Potsdam secures the future of the data center: remain art and creativity!

Potsdam secures the future of the data center: remain art and creativity!

Potsdam, Deutschland - The Potsdam city council decided on July 3, 2025 to receive the data center in the city center in the long term. This is a trend-setting step for the largest art and creative house in Brandenburg, which was originally launched as a data processing center and today plays a central role in the city's cultural life. According to RBB24, existing resolutions for the feasibility study and the rental agreement should be canceled in order to pave the way for future use.

The data center is on the urban reason, which means that the city must create the basis for planning law in order to enable further use beyond the expiry date of the current toleration period on January 31, 2026. Mayor should create the legal requirements for this, whereby areas of the Garrisonkirche Foundation must also be taken into account in order not to violate their rights. Before this decision, there were discussions between representatives of the data center and the Garrisonkirche Foundation, which aimed at a perspective for the data center while maintaining the interests of both sides.

important developments and challenges

On Monday, a general assembly of the user: inside of the data center, in which the new guidelines of the Board of Trustees of the Garrison Church Foundation were discussed. After their closed conference, these had published conditions that the data center assembly was moving to choose the “Forum at the plantation” against a participation in the feasibility study. The participants: Inside the General Assembly, the original requirements for the common process are no longer given and no longer recognize openness to results.

According to the RZ-Potsdam, the conviction is that a juxtaposition of the data center and tower can be seen as an expression of the complexity of Potsdam and its urban society. These differences of opinion and the changed framework conditions illustrate the challenges that are available in the context of the preservation and further development of the data center.

data centers as the motor of digitization

The developments in Potsdam are not to be considered isolated. Data centers play a crucial role in the context of digitization and sustainability in Germany. A current study by the Bitkom illustrates the need to increase capacity in the data center market in order to secure Germany's management position as a digital and AI location. Data centers not only create jobs, but also promote added value in the region.

The study analyzes the planned investments in data centers and their dimensions. It is discussed how technological trends and requirements in the field of artificial intelligence will influence the industry. For Potsdam and the data center, this could mean taking a pioneering role in sustainable use of digital resources.