Frankfurt Data Center Market and Power

Use Frankfurt’s wholesale market evidence as context for a specific project. This page keeps the wholesale vacancy measure separate from other market definitions and from the capacity or status of individual facilities.

Published wholesale snapshot

Observation Reported value Reporting period
Wholesale vacancy 4.6% Q2 2026; As of 2026-06-30

The linked report states this measure in the vacancy narrative on printed page 5. Read this as a measure of the report’s wholesale coverage.

Procurement questions for a constrained site

SecondWatt procurement analysis. Begin with the proposed address and phase. Ask which electrical service milestones have been documented, what the operator’s delivery includes, and which equipment the buyer must source separately.

For a retrofit, record the interfaces to the retained electrical and cooling systems. If the project brief includes heat recovery or another site-specific requirement, ask the project team to state the required interface and acceptance evidence before matching equipment. This page does not certify a model against a German or European requirement.

For new development, separate the commercial campus plan from the documents establishing construction status and the route to electrical service. A market vacancy percentage cannot establish that a specific parcel is ready to energise.

Evaluate a secondary-market offer by its actual configuration, condition documentation, included components and destination requirements. An operator’s presence in Frankfurt does not establish that a particular model is installed or offered for sale.

Wholesale is a defined scope

The vacancy value above must not be relabeled as an all-facility measure or combined with an overall-market percentage from another report. A later observation can extend the record only when its definition and reporting period are stated.

No combined facility-capacity total, generic connection wait or market-wide electricity price is published in this snapshot. Individual facility ratings, areas and operating statuses require separate source evidence.

Continue the research

Start with the equipment model dossiers. Identify the model, required configuration, condition and supporting documentation before submitting a sourcing request. A reference to a data center or operator does not establish that its equipment is for sale.

Compare other data center markets or read the research methodology.

Facility records