Frankfurt data centers

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Frankfurt data centers

Germany's premier colocation destination with unmatched connectivity, sustainable infrastructure and multiple facilities.

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Iron Mountain Frankfurt data centers

Frankfurt stands as Europe's number one growth market for data centers, strategically positioned at the heart of the continent's digital infrastructure. Iron Mountain Data Centers operates two state-of-the-art facilities (FRA-1 & FRA-2) in Frankfurt, delivering 38 MW of total power capacity across 64.500 square meters. Our strategic locations provide enterprise and hyperscale customers with direct access to DE-CIX—one of the world's largest internet exchange points—while maintaining the highest standards of security, efficiency, and sustainability with 100% renewable power.

The Frankfurt data center market


The strategic advantage of Frankfurt colocation in Germany

Key location, unparalleled connectivity, and regulatory compliance make Frankfurt the ideal choice for European expansion.
 

Central European Gateway

Frankfurt's central location provides excellent latency across Europe—14ms to London, 11ms to Paris, 28ms to Madrid, and 14ms to Amsterdam. This strategic positioning makes it the perfect hub for serving Central and Eastern European markets while maintaining optimal performance continent-wide.
 

World-Class Connectivity

Home to DE-CIX, one of the world's busiest internet exchanges with 1.084 international networks and traffic levels peaking at 14 Terabits per second. Access hundreds of leading networks, multiple cloud on-ramps, and direct connections to major carriers, including Lumen, Colt Telecom, Verizon Business, and BT.

Regulatory Compliance & Data Sovereignty

German data protection laws require citizen data to be stored within Germany, creating consistent demand and regulatory certainty. Our facilities meet the highest compliance standards while providing compliant data residency for European operations.

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The advantages of colocation in Frankfurt
  • 38 MW
    Total power capacity
  • 64.500
    Square meters (694.272 square feet)
  • Two
    Strategic Frankfurt locations
  • 1084+
    Networks via DE-CIX

Our Frankfurt data center portfolio

Frankfurt Data Center

Frankfurt FRA-2 data center

Learn more about Iron Mountain's (FRA-2) data center located in Frankfurt, Germany, in the heart of the European data center ecosystem

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Trusted by industry leaders

Join Fortune 100 companies, hyperscale cloud providers, and growing enterprises who trust Iron Mountain Data Centers for their mission-critical infrastructure in Frankfurt. Iron Mountain's Frankfurt data centers serve a diverse community of enterprises, financial institutions, cloud providers, and technology innovators. 

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Customer success stories

phoenixNAP

PhoenixNAP customer success story 
The challenge:
For phoenixNAP, effective partnerships are the key to growth. As phoenixNAP grew, the company needed an infrastructure partner in Europe that could provide a seamless platform for supporting customer expansions as well as a launchpad for the business as a whole.
The results:
Iron Mountain supports the full range of phoenixNAP services, which include Hardware as a Service and a growing range of secure cloud solutions. Our facilities provide world-class security and redundancy for mission-critical IT, with energy efficient, high-density server environments and a host of European and global network connectivity solutions.
In their words:
"A simple cross connect to Iron Mountain delivers a world of opportunities in the cloud." Director of Product Management Infrastructure Service, phoenixNAP Global IT Services
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Frequently asked questions

What makes the Frankfurt colocation and data center market unique?

Frankfurt is Europe's fastest-growing data center market, home to DE-CIX (one of the world's largest internet exchanges), and serves as Germany's financial and ICT infrastructure hub. The city's central location provides optimal latency across Europe while meeting German data sovereignty requirements.

How many data centers does Iron Mountain Data Centers have in Frankfurt, Germany?

Iron Mountain Data Centers operates two data centers in Frankfurt am Main, Germany: FRA-1 (27MW wholesale facility) and FRA-2 (11 MW retail and enterprise facility), providing a total of 38 MW of capacity across 64.500 square meters.

How many megawatts and square meters does Iron Mountain have in the market?

In our Germany data centers, we offer a total power capacity of 38 MW across 64.500 square meters in Frankfurt, with facilities designed to meet both wholesale and retail colocation needs.

Why choose a data center in Frankfurt and/or Germany?

Germany offers reliable power infrastructure, robust data protection laws, and serves as the gateway to Central and Eastern European markets. Frankfurt colocation provides unmatched connectivity through DE-CIX and strategic positioning for optimal European coverage.

What other data center locations does Iron Mountain have in Europe?

Iron Mountain Data Centers operates facilities across EMEA, including additional locations in London, Amsterdam, and Madrid, and we are always looking for future opportunities. Visit our European facilities page to explore our full EMEA footprint. We have more than 150MW of current and future capacity, and over 120.000 square meters of space today, with further development planned for the future.

What makes the FLAP market special?

The FLAP region (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris) represents 70% of European data center capacity. Frankfurt currently leads in growth rate, with the lowest vacancy rates and highest take-up levels. Learn more about our German data center solutions in the Frankfurt Rechenzentrum page here.

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