Pranav Hotkar
Berlin, Germany - February 5, 2026 - Standard Chartered, in collaboration with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB), has provided a bespoke EUR 210 million (~USD 248 million) financing facility to support the development of VIRTUS Data Centers’ Marienpark Data Center Campus in Berlin, the bank said in an official statement.
Standard Chartered acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Hedging Bank on the transaction, underscoring its ability to structure tailored finance solutions for complex digital infrastructure projects in key European markets. CACIB also participated as a financing partner in the deal, which backs one of Germany’s most ambitious data center builds.
The new Marienpark campus will consist of four purpose-built data center buildings, delivering up to 57.6 MW of IT capacity across approximately 19,000 square meters of technical space once fully developed. Designed for scale and flexibility, the campus is intended to serve hyperscale, government, and enterprise customers requiring resilient, high-performance, and future-ready infrastructure.
Barry Power, Corporate Finance Director at VIRTUS, said the financing represents a “significant step in the development” of the Berlin campus, which is strategically designed to support the continued growth of digital services and cloud workloads in the region. VIRTUS is part of the global data center platform ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GDC), which operates more than 100 facilities across 12 markets with over 2 GW of IT load capacity.
“Data centers are a core sector for Standard Chartered,” said Shane Moore, Head of Commercial Real Estate, EMEA, at Standard Chartered. He added that the transaction reflects the bank’s expertise in structuring bespoke financing solutions that meet clients’ specific needs while supporting the expansion of critical digital infrastructure in Europe’s key data center hubs.
The financing facility complements broader trends in European digital infrastructure investment, where demand for capacity to support cloud, enterprise, and AI workloads is driving both new builds and campus expansions in markets such as Berlin, Frankfurt, and Milan. Germany, in particular, remains a strategic location for hyperscale data center development due to its strong connectivity, large enterprise base, and increasing enterprise and cloud adoption.
Standard Chartered’s role in the Marienpark financing underscores the growing importance of tailored debt and hedging solutions in the data center sector, where long investment horizons and capital-intensive construction require customized funding structures backed by global financial partners.
The Marienpark campus is expected to advance Berlin’s position as a digital infrastructure hub, helping meet rising demand for scalable, secure, and carrier-neutral data center capacity across Europe.
