In Jaidhof, Lower Austria, Anexia demonstrates how future technologies and sustainability can go hand in hand. A state-of-the-art photovoltaic park was built in record time on an area of 1.16 hectares. It supplies clean energy not to households, but directly to Anexia’s digital infrastructure and data centers – a pioneering project for renewable energy and the associated sustainable data center infrastructure.
Why owning renewable energy is important for digital sovereignty
As an international cloud and internet service provider, Anexia guarantees reliable digital services. But in times of rising energy costs and geopolitical uncertainty, simply operating data centers is not enough.
CEO Alexander Windbichler explains:
- Sustainability & transparency: “By investing in our own energy generation facilities, we can ensure where the energy comes from and that it is produced honestly and renewably.”
- Stable energy prices: “The energy crisis has taught us that we want to secure the price of electricity for ourselves and our customers. And not just for a short period of a few months or years, but for decades.”
Because those who control their own energy supply remain digitally sovereign – technologically, economically, and geopolitically.
Technical facts: A strong foundation for sustainable data center infrastructure
The Jaidhof PV park comprises:
- 1,428 solar panels
- three powerful inverters
- a 20-kV transformer station
With a total output of almost 1 megawatt, the plant produces around 1,127 megawatt hours of electricity per year – enough to sustainably operate a significant part of Anexia’s Austrian data center infrastructure.
More than renewable energy: biodiversity and responsibility
Anexia thinks beyond pure energy production. Native trees and shrubs such as hawthorn, elderberry, and hornbeam have been planted around the facility in Krems Land, Lower Austria. A hayflower meadow provides valuable habitat for flora and fauna in an intensively farmed agricultural landscape.
A signal from Austria to Europe
With the Jaidhof PV park, Anexia is sending a clear signal: renewable energy for sustainable data center infrastructure is not a vision, but a reality.
The project shows that technological innovation, environmental awareness, and digital sovereignty together point the way to an independent digital future.
You can find the video about the creation of the Jaidhof PV park here: Solar by Anexia
