EdgeConnex is looking to invest €600 million in data centers in Heusenstamm on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany.

The company's proposal was discussed by the Heusenstamm building committee on January 22, which would see two data center buildings developed on the campus grounds on Jahnstrasse.

As reported by op-online, the data centers would be powered entirely by renewable energy, with a new power line built from Dietzenbach to Heusenstamm to accommodate the project.

A "heating center" will also be built on the northern edge of the site to enable waste heat to be fed to the district heating network.

Steffen Ball, Heunstenn's mayor, said of the project: "Without data centers, there is no digitization. And through the climate protection fund, into which the operator pays five million euros, the city can realize further environmentally friendly projects. If the data center is not built in Heusenstamm, then it will be built somewhere else."

EdgeConnex purchased the land in March 2023, with plans to develop around 57,000 sqm (613,542.89 sq ft).

According to EdgeConnex' website, the company's Frankfurt campus is "coming soon" and will comprise one data center. Details about the facility have not been shared, with EdgeConnex stating that it will publish a data sheet with "detailed specifications for our facilities in and around Frankfurt as planning and design progress." DCD has contacted EdgeConnex for further information.

Heusenstamm is on the outskirts of Frankfurt.

DCByte has previously reported that EdgeConnex is developing a colocation data center in Dietzenbach, which borders Heusenstamm, which would be called EDCFRA01, on around 3.6 hectares of land.

The building committee voted in favor of the project, recommending it for approval at a city council meeting on February 5.

EdgeConnex has an existing data center in Munich, which was acquired from Vodafone in 2019.