What does BtMData do?

BtMData transforms industrial and energy assets into viable data centre projects: site assessment, energy and regulatory structuring, and ongoing management with the GridPass platform.

What is BtMData GridPass?

GridPass is the energy and compliance platform for data centres: regulatory cockpit with hourly renewable matching on measured telemetry, energy stack design with dedicated renewables, BESS and hourly PPAs, metered PUE/WUE and permitting with cost of delay.

Which regulation does GridPass address?

Spain's upcoming data centre regulatory framework, still in the approval process, including hourly correlation with renewable generation, additionality, PUE and WUE reporting, and CNMC filings.

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Data centres in Germany

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Map and list of the 675 data centres in Germany: operator, capacity in MW, year and a linked source on every page.

Could your asset host a data centre?

Indicative grid, energy and competition screening. Two queries per account; not a grid connection study.

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Sites

675

Cities

Substations ≥220 kV

Renewables ≥20 MW

Power and grid

Clean electricity

59.1%

Renewables

59.1%

Carbon intensity

329.65 gCO₂/kWh

Annual demand

520.01 TWh

Sources: Ember – Yearly Electricity Data (2025)

Grid congestion and connection pipeline in Germany

Grid availability decides where data centres get built: lower congestion and shorter queues attract more capacity.

Grid congestion

4.6%

European average 1.5%

Years in connection queue

6.5

European average ~4 years

Growth 2024-2030

1.6x

European average 1.8x

Frankfurt grid operators have effectively halted new data centre connections until at least 2030.

Congestion measured as redispatch and countertrading volumes as a share of demand (2021-2023).

Data centres in Germany

The BtMData map records 665 data centres in Germany (658 operational, 6 under construction, 1 announced). 8 have published capacity, totalling 334 MW; the rest are pending a verifiable source. Main operators: Digital Realty, Hetzner, Equinix, NTT DATA, Inc., Vantage Data Centers.

Data4 Frankfurt-Hanau · DATA4 · 180 MW · Under construction
Digital Realty FRA33 · Digital Realty · 40 MW · Operational
Colt FRA3 · Colt Data Centre Services · 32.4 MW · Under construction
CyrusOne FRA3 · CyrusOne · 22 MW · Operational
Global Switch Frankfurt · Global Switch · 22 MW · Operational
CyrusOne FRA2 · CyrusOne · 18 MW · Operational
CyrusOne FRA 4 · CyrusOne · 11 MW · Operational
CyrusOne FRA1 · CyrusOne · 9 MW · Operational
1&1 Versatel · 1&1 Versatel · Operational
3U TELECOM GmbH · 3U TELECOM GmbH · Operational

Sites

Name	Operator	City	MW	Year	Source

Data verified by BtMData. Unpublished values appear as “—”.

Frequently asked questions

How many data centres are there in Germany?

Our map lists 675 data centres in Germany across 0 cities. Profiles include recorded data and sources; pending fields do not constitute verified information.

How much renewable capacity is registered in Germany?

We track 0 geolocated renewable plants in Germany, plus 0 substations of 220 kV or above.

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