International web hosting company Hetzner Online has broken ground on its first data center planned for a 40,000 sq m site in Nuremberg, Germany.
The first two units of the data center build will house up to 30,000 servers, and room set aside for future expansion means it could eventually accommodate up to 100,000 servers.
Hetzner Online said the site has strong fiber optic connections, allowing for the fast exchange of data and a readily available power supply with a substation close by.
Direct free cooling will be used as part of the project.
The first phase is due to start operations at the end of this year.
