noris network ag: Nuremberg South Data Center

The Noris Network Nürnberg Süd (Nuremberg South) data center, adjacent to Noris Network’s headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, spans about 11,000 m² of floor area and serves as one of Europe’s most modern, energy-efficient colocation facilities. 

This facility is strategically positioned in Bavaria’s communications and business region, with excellent connectivity to Frankfurt, Munich, and other major German metro areas. Noris operates its own backbone network, enabling direct redundant connectivity to its other German data centers from Nürnberg Süd. 

Nürnberg Süd is built for high security, redundancy, and sustainability, and its newer CP2 section has achieved TÜViT TSI Level 4 / DIN EN 50600 certification—the first colocation data center in Germany to do so. 

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• Floor area: ~11,000 m² (comprising CP1 + CP2 sections) 
• High-density capability: up to 24 kVA per rack in CP2 / high-density zones 
• Redundant power supply design: 2N (dual independent mains feeds) 
• UPS: “AlwaysOn” redundant UPS supply on both A and B feeds
• Emergency power: diesel generators with fuel storage sufficient for at least 72 hours at full load, and ability for refueling during operation (under contract) 
• Cooling & climate control:
• Kyoto-Cooling® indirect free-air cooling used heavily (free cooling > 90% of time) 
• Redundant cooling systems to ensure ≥ 99.999% annual availability 
• Modular / scalable layout: CP2 built to allow flexibility, separation, and high security zoning 

🔐 Security & Compliance

• TÜViT TSI Level 4 / DIN EN 50600 certifications for CP2 (high protection / high availability) 
• Multiple ISO / management system certifications: ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000-1, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, PCI DSS, VdS 3406, ISAE 3402 Type II 
• Construction & materials:
• Exterior doors: at least RC3 resistance class
• Interior doors: RC2 rated
• Fire-rated walls: F90 separation for fire compartments 
• Fire & detection:
• Full-area fire monitoring with early smoke detection (including monitoring of outside air “Kyoto”) 
• Zoned gas-based extinguishing (N₂ inertization) and oxygen reduction via OxyReduct® in critical zones 
• Intrusion & perimeter:
• Biometric / transponder access control, mantrap / access separation, full video surveillance with archiving, security fencing, and perimeter protection 
• Each door is camera-monitored 
• Rack-level protection / monitoring: per-rack monitoring systems, options for dedicated cages with independent intrusion detection and access control 
• Redundant design: separation of systems, dual sourcing of UPS and battery vendors, and dual connections from substations

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Carrier-neutral environment: the data center supports multiple providers and cross-connect flexibility
• Backbone / network: Total network capacity: 48 Tbps across provider links and backbone connections 
• Multi-protocol support: Layer 1 (DWDM / CWDM), Layer 2 (Ethernet / Fibre Channel), Layer 3 (IP / MPLS) from 100 Mbps to 500 Gbps
• Redundant links to major peering and metro points, plus geo- and maintenance-redundant Double Direct Interconnect (DDI) to Munich East with latency ~1.99 ms 
• Redundant fiber entry paths, multiple Points of Entry (POE) for path diversity 
• Redundant connection to energy suppliers and network backbones 

💼 Who It Serves

• Financial, insurance, and banking institutions requiring extremely high security and availability (e.g. KRITIS, regulated sectors) 
• Enterprises seeking high-density, scalable colocation in the Nuremberg / Bavaria region
• Cloud and IT service providers needing reliable interconnection, low latency, and multi-path connectivity
• Organizations requiring future-proof infrastructure for AI / high-performance workloads
• Public sector, government, and critical infrastructure customers needing demonstrable compliance and high availability