Frankfurt: Europe's densest data center hub

No other city in Europe has a data center density as high as Frankfurt am Main. That makes the location attractive, but also presents operators with particular challenges.

Why so many data centers cluster in Frankfurt

The DE-CIX internet exchange, a central location in Europe and a mature infrastructure have made Frankfurt the preferred location for data centers. Cloud providers, financial service providers and international corporations run their systems here because short paths to other networks and providers are worth real money and milliseconds.

The challenges of high density

Where a lot of infrastructure stands in a confined space, things get demanding. Floor space is sought after and scarce, power and cooling capacity are a constant topic, and competition for qualified specialists is high. For operators this means: anyone who has to wait for a technician in the event of a fault loses valuable time in an environment where outages are expensive.

Response time as the decisive factor

Precisely in such a dense environment, the speed at which someone can be physically at the rack matters. Travel routes from other cities are a risk. A remote hands service with a local presence can react immediately and take on jobs without your own staff having to be kept on site.

Local presence makes the difference

A partner who knows Frankfurt as a location and is present there understands the processes in the large data centers and is quickly ready to act. Combined with further locations across Europe, distributed environments can also be reliably supported.