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Hamburg, September 8, 2025 – alstria office AG has signed a long-term lease agreement with nexspace data centers GmbH, a leading developer and operator of modern data centers in the DACH region, for new data center space on the Sternhöhe Campus in Stuttgart.
With this move, alstria continues its strategy to position Sternhöhe as a forward-looking tech campus. The location is becoming a central hub for companies requiring secure, high-performance, and sustainable IT infrastructure.
Amenities and Work-Life Balance
The Sternhöhe Campus offers a range of amenities that promote a modern working environment. Key features include:
- a modern restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating
- a welcoming café
- a kindergarten to support working parents
- bookable meeting and project rooms
- generous green spaces for informal gatherings
Commitment to Sustainability and Infrastructure
alstria provides flexible solutions for tenants, offering either long-term, customized, newly renovated New Work spaces or short-term interim spaces in existing campus buildings. All developments adhere to alstria’s principles of low-carbon design, preserving structural core elements while updating interiors, fire protection, and building technology to the latest standards.
The Sternhöhe Campus is on track for DGNB Gold certification, underscoring its sustainable planning approach. It also features a high-performance digital infrastructure certified with WiredScore Platinum and includes dedicated charging stations for electric vehicles. alstria is committed to sourcing 100% renewable energy for the campus by 2029.
Campus Transformation Progresses
Originally developed as a single-tenant campus, Sternhöhe is being transformed under alstria’s management into a modern, open campus. Designed for innovative and flexible work models, the site comprises 12 buildings, six of which have already been revitalized or are currently undergoing renovation. The redesign includes contemporary open-space offices, multiple meeting rooms, and a central atrium intended as a dynamic interaction point for all campus users.
Sustainability as a Flagship Project
A key element of the partnership is the use of waste heat from the data centers: Between 50 and 75 percent of the office space on campus will be heated using data center waste heat. This sets new standards in energy efficiency and resource conservation. Cooling of the data centers is provided via the local district cooling network, complemented by a retrofit of the cooling technology in the existing data center, which enables the use of waste heat. All requirements of the Energy Efficiency Act – including those effective from July 1, 2026, regarding waste heat utilization – will not only be met but exceeded.
Technical Specifications of the Data Centers
The new data centers offer a combined IT capacity of approximately 3.4 MW across a white space area of around 1,800 m². They accommodate about 580 racks and achieve a PUE value of < 1.2. The facilities meet Availability Class VK3 and Protection Class SK3 according to DIN EN 50600 and are designed to Granularity Level 3.
The data centers will operate as colocation facilities, allowing future users of the Sternhöhe Tech Campus to benefit directly from the on-site computing resources. This strengthens the campus vision of an innovation-driven ecosystem where business, research, and technology work hand in hand.
Statements from nexspace data centers GmbH
Christian Zipp, CEO of nexspace data centers GmbH:
“The German data center market is growing rapidly – especially due to increasing demand driven by the AI revolution. We are very pleased to offer our customers in Stuttgart highly available and sustainable colocation capacities. The partnership with alstria enables us to jointly implement a regionally anchored and future-proof campus model.”
Statements from alstria
Felix Gronbach, Office Head Real Estate Operations Stuttgart at alstria:
“We are proud to have found the right partner in nexspace data centers GmbH – not only for our data center project but also, and above all, for the overall campus development. The agreement comes at exactly the right time, as we will be comprehensively repositioning Sternhöhe in terms of sustainability over the coming years. Our goal is to be completely free of fossil fuels by 2029. The data center is a key building block that fits perfectly into the campus development: The ramp-up of the data centers coincides with the successful leasing of the office buildings. This development confirms that our path toward a tech campus is the right one – as evidenced by recent leases to international IT companies and the upcoming opening of the Scale-Up Center.”
Thanks to Project and Legal Advisors
alstria thanks Drees & Sommer SE and Taylor Wessing Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB for their support on this project.
Drees & Sommer SE is supporting alstria in the design and realignment of the integrated data center on campus through to tendering and implementation. The company also assists in designing the heating and cooling contracting for the Sternhöhe Campus network. With their expertise in innovative data center and real estate projects, the consultants contribute significantly to the successful transformation into a sustainable tech campus.
Taylor Wessing has been advising alstria for many years regarding the Sternhöhe Campus and is among the leading legal advisors for data centers, cloud technologies, and digital infrastructures. The team included Dr. Alexander Peinze, Partner, Commercial Real Estate Hamburg (lead), Renke Waller, Salary Partner, Commercial Real Estate Hamburg, and Dr. Markus Böhme, Partner, Energy Law, Düsseldorf.
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