Energy firm Uniper has announced plans to build a new data center hub at its ‘Staudinger’ power plant in Hesse, Germany.
The new complex will be built in the town of Großkrotzenburg on a portion of the site currently occupied by a coal-fired power station, which is being demolished.
Uniper's Staudinger plant – Uniper
The new hub will also contain a battery energy storage system (BESS) and a new gas-fired power plant. No information was released by Uniper about the projected combined compute power of the data centers. DCD has approached the firm for comment.
The new data centers will be built atop where the cooling towers of the coal-fired plant formerly stood, Uniper power plant manager Andreas Armenat told Haunauer Anzeiger. The firm intends to allocate around 4.94 million sq ft (459,000 sqm) of land on the site to the facilities, Armenat said. A nearby substation is also being expanded by grid operator Tennet ahead of the hub’s construction. However, a decision has yet to be reached on how many data centers will be built at the site. Talks with investors to fund the project are also ongoing.
