Digital Realty has closed a deal for 1.35 acres of land in Sossenheim, Germany, as part of a plan to expand its digital business in the region.
Digital Realty said the proposed expansion in Sossenheim is the result of increasing customer demand in the Frankfurt area. The new campus will be built directly opposite its main campus and will add an estimated 6 megawatts of power to the company’s existing 28-megawatt portfolio.
It is expected to be open to customers in the first quarter of 2022.
“The number of connected devices is projected to amount to over 75 billion worldwide by 2025, a fivefold increase in 10 years — that’s a lot of data being produced,” noted Jeff Tapley, EMEA MD of Digital Realty. “And as the amount of data continues to grow in complexity and size, so will the requirement for apps, services and technology that help make sense of that data. With this, we’re seeing businesses under continued pressure to deliver their services to geo
