Frankfurt Data Center Market Scope
Frankfurt stands as Germany's premier data center hub, renowned for its financial significance and hosting DE-CIX, one of the world's largest internet exchange points. This strategic positioning has propelled Frankfurt to the forefront of Europe's data center landscape, with projections indicating substantial growth in the coming years. Despite its prominence, Frankfurt faces challenges related to space and power availability. The city's vacancy rate for data centers stands at a low 7%, indicating high demand and limited immediate capacity. This scarcity has prompted considerations for expansion into secondary markets and innovative solutions to meet the growing demand. Frankfurt's data center market is experiencing robust growth, driven by its strategic location, strong connectivity, and the presence of major industry players. However, addressing challenges related to capacity constraints and resource availability will be crucial to sustaining this growth trajectory in the years ahead.
Attributes | Details |
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Study Period | 2020-2032 |
Base Year | 2024 |
Unit | Value (USD Million) |
Key Companies Profiled | Equinix (United States), NTT Global Data Centers EMEA (Japan), Digital Realty (United States), CyrusOne (United States), Vantage Data Centers (United States), Iron Mountain (United States), Global Switch (United Kingdom), Rackspace Technology (United States), First Colo GmbH (Germany) and maincubes (Germany) |
CAGR | % |
Frankfurt Data Center is highly competitive, with several key players dominating the industry. The market players are focused on developing a variety of features and benefits to meet the needs. Thus, constantly introducing new innovation in processing to meet the changing needs and preferences of consumers. The companies are also planning strategic activities like partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions which will help them to sustain in the market and maintain their competitive edge.
Equinix (United States), NTT Global Data Centers EMEA (Japan), Digital Realty (United States), CyrusOne (United States), Vantage Data Centers (United States), Iron Mountain (United States), Global Switch (United Kingdom), Rackspace Technology (United States), First Colo GmbH (Germany) and maincubes (Germany) are some of the key players that are part of study coverage. Additionally, the Players which are also part of the research are DATA CASTLE GmbH (Germany), Green Mountain (Norway), HORN & COSIFAN Computersysteme GmbH (Germany), euNetworks Group (United Kingdom) and MK Netzdienste (Germany).
About Approach
The research aims to propose a patent-based approach in searching for potential technology partners as a supporting tool for enabling open innovation. The study also proposes a systematic searching process of technology partners as a preliminary step to select the emerging and key players that are involved in implementing market estimations. While patent analysis is employed to overcome the aforementioned data- and process-related limitations, as expenses occurred in that technology allows us to estimate the market size by evolving segments as target market from the total available market.
Segmentation Overview
The study have segmented the market of Global Frankfurt Data Center market by Type and Region with country level break-up.
On the basis of geography, the market of Frankfurt Data Center has been segmented into South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America), Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Rest of Asia-Pacific), Europe (Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Rest of Europe), MEA (Middle East, Africa), North America (United States, Canada, Mexico).
region held largest market share in the year 2024.
Market Leaders and their expansionary development strategies
In February 2025, Germany's Northern Data initiated the process to uplist to the Prime Standard on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, aiming to enhance trading liquidity and attract a broader investor base. The company is also exploring additional listings on major global exchanges.
In April 2024, Maincubes launched its second Frankfurt data center, FRA02, located in Schwalbach. The facility offers 7.4MW of IT capacity across 4,700 square meters of white space, enhancing the company's colocation services in the area.
Influencing Trend:
Growing emphasis on utilizing excess heat from data centers for urban heating solutions.
Market Growth Drivers:
Increased reliance on cloud computing
Challenges:
Space Shortages
Restraints:
Resource Limitations:
Key Target Audience
Government Authorities, Research and Development, Investors, Venture Capitalist and Third Party Knowledge Providers