Virtus Data Centres: Virtus Berlin 3

Virtus Berlin 3 is part of the cutting-edge Virtus Marienpark Campus in Berlin, Germany — a major multi-facility development by Virtus Data Centres, a subsidiary of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC). Positioned in the heart of Marienpark, Berlin 3 represents the next phase of Virtus’s strategic European expansion and delivers world-class infrastructure for hyperscale, enterprise, and cloud providers.

The Berlin campus benefits from a central location near Berlin Brandenburg Airport and the capital’s innovation corridor, providing direct access to the German fibre backbone and major interconnection routes. Designed with scalability, energy efficiency, and sustainability at its core, Virtus Berlin 3 is engineered to meet the growing demand for high-performance computing, AI, and cloud capacity across Europe.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• Berlin 3 is one of four facilities within the Marienpark Campus, each delivering up to 14.4 MW of IT load, contributing to the campus total of approximately 57.6 MW.
• Built to Tier III+ standards with fully redundant systems for power, cooling, and connectivity, enabling concurrent maintainability and near-fault-tolerant performance.
• Designed for energy efficiency, targeting a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) below 1.2, using advanced air and liquid cooling technologies.
• Incorporates sustainable design principles, including heat-recovery integration with the local district heating network and sourcing 100 % renewable electricity.
• Flexible data-hall configurations accommodate hyperscale tenants, enterprise deployments, and modular expansion to meet dynamic capacity requirements.

🔐 Security & Compliance

• Comprehensive multi-layered security with 24/7 on-site personnel, biometric access, vehicle traps, man-traps, CCTV surveillance, and secure perimeter protection.
• Operational protocols aligned with ISO 27001, ISO 50001, and ISO 14001, ensuring best-practice standards in information security, energy management, and environmental impact.
• Fully compliant with German and EU data-centre regulatory frameworks, ensuring customer confidence in sustainability, privacy, and uptime commitments.
• Designed to achieve 99.999 % availability SLAs, supported by dual power feeds, redundant UPS systems, and resilient N+1/N+N configurations.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• The facility is carrier-neutral, offering multiple diverse fibre routes and direct access to Germany’s core internet and carrier networks.
• Integrated into Virtus’s pan-European connectivity fabric, enabling low-latency inter-data-centre links between all Virtus and STT GDC sites.
• Supports direct cloud on-ramps, private interconnects, and hybrid-cloud networking for major hyperscale and enterprise clients.
• Cross-connect capability within the Marienpark Campus allows seamless integration between Berlin 1, Berlin 2, and Berlin 4, creating a scalable and interconnected ecosystem.

💼 Who It Serves

• Hyperscalers and cloud platforms seeking scalable, high-density space in a German capital location with access to major European markets.
• AI and high-performance computing firms requiring power-dense environments and sustainability-aligned data-centre design.
• Enterprise, fintech, and SaaS providers demanding secure, low-latency infrastructure for mission-critical workloads.
• Telecommunications and interconnection providers expanding in Berlin to meet growing digital-transformation demand in Central Europe.