Overview
- QTS, owned by Blackstone, signed a conditional purchase agreement in December for roughly 30 hectares in the intermunicipal Industriegebiet Westfalen at the A2 near Hamm‑Uentrop/Lippetal.
- Local authorities said the land‑use and zoning procedure will now start and is expected to take about two years, with building applications targeted around 2028 and initial operations possible in the early 2030s.
- The planned campus is sized for about 200 MW of IT load and depends on substantial renewable electricity, with officials pointing to Amprion’s high‑voltage link from Wilhelmshaven expected to deliver green power in the early 2030s.
- Developers and officials flagged approximately 100 direct onsite jobs and several hundred indirect roles, emphasized potential tax revenues, and confirmed no public subsidies have been announced.
- At public information events, QTS and Blackstone outlined plans for renewable power use and closed‑loop cooling without drawing from the Lippe, while municipalities highlighted further consultations and environmental review.