Rhineland-Palatinate
How sustainable are data centers?
Published September 16, 2026
Every day we send countless messages via mobile phone, store photos in the cloud or shop online. There are huge amounts of data behind it every time, which must be processed and stored. This happens in large data centers that need a lot of electricity and produce heat.
Every day we send countless messages via mobile phone, store photos in the cloud or shop online. There are huge amounts of data behind it every time, which must be processed and stored. This happens in large data centers that need a lot of electricity and produce heat. But how sustainably are they operated? SWR reporter Janina Schreiber inquired at the construction site of a large data center in Mainz.