CloudHQ to Commence Construction on Major 276MW Data Center Campus in Frankfurt
December 15, 2025
In a significant move for Europe's digital infrastructure landscape, US-based developer CloudHQ has confirmed it will begin construction next year on a massive 276-megawatt data center campus in Frankfurt, Germany. The project underscores the sustained demand for high-capacity computing facilities in one of the continent's premier connectivity hubs, driven by cloud adoption and artificial intelligence workloads.
The long-planned campus, located in the Frankfurt-Höchst industrial park west of the city center, will span a substantial 217,000 square meters (2.3 million square feet). The development will consist of three buildings, each designed to deliver 92MW of IT capacity, culminating in the total 276MW footprint. According to local reports from Entwicklungs Stadt, the project was initially announced in 2022 but faced delays related to planning permissions and power infrastructure, pushing the start of construction from 2023 to 2026.
This new campus will expand CloudHQ's presence in the critical Frankfurt market, where it already operates a facility in the nearby city of Offenbach. Frankfurt, a core component of the FLAPD (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin) markets, remains Germany's largest and most interconnected data center hub, attracting continued investment from global operators.
The development aligns with CloudHQ's aggressive global expansion strategy. The company states it manages a portfolio exceeding 5.2 gigawatts of data center capacity worldwide across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific regions. The scale of the Frankfurt project highlights the intensifying competition and capital deployment in Europe's key markets, as providers race to secure land and power to meet the burgeoning needs of hyperscale cloud providers and enterprises.
Source: datacenterdynamics
CloudHQ to Commence Construction on Major 276MW Data Center Campus in Frankfurt
