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maincubes data centre projects in Europe

Projects tracked3of 5 MW or more
Permitted or being built21 at announcement stage
Countries1with at least one project
Milestones, last 90 days1newest Sep 2026

As of 11 Oct 2026 (newest check)Cite as: ScienceShot, maincubes data-centre pipeline summary, October 2026

Our European pipeline tracker follows 3 data-centre projects of 5 MW or more that maincubes develops or co-develops, in 1 country; 2 are permitted or already being built. All of them are in Germany.

67% are permitted or being built, against 43% across the whole tracker, so the pipeline is further along than the European average. The milestones we hold run from Aug 2025 to Sep 2026.

Projects by stage

  • Announced1
  • Under construction2

What the capacity figures measure

  • IT load2
  • Grid connection1

Stated size, where a figure is published

  • Under 20 MW1
  • 20 to 49 MW1
  • 100 to 249 MW1

Bands mix the bases above (a grid connection is larger than the IT load it serves), so read them as orders of size. Capacities are counted, never added together.

Where maincubes is building

Projects by country, with the metro markets inside each country. Each name opens the market page.

Latest milestones

The newest 2 steps we recorded, with the market and the stage the project reached. Project names stay in our dataset.

  1. Sep 2026Frankfurt Announced
  2. Apr 2026Frankfurt Under construction
Method

The pipeline covers data-centre projects of 5 MW or more, or with no capacity published, that are announced, in planning, permitted or under construction and not yet fully operating. It is not a list of operating facilities, and it holds the projects we have found and checked, not every project a company has.

  • We count the projects maincubes develops or co-develops; a joint venture counts once for each partner. Tenancies, land ownership, construction contracts and financing are not counted.
  • Markets follow the tracker: a metro market includes the region around the city, and a national market covers the rest of the country.
  • Stated capacities use different bases, so projects are counted by basis and in size bands and the figures are never added together.
  • ScienceShot is independent of maincubes. The figures come from public filings and announcements, not from the company.
  • This page shows aggregates. The pipeline tracker and the market pages hold the wider picture.

Cite as: ScienceShot, “maincubes data centre projects in Europe”, https://scienceshot.com/data-centres/operators/maincubes (checked 11 Oct 2026). © ScienceShot. You may quote individual facts with a link to this page.

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