Power plant · Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany
FR6 Generator 8 (Frankfurt am Main)
FR6 Generator 8 (Frankfurt am Main) is a power plant in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, with 19.3 MW of capacity, operated by Equinix (Germany) GmbH.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Frankfurt am Main | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Lärchenstraße 110, 65933 Frankfurt | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 2000 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Equinix (Germany) GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 19.3 MW | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 9 units | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Oil products | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Grid operator | NRM Netzdienste Rhein-Main GmbH | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 50.0967, 8.5885 | Marktstammdatenregister · record · DL-DE-BY-2.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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FR6 Generator 8 (Frankfurt am Main) is the 84th-largest of 206 power plants in Hesse and the 1,911th-largest of 4,012 in Germany by capacity; its 19.3 MW is <0.1% of the 193,669 MW we hold for Germany. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesse | 84th of 206 | 7,473 MW | 0.26% |
| Germany | 1,911th of 4,012 | 193,669 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants in our data | 4,482nd of 12,705 | 1,210,931 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 189 substations, 98 data centers, 8 CO2 emitters (2,904,453 tCO2e) and 2 AI supercomputers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equinix FR6 | Data center | — | — | 0.0 km |
| Equinix FR4 | Data center | — | — | 0.1 km |
| Equinix FR8.2 | Data center | — | — | 0.2 km |
| Umspannwerk Froschhäuser Straße | Substation | — | — | 0.5 km |
| 110 kV substation (OSM way/387444126) | Substation | — | — | 0.7 km |
| Umspannwerk Frankfurt Südwest | Substation | — | — | 2.2 km |
| Heizkraftwerk - Geb. D 580 | CO2 emitter | 781,158 tCO2e | — | 3.2 km |
| Universitaet Frankfurt Goethe-NHR | AI supercomputer | 80 H100e | Operating | 3.6 km |
| Heizkraftwerk West | CO2 emitter | 519,577 tCO2e | — | 4.0 km |
Operator, grid operator and place
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Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI supercomputers, CC BY 4.0.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass). OpenStreetMap power infrastructure (Overpass), ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.