Schalast advises Mainova WebHouse on the construction and leasing of a new Frankfurt data center campus
Frankfurt am Main,
A real estate team led by lead partner Markus Ruhmann is advising Mainova WebHouse GmbH & Co. KG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mainova AG, on the construction and leasing of a data center campus with approximately 10,500 square meters of space and a total IT load of approximately 30 megawatts in the Seckbach district of Frankfurt. The transaction has an investment volume of EUR 300 million. The campus will be leased to an international cloud provider on a long-term basis.
The project is a sustainability pioneer among current real estate projects, especially in the data center sector. This is because, according to Mainova, the buildings have an optimum use of space. In addition, the waste heat is used as heating energy.
Oliver Schiebel, CEO of Mainova WebHouse, emphasizes the central importance of data centers as an element of digital infrastructures. "The campus forms a lighthouse project at the interface of digitalization and sustainability. It is essential for the Rhine-Main region - but also for Germany as a whole - to drive innovation in both areas, and we are making a contribution to this, for example, through certified ecological construction in accordance with the Lead Gold Standard."
The data center campus is to be supplied with one hundred percent green electricity. The company's own photovoltaic systems also contribute to this. The greening of the facade and outdoor area provides insulation and cooling. In addition, the neighboring Batschkapp will be heated with the waste heat.
Markus Ruhmann explains: "Mainova Webhouse impressively demonstrates here how the high ESG requirements that the real estate industry is currently facing can be used as an opportunity. The new campus will set completely new standards. We are very pleased to be involved in this exciting lighthouse project."
Advisors Mainova WebHouse
Schalast (Hamburg): Markus Ruhmann (Lead Partner / Real Estate), Lorenz Bock (Real Estate), Hanna Löschan (Frankfurt / Corporate / M&A)
Background information
There is already a long-standing client relationship with the parent company Mainova through Prof. Dr. Christoph Schalast. This is the second data center project with Mainova WebHouse AG. Furthermore, a Schalast team also advised Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden on a Green Data Centre project on the Ingelheimer Aue.
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About Mainova WebHouse
Mainova AG is one of the leading municipal utilities in Germany and is active in the provision of grid-bound energy sources, water and energy-related services. Its 100 % subsidiary Mainova WebHouse GmbH & Co. KG (“Mainova WebHouse” or the “Company”) is active in the development, construction and operation of data centres in the Frankfurt am Main region.
About Schalast
Schalast is one of the leading commercial law firms in the German financial center of Frankfurt am Main. Further locations of the law firm are Berlin, Hamburg, Duesseldorf and Stuttgart. Schalast advises ambitious companies from Germany and around the world. The currently more than 75 lawyers are organized in the practice groups Employment Law, Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, IP, Media & Technology, Tax and Energy, Infrastructure & Telecommunications. The notary's office forms a further focus. The firm is a member of the international Tier 1 network Multilaw and is thus able to assist clients worldwide.
As a law firm, Schalast wants to contribute to the topic of sustainability. Therefore, the law firm has derived internal standards derived from the United Nations (UN) Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs), introduced an SDG Officer, acquired a climate neutral certification and joint the UN Climate Neutral Now initiative as well has having been actively engaged in pro bono work and social projects for years. www.schalast.com
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