Equinix FR5 Frankfurt Data Center

The story

In the early 1990s, Frankfurt's Kleyerstrasse industrial zone transformed from typewriter manufacturing into Europe's dense fiber nexus. Equinix FR5 stands as the architectural anchor of this cluster. Housing hundreds of network carriers, financial trading algorithms, and cloud nodes, FR5 connects directly to DE-CIX Frankfurt. The facility operates under stringent German energy efficiency mandates, maintaining full carrier neutrality and uninterrupted operations.

Notable

• Located at Kleyerstrasse 90, the historical telecommunications ground zero of continental Europe.
• Houses low-latency direct interconnects to DE-CIX, handling peak throughputs exceeding 17 Tbps.
• Operates on 100% renewable power backed by green energy guarantees of origin since 2014.
• Serves as the key German colocation gateway for international financial institutions and clouds.

Expansions

• 2012: Phase 2 expansion adding 2,000 square meters of high-density colocation space
• 2018: Interconnection expansion directly bridging DE-CIX Apollon optical fabric