Robert-Bosch-Strasse 48 in Mainz came to its current operator by acquisition rather than construction: the site belonged to Itecon until the Hartl Group bought that company on 4 May 2023 and folded it into synaforce GmbH. Synaforce is a Bavarian business, registered at IT-Zentrum 1 in Hofkirchen some 450 km away, and its own marketing promotes Hofkirchen rather than the Rhineland-Palatinate site - so where support staff actually sit is a fair question to put before signing. The Tier3+ label the company uses describes that Bavarian building and is self-assigned rather than awarded. Mainz lies barely 30 km from the densest exchange fabric in Europe, yet synaforce records no DE-CIX or ECIX presence, which means peering runs over transport into Frankfurt.
synaforce GmbH, part of the Hartl Group. The site transferred when the group acquired Itecon on 4 May 2023.
What does the Tier3+ label on synaforce material refer to?
The company's own categorisation of its Hofkirchen facility in Bavaria, assigned internally. The Uptime Institute register holds no entry for synaforce, and none for Mainz at all.
How far is synaforce's registered seat from the Mainz site?
About 450 km. The company is registered at IT-Zentrum 1, Hofkirchen in Lower Bavaria, while the data centre is at Robert-Bosch-Strasse 48, 55129 Mainz.
How would a tenant in Mainz reach DE-CIX?
Over transport into Frankfurt, about 30 km away. Neither DE-CIX nor ECIX is recorded at the synaforce site itself.