per kW a month
- May 2026
- Business electricity
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- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Grid connection wait
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- years
- Apr 2026
- Permitting
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- months
- 2026
- Staff cost
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- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2024
- Guarding, 24/7
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- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in Frankfurt
Where the data centres are around Frankfurt
What changed
5 milestones since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Oct 2026.
Power and grid for Frankfurt
Rationed
New grid connections are rationed (Germany-wide, transmission, since 1 Apr 2026). Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 330g CO₂/kWh
- 26th cleanest of 30 countries; 59% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 216€/MWh
- 23rd cheapest of 26; wholesale is 46% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 90€/MWh
- 13th cheapest of 30
Climate at Frankfurt
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 282h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 51h
- worst year 95 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 100h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Fibre latency from Frankfurt
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munich | 3.3 ms | 341 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 3.4 ms | 349 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Brussels | 3.5 ms | 357 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 3.8 ms | 392 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 5.9 ms | 599 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 7.0 ms | 712 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 12 ms | 1,221 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
| Germany | Applies from 300 kW non-redundant nominal connected load; 100% renewable electricity from 1 Jan 2027 | In force |
| Germany | Sites running before 1 Jul 2026: PUE 1.5 or lower from 1 Jul 2027 and 1.3 from 1 Jul 2030 | In force |
| Germany | Sites starting operation from 1 Jul 2026: PUE 1.2 or lower and a reused-energy share of at least 10%, rising to 15% and 20% for sites starting from 1 Jul 2027 and 1 Jul 2028, within two years of start-up | In force |
| Germany | Bill to relax the PUE limits to 1.6 and 1.4; committee hearing held 5 Oct 2026 | Proposed |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 1 Jan 2027Germany’s EnEfG 100% renewable-electricity requirement takes effect, unless Drucksache 21/8027 passes first and moves it to 1 January 2030
- 31 Mar 2027Germany’s register report due (every year)
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due (every year)
- 1 Jul 2027Germany’s EnEfG reused-energy share for new sites rises to 15% for data centres starting operation from this date
- 1 Jul 2027Germany’s EnEfG PUE ≤1.5 deadline for sites that started operating before 1 July 2026, unless Drucksache 21/8027 passes first
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
No area-wide rule recorded for Frankfurt.
1 decision on a single site since 2025, not listed here.
Other markets
Sources
50Hertz, Amprion, Bundesnetzagentur, City of Frankfurt am Main, Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5), EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), German Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs, Hessian administrative courts, Hessian Ministry for Digital Affairs, MITNETZ STROM, Netztransparenz (German TSOs), NRM Netzdienste Rhein-Main, Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt, Stadt Butzbach, Stadt Hattersheim am Main, Stadt Hofheim am Taunus, Stadt Karben, Stadt Offenbach am Main, Stromnetz Berlin, TenneT, TransnetBW.