GreenData centres that start with the energy
Bright & Green develops, builds and operates data centres in Germany and the Netherlands – from securing the land through grid connection, permitting and the energy concept to day-to-day operation.
Development, construction and operation under one responsibility
Bright & Green develops data centres from the first search area through to a shovel-ready site, constructs them and subsequently operates them. The company that applies for the grid connection is the company that later carries responsibility for day-to-day operation. This continuity shapes every site decision, because we secure only what we would operate ourselves.
The legal entity is B&G Holding B.V., based in Arnhem; the markets are Germany and the Netherlands. Our energy expertise derives from more than ten years in the project business, with over 1,500 solar plants built, and from the development, construction and operation of battery storage.
For reasons of confidentiality, Bright & Green publishes data-centre and storage projects under development only once they have been announced. In a personal meeting we set out which sites correspond to your requirements.
Development
Development covers the search area, securing the land, the grid connection, permitting and the energy concept. The result is a shovel-ready site with a connection commitment and planning consent.
Construction
Building shell, electrical systems, cooling, battery storage and the link to the substation are planned, tendered, managed and commissioned.
Operation
Operation covers facility management, energy procurement, waste-heat delivery and the reporting obligations under the German Energy Efficiency Act throughout the lifetime of the asset.
Who Bright & Green develops data centres for
Four groups are involved in a data centre. This section provides each of them with a page of its own, setting out the answers that matter to them.
Operators and hyperscalers
Shovel-ready sites with a secured grid connection, an energy concept that makes full use of the connection capacity, and operation by Bright & Green where required.
Investors
Development on our own account, joint development, or a stake in a site that Bright & Green constructs and operates.
Municipalities
The benefits and the requirements of a data centre for the municipality, and how the procedure runs, presented without figures that nobody can yet substantiate.
Landowners
Bright & Green is seeking commercial and industrial land close to the grid, for lease or purchase, and carries the development risk.
The grid connection as the starting point of development
The limiting factor for a data centre in Germany is electrical capacity, not the land and not the technology. Grid capacity at high and extra-high voltage is scarce, and without a binding connection commitment a site can be neither valued nor financed.
Bright & Green therefore develops in reverse order: first the grid, then the land, then the building. Battery storage on site smooths the load peaks, bridges outages and releases additional usable capacity from a limited connection. Renewable generation and long-term power purchase agreements secure the supply, while the waste heat is delivered to a customer in the vicinity.
This expertise derives from the core business of the company. More than ten years of connection procedures for solar plants and battery storage have made Bright & Green familiar with the grid operators, the procedural steps and the typical sources of delay.
The four pages at a glance
Development, energy, municipalities, and operators and investors: each page answers the questions of one of these groups.
Development & sites
The six phases from site search to shovel-ready status, the criteria for assessing a site, and the permitting routes in Germany.
Open page
Energy & grid
Grid connection, battery storage at the data centre, renewable power supply and waste heat, together with the requirements of the German Energy Efficiency Act.
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For municipalities
Trade tax, waste heat for district heating, jobs and land: what a data centre brings a municipality and what it requires from it.
Open pageFor operators & investors
Secured sites with grid connection, energy concept, permits, construction and operation, together with the three models of collaboration.
Open pageSix phases through to operation
The sequence follows the grid connection, because it determines the timetable of the entire project.
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Site
Search area, grid capacity, land
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Land & grid
Securing, connection request, connection commitment
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Permits
Land-use planning, planning consent, backup power
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Energy concept
Storage, generation, waste heat
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Construction
Shell, systems, commissioning
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Operation
Facility management, energy, reporting duties
The origin of our energy expertise
For more than ten years, Bright & Green has developed, built and operated solar plants and battery storage, including over 1,500 solar plants in sizes from 0.5 to 100 MWp. That expertise is the basis on which the company develops data centres today.
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energy projects in Germany and the Netherlands
on roofs and open land
from a commercial roof to a solar park
Germany and the Netherlands
Battery storage and land
Battery storage
Bright & Green develops, builds and operates battery storage itself, both stand-alone on the grid and at the data centre.
Land
For data centres and battery storage, Bright & Green is seeking commercial and industrial land close to the grid, for lease or purchase.