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Lidl owner Schwarz Group to invest up to €5.6 billion in a data centre in northern Germany

Sep 1, 2026 · Issue 5 · 1 source, 1 article

The Schwarz Group, which owns Lidl, said on Thursday that it will spend up to €5.6 billion ($6.5 billion) by 2033 on a data centre in northern Germany. The investment is a retail company's own data centre build.

Who is affected and how

supplier
A build of this scale offers electrical, cooling and construction suppliers in the region a long-term order pipeline.
energy specialist
Grid-connection demand in northern Germany also puts a load on the regional grid.

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