Virtus begins construction on €3B, 204MW data center campus near Berlin

European data center operator Virtus has commenced construction on a 204-megawatt campus near Berlin, Germany, with a total investment of €3 billion ($3.5 billion). Located 12 kilometers west of Berlin in the municipality of Wustermark, the campus will span approximately 3.7 million square feet and represents Virtus' second site in the Berlin Brandenburg region. The project follows the company's Berlin Marienpark Campus announcement in May 2023. Construction is starting with the facility's substation, which is scheduled for completion The campus will comprise nine separate data centers, with waste heat from server rooms directed to a district heating scheme serving the near Christina Mertens, Virtus' vice president of business development for EMEA, described the project as an ambitious undertaking that contributes to Berlin Brandenburg's data center landscape. The company, headquartered in the United Kingdom, currently operates four data center campuses in the Greater London area and has additional campuses planned for Buckinghamshire in central England and Milan in northern Italy. Virtus also broke ground last year on a smaller campus at Berlin's Marienpark business park. That facility will host four data centers providing 57.6 megawatts of IT load across 204,515 square feet, with an expected opening in 2027.