DATA4 Frankfurt–Hanau Campus

Hanau / Großauheim, Hesse, GermanyUnder construction

Headline capacity: Not established in published records
Updated: Oct 28, 2026

DATA4 broke ground on its first German campus in Hanau in September 2025. The former military site is planned for a 180 MW electrical envelope and more than €2 billion of investment.

Capacity

Campus electrical envelope

Planned / design or future potential

180 MW

Hanau phased full campus · Phase

Phase scope; not a whole-site figure

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Grossauheim remediation and preparationUnder construction

Former barracks remediation and recycled-material scope.

Hanau initial constructionUnder construction

1 building

Historical first-module 2025 target is not treated as achieved.

Hanau phased full campusPlanned

Planned campus power and schedule, not current IT capacity.

Milestones (4)

P3 acquires former barracks site

Jul 21, 2022 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Land acquired

Source not linked

DATA4 announces Hanau campus

Feb 15, 2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked

DATA4 Hanau groundbreaking

Sep 15, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Construction started

Source not linked

Full Hanau buildout target

2032 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

Brookfield Infrastructure

Investor

Sources by role

Investor (1)

AXA IM Alts agrees to sale of DATA4 to Brookfield Infrastructure · Apr 11, 2023 · Primary

DATA4 Group

Operator

Sources by role

Operator (1)

DATA4 lays the foundation stone for its first data center in Germany · Sep 15, 2025 · Corroborating

Operator (1)

DATA4 sets its sights on Germany with more than one billion euros of investment · Feb 15, 2023 · Primary

Operator (1)

Our campus of data centers in Germany · Corroborating

P3 Logistic Parks

Owner

Sources by role

Owner (1)

P3 Logistic Parks takes over barracks site to develop green data center campus in Hanau · Jul 21, 2022 · Primary

Other participants (2)

City of Hanau

Government authority

Sources by role

Government authority (1)

DATA4 lays the foundation stone for its first data center in Germany · Sep 15, 2025 · Primary

TTSP HWP

Contractor

Sources by role

Contractor (1)

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Hanau Hyperscale Datacentre · Primary

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Current announced investment

Transaction scope

More than €2 billion

Source

Financing records

Investment commitment

€2,000,000,000

Sep 15, 2025

Source says more than €2B; no debt/equity or site financing allocation disclosed.

Parties & sources

Brookfield Infrastructure (Other) · DATA4 Group (Sponsor)

Sources (2)

Site & development

Site area

Actual

25 hectares

Source

Site history

Actual

Former Großauheim U.S. military barracks

Source

Technical specifications

Combined heat and power plant

Design

Planned

Source

Energy target

Forecast

100% Decarbonized source electricity

Source

Additional project facts

Current status

Actual

Under construction after groundbreaking

Source

Address

Actual

Depotstraße, 63457 Hanau

Source

Predecessor sponsor

Actual

P3 Logistic Parks

Source

Full buildout target

Forecast

2032

Hanau phased full campus · Phase

Source

Substation

Design

Planned

Source

Waste heat reuse

Design

Intended for Hanau district heating

Source

Platform owner

Actual

Brookfield Infrastructure

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (5)

Electric grid

Planned or represented

180 MW

Available/reserved campus electricity, not current IT load.

Electric grid

Planned or represented

Rating and energization date unresolved.

Onsite generation

Planned or represented

Technology, fuel and approvals unresolved.

Heat reuse

Planned or represented

Intent only; no commissioned heat delivery.

Renewable energy supply

Planned or represented

100 percent

Future operating-energy target, not current achieved supply.

Grading · Documented

Former Großauheim barracks remediation and campus development

City of Hanau

Sep 15, 2025

Sources (2)

DATA4 lays the foundation stone for its first data center in Germany · Sep 15, 2025 · Corroborating
DATA4 sets its sights on Germany with more than one billion euros of investment · Feb 15, 2023 · Primary

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.