Northern Data AG: Frankfurt (Northern Data)

Frankfurt (Northern Data) refers to Northern Data’s Frankfurt am Main location where the company announced it started operating its first own data center in Frankfurt as part of its GPU based distributed computing cluster. Northern Data does not publish a dedicated facility page with a street address or facility specification sheet for the Frankfurt data center on its official website.

Third party directory pages reference a “Northern Data Frankfurt” site, but the full facility address and technical specifications are gated or not published publicly.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

Facility identity (operator stated): Northern Data announced it “starts operating its first data center at its Frankfurt am Main location.”

Location (operator stated): Frankfurt am Main, Germany (city level only).

Official facility website (operator, facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

Opening / operations timing (operator stated): Northern Data states operations begin from December 2020 at the Frankfurt location.

Workload positioning (operator stated): The Frankfurt site is described as part of Northern Data’s Distributed Computing Cluster using GPU clusters, with feasibility studies planned in cooperation with research and industry partners.

Facility design (Tier level, redundancy, cooling, generators, UPS) (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

Street address (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

🔐 Security & Compliance

Facility specific physical security systems (CCTV, guards, mantraps, biometrics, access policies): Not publicly disclosed.

Fire detection and suppression systems (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

Compliance certifications (facility specific ISO, SOC, PCI, certificate IDs, audit scope): Not publicly disclosed.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

Public peering (third party interconnection directory): PeeringDB lists Northern Data (AS59437) with a public peering presence at DE CIX Frankfurt (port speed shown as 400G).

Interconnection facilities (third party interconnection directory): PeeringDB’s Interconnection Facilities section for AS59437 shows no facilities listed.

Carriers on net (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

Meet me room / cross connect products / pricing (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

Internet Exchange (IX) operation at this facility (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.

💼 Who It Serves

Research and industry HPC use cases (operator stated): Northern Data states feasibility studies are planned at the Frankfurt site in cooperation with research and industry, and references cooperation with Goethe University Frankfurt and GSI Helmholtzzentrum Darmstadt.

External commercial customers (colocation / hosting) (facility specific): Not publicly disclosed.