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# Schwarz Group plans EUR 5.6 billion German data centre for its STACKIT cloud
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2026-08-27-schwarz-group-data-center-mecklenburg/
- Published: 2026-08-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-01T10:49:44.000Z
- Description: Schwarz Group's companies, including cloud arm Schwarz Digits, agreed a partnership with the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for a data centre at Dummerstorf near Rostock, planning up to EUR 5.6 billion of investment and 240 megawatts by 2033 for its STACKIT sovereign cloud.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified

Verified [Schwarz Group press release, 27 August 2026](https://gruppe.schwarz/en/press/archive/2026/mecklenburg-vorpommern-and-the-companies-of-schwarz-group-form-groundbreaking-partnership?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** This does not establish that construction has begun; the release itself calls the site an early-stage plan subject to standard approvals.

**How this item counts.** Towards autonomy: it changes who owns, who operates. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 3 of 3 (large), Verified counts in full: weight +12 of 36 possible. German firm agrees state partnership to own/run EUR5.6bn sovereign cloud site. [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/)