windCORES
WestfalenWIND IT GmbH & Co.KG
Paderborn, Germany
About
windCORES is a private headquartered in Paderborn, Germany specializing in Wind.
windCORES is a sustainable IT service provider that operates cloud solutions and data centers integrated into wind turbines. As part of the WestfalenWIND group—which develops, builds, and operates wind energy installations—windCORES leverages existing wind turbine infrastructure combined with 100% green electricity to deliver CO2-neutral computing capacity. The company offers flexible cloud services (IaaS/PaaS), colocation, storage solutions, managed Kubernetes, and enterprise-grade connectivity with direct Frankfurt hub links (up to 400 GBit/s). All operations use existing buildings, fiber infrastructure, and renewable energy, eliminating vendor lock-in while reducing operational carbon footprint. windCORES is ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 14001, and EMAS certified. The company has won multiple awards including the German Sustainability Prize 2026 (Energy Generation Technology category) and the Datacenter Strategy Award.
Headquarters
Paderborn, Germany
Company Type
Private
Business Models
Value Chain
Industry Memberships
IPCEI-CIS (European green cloud research project)
Products
windCORES Cloud
windCORES Managed Kubernetes
windCORES Colocation
Certifications & Awards
Certifications
ISO 9001
ISO 27001
ISO 14001
EMAS
Awards
German Sustainability Prize
Datacenter Strategy Award
Sustainability
14
Tonnes CO₂/yr avoided
Partnerships
aixit GmbH, Cristie Data, Zattoo, Das Systemhaus GmbH, NETZkultur Informationssysteme GmbH