Europe's next data centres, down to the engine.
172 permitting procedures tracked in 14 countries, from filing to decision: IT capacity, grid connection, backup fleet and engine make.
Data centre in Frauenfeld, Switzerland. Photo: Kecko, CC BY 2.0
172 projects in the pipeline
65 applications filed, 32 at opinion or review stage, 69 permits granted, in chronological order of the documents.
27 projects around Frankfurt
801 generator sets and 5,401 MWth declared within 20 km; 23 files handled by RP Darmstadt under the BImSchG.
Located at town level.
Liederbach am Taunus, Germany · A100 ROW GmbH
One permit, 50 backup generator sets
Emissions permit granted (BImSchG), 26 Aug 2026
50One block per declared generator set
- rated thermal input
- 360.1 MWth
- make named in the permit
- Caterpillar
In the licence for this permit
- LicenceExact engine model
- LicenceExhaust treatment
- LicenceFuel storage
- LicencePermitted running hours
Height ∝ √(declared generator sets); blue mark: filing without a genset count.
5,931
backup generator sets declared in the 172 filings we track.
28.8
GWth rated thermal input declared
1 block = 10 generator sets
The engines the permits name
Makes named in the permit files: manufacturer data sheets, impact assessments. Declared share, not firm orders.
Feed by makeMake named for 1,114 of 5,931 generator sets; 140 files name none.
The engine model is in the appendix. The appendix comes down after a month.
Manufacturer data sheets are only published during the public consultation: one month in a German BImSchG procedure. The decision stays online; the technical annexes do not.
24/16924 of the 169 source documents behind our records are already offline on the official portals. The extracted facts stay in Standby Atlas, tied to their source document.
One dossier per project, down to the engine
Backup fleet, unit by unit
Genset count, MWth, makes; in the licence: engine models, unit rating, redundancy, fuel storage, exhaust treatment.
Procedure timeline
Filing, opinion, consultation, decision, and the date each document left the portal.
Traceability
Every value points to the official document and page; captured documents are time-stamped (SHA-256).
Every filing announces purchases
Engines, fuel, substations, grid connection: it is all filed before commissioning. You still have to see it in time.
1,114
generator sets with a named make
Genset OEMs and distributors
Spot the files that name your make, and those that name a competitor.
28.8
GWth rated thermal input declared
Fuel, power, cooling
Size supply site by site: fuel storage, permitted hours, grid connection.
65
applications under review
Grid operators and analysts
Track the MW requested before they become MW permitted.
69
permits granted
Investors and lenders
Check permit status and the source document before committing capital.
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Dataset
Structured extraction, field dictionary, stable identifiers. Sample of 20 complete records, no form.
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JSON endpoint and MCP server: your agents and copilots query the index and cite the source document.
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