German cloud provider Yorizon and ACS-owned construction firm Hochtief have broken ground on a data center in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.

The facility is the third ‘Yexio’ data center that the companies are developing in the region, and fourth in Germany as a whole, and will enable Yorizon to complete its Germany West cloud region in 2027.

The Germany West region will also include the Heiligenhaus and Bad Lippspringe data centers, also being developed by Hochtief. The fourth German data center being developed is in Bavaria.

Construction work on the Bad Lippspringe data center began in April 2025, aiming to be completed by summer of 2026. That data center will offer 2MW of capacity.

The Heiligenhaus data center saw construction begin in 2024, with a launch date in 2025.

According to a LinkedIn post from Yorizon Cloud, the data center will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy, use sustainable timber construction methods, and offer waste heat back to the neighborhood once operational.

Power capacity for the site, and size of the data center, have not been disclosed.

Once Hochtief completes the build, Yorizon will take over and manage the site. Palladio Partners is serving as an investment partner for the build-out, with Hochtief working with the Palladio infrastructure fund to develop up to 15 data centers. Yexio has previously been described as a spin-off of Hochtief PPP Solutions.

According to Yorizon’s website, the company is planning a further five data center locations across Germany, and also has land in Austria – possibly near Graz – for development. Sites are also planned in Switzerland.