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Google Hanau Data Center

PRJ-0025 · Site · Hanau / Industriepark Wolfgang, Hesse, Germany

Record last updated Oct 28, 2026

Scope and capacity

On November 11, 2025, Google announced an expansion of its Hanau site as part of a Germany-wide €5.5 billion investment programme through 2029. The announcement does not allocate that national investment total to Hanau or disclose a Hanau-specific expansion capacity or opening date. Google opened its Hanau data center in 2023 after a prior 2022 target. The four-story, 10,000-square-metre facility supports the Frankfurt cloud region; Google has not disclosed a site capacity.

Headline: Not established in published records

Numbers refer to their stated physical boundaries and are not added together. Source dates, claim dates and record updates have different meanings. Missing dates and locators are not inferred.

Operational status · Operating

Actual · Google Hanau Data Center (Project)

Claim 3080 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 6, 2023

  1. Google kommt nach Hanau

    Google · Document date: Oct 6, 2023 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-0178 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://blog.google/intl/de-de/unternehmen/inside-google/google-kommt-nach-hanau/

  2. Hanau, Germany data center location

    Google Data Centers · Document date: Not stated · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0176 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://datacenters.google/intl/en/locations/hanau-germany/

Opening year · 2023

Actual · Google Hanau Data Center (Project)

Claim 3081 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Hanau, Germany data center location

    Google Data Centers · Document date: Not stated · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0176 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://datacenters.google/intl/en/locations/hanau-germany/

Ownership distinction · First Google owned Cloud data center in Germany

Actual · Google Hanau Data Center (Project)

Claim 3082 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 6, 2023

  1. Google kommt nach Hanau

    Google · Document date: Oct 6, 2023 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0178 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://blog.google/intl/de-de/unternehmen/inside-google/google-kommt-nach-hanau/

Building stories · 4 stories

Actual · Hanau build and handover (Phase)

Claim 3083 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Aug 31, 2021

  1. Google invests in Germany's digital future

    Google · Document date: Aug 31, 2021 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0177 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://blog.google/intl/de-de/unternehmen/engagement/google-investiert-in-deutschlands-digitale-zukunft/

Building area · 10,000 sqm

Actual · Hanau build and handover (Phase)

Claim 3084 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Aug 31, 2021

  1. Google invests in Germany's digital future

    Google · Document date: Aug 31, 2021 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0177 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://blog.google/intl/de-de/unternehmen/engagement/google-investiert-in-deutschlands-digitale-zukunft/

Actual opening · 2023-10-06

Actual · Hanau operating facility (Phase)

Claim 3086 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 6, 2023

  1. Google kommt nach Hanau

    Google · Document date: Oct 6, 2023 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0178 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://blog.google/intl/de-de/unternehmen/inside-google/google-kommt-nach-hanau/

Cloud region support · Frankfurt cloud region

Actual · Google Hanau Data Center (Project)

Claim 3087 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Not stated

  1. Hanau, Germany data center location

    Google Data Centers · Document date: Not stated · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0176 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://datacenters.google/intl/en/locations/hanau-germany/

Cooling design · Air/free cooling with air cooled chillers

Design · Google Hanau Data Center (Project)

Claim 3092 · Recorded claim type: Design · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 6, 2023

  1. Google kommt nach Hanau

    Google · Document date: Oct 6, 2023 · Corroborating

    Source reference: SRC-0178 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://blog.google/intl/de-de/unternehmen/inside-google/google-kommt-nach-hanau/

  2. Hanau, Germany data center location

    Google Data Centers · Document date: Not stated · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0176 · Fact sheet · Recorded authority: Party primary

    Source URL

    https://datacenters.google/intl/en/locations/hanau-germany/

Waste heat reuse · Google, EnBW, Evonik and Umicore examining options

Actual · Waste-heat reuse study (Phase)

Claim 3093 · Recorded claim type: Actual · Review: Approved · Claim date: Oct 6, 2023

  1. Google eröffnet Rechenzentrum in Hanau

    Stadt Hanau · Document date: Oct 6, 2023 · Primary

    Source reference: SRC-0179 · Government record · Recorded authority: Official primary

    Source URL

    https://www.hanau.de/aktuelles/Oberbuergermeisterzuaktuellenthemen/

Counterparties and capital

EnBW · Utility provider · CMP-0116

ENGIE Deutschland · Supplier · CMP-0115

Evonik · Utility provider · CMP-0117

Google · Owner · CMP-0112

NDC-Garbe · Developer · CMP-0114

Stadt Hanau · Government authority · CMP-0113

Umicore · Utility provider · CMP-0118

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