A connection request for a 200MW data center in the municipality of Schladen-Werla, central Germany, has been approved by the local grid operator. Spearheaded by Green Datacenter Development (GDD), the facility’s inclusion in the area’s development plan was approved by municipal authorities in April.

The data center in Lower Saxony will be located on a plot of more than 14 hectares (34 acres) outside the town and is set to open as early as 2030. DCD has approached GDD for comment.

GDD first proposed a data center at Schladen-Werla in 2025. The firm said that the facility could potentially support both AI and cloud applications, and include a waste heat distribution network benefiting homes and businesses throughout the municipality. Power for the site will be drawn from local solar and wind farms. Next steps for the project, said GDD, include finding tenants and fine-tuning construction plans for the development.

Headquartered in Cremlingen, Lower Saxony, GDD employs 300 staff to develop and operate wind and solar parks. If built, its data center in Schladen-Werla would be the firm’s first, and add to a growing market in Lower Saxony. Earlier this month, it emerged that renewable energy firm Friesen Elektra was exploring the feasibility of building a data center at its green hydrogen production facility in Sande.

This followed Telis Energie Deutschland’s April announcement of a 500MW data center campus outside Hanover.

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