German data center investor Data Center Partners has acquired land in Mainz for a new facility.

“We are excited to announce that, together with an experienced German investor specializing in digital and energy infrastructure, we have acquired a strategic site in Mainz to develop a sustainable, modular data center,” the company said on LinkedIn last week.

DCP said the MNZ1 site comes with a 40MW grid connection and aims to launch services in 2028.

Further details – including terms of the land sale or the investment partner – were not available, but the company said the site would look to make the data center’s waste heat available to local district heating network operators.

Founded in 2021, DCP describes itself as a data center-focused investment platform in the DACH region, providing development and investment services and acting as a minority joint venture and operating partner. The company says it has more than €660 million ($746.1m) in assets under management or development, totaling some 200MW across Germany and Austria.

According to its website, the company’s projects include sites in Berlin (40MW), Dusseldorf (30MW), Frankfurt (30MW), Graz (5MW), Heidelberg (5MW), Munich (30MW), and Mainz (40MW).

DCP has previously partnered with Nexspace, which has data centers in operation in Heidelberg and Graz. After developing its own facility in Heidelberg, the company acquired an operating facility in Graz last year.