What Aquila Group does

Aquila Group is a Hamburg-based, founder-owned investment and industrial development company founded in 2001 by Roman Rosslenbroich, a former Head of the fixed income rates division at Salomon Brothers. The firm identifies structural trends early, backs them with its own capital, and builds operating platforms that translate those trends into enterprise value, handing them over to institutional owners once they reach institutional scale. Its portfolio spans five primary platforms: Aquila Clean Energy EMEA and Aquila Clean Energy APAC, which develop, build and operate solar PV, wind power and battery storage assets (combined ~16.8 GW portfolio, 4.1 GW battery storage in development, ~370 employees across the two platforms); hscale, a 2024 pan-European data-centre joint venture with Bain Capital (with AQ Compute integrated in 2025) targeting hyperscalers and cloud services with ultra-high-density cooling, liquid cooling and heat reuse; AQ Acentor, a sustainable Spanish residential real-estate developer managing ~7,700 BREEAM-certified units across EUR 1.7bn of transaction volume for institutional investors; and Future Farming Solutions, a joint venture whose first investment, vGreens, supplies proprietary short-wave infrared sensors and AI-driven software for indoor farming.

Name

Aquila Group

Legal name

Aquila Capital Holding GmbH

Website

https://aquila-group.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Aquila Group is a Hamburg-based, founder-owned investment and industrial development company that builds and operates platforms across clean energy, AI-ready data centres, sustainable real estate, and precision agriculture, serving institutional investors, corporate customers, hyperscalers, and B2B indoor farmers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (55111), Management of Companies and Enterprises (55)

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Asset & Lifecycle Management (CapEx Planning, Reliability) (BPABAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Compliance, Risk & EHS Management (BPABAAAK), EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Renewable energy development
• Data centre infrastructure
• Sustainable real estate
• Precision agriculture technology
• Investment platform building

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Investment returns and platform exits: Aquila Group identifies structural trends early, backs them with capital, and builds platforms. When businesses reach scale for institutional ownership, they hand them over. Revenue generated through value creation and exit of investment platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Aquila Group is a founder-owned investment and industrial development company that identifies structural trends early, backs them with its own capital, and builds operating platforms that translate trends into enterprise value. Its core offerings are operating platforms across clean energy development (solar, wind, battery storage), pan-European AI-ready data centre infrastructure, sustainable residential real estate in Spain, and B2B precision agriculture technology for indoor farming.

Product overview

Aquila Group is a founder-owned investment and industrial development company that identifies structural trends early and builds platforms to translate those trends into enterprise value. The company operates across multiple specialized platforms: Aquila Clean Energy EMEA and APAC for clean energy development (solar, wind, battery storage), hscale for AI-ready data centre infrastructure, AQ Acentor for sustainable real estate development, and Future Farming Solutions for controlled-environment agriculture with its vGreens technology subsidiary. The product portfolio spans digital infrastructure, distributed power, real estate, critical materials, and agricultural technology sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aquila Clean Energy EMEA: Leading European clean energy business, developer of integrated and hybrid clean energy solutions and independent power producer driving European energy transition
• Aquila Clean Energy APAC
• hscale
• Aquila Acentor (AQ Acentor)
• Future Farming Solutions
• vGreens

Products and services

• Aquila Clean Energy EMEA A leading European clean energy platform operating as a developer of integrated and hybrid clean energy solutions and independent power producer, funding, developing, building and operating solar PV, wind power and battery storage assets to drive the European energy transition for corporate customers.
• Aquila Clean Energy APAC A clean energy platform that funds, develops, builds and operates solar PV, wind power and battery storage assets across the Asia Pacific region to advance the energy transition and meet regional clean energy demand.
• hscale Data Centre Platform A pan-European data centre platform delivering sustainable and AI-ready infrastructure for hyperscalers and cloud services, featuring ultra-high-density cooling, liquid cooling and heat reuse to support clients' ESG goals.
• AQ Acentor Sustainable Real Estate Partner in sustainable real estate development overseeing construction of Spanish residential real estate for institutional investors, managing ~7,700 residential units with 100% BREEAM certification and EUR 1.7bn transaction volume.
• Future Farming Solutions (FFS) A joint venture taking strategic positions in agri-tech businesses addressing structural challenges in global fruit and vegetable production, with vGreens as its first investment.
• vGreens Precision Agriculture Technology B2B precision agriculture technology company offering proprietary short-wave infrared sensors and an AI-driven software platform that gives indoor farmers visibility into plant physiology, enabling predictable production of fruits and vegetables in terms of quality, quantity and timing, with outcomes of -90% water usage, +30% efficiency on lost harvest and 100-day planning security.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2.5 GW brought to COD, ~14 GW clean energy portfolio, 4.1 GW battery storage developed/under development
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Bain CapitalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Bain Capital partnered with Aquila Group to build a leading sustainable data centre platform across Europe through hscale. In 2025, AQ Compute became part of hscale, marking a key step in hscale's strategic expansion and brand evolution. This is a flagship joint venture for Aquila Group's digital infrastructure theme.
• Future Farming Solutions (FFS) partnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAquila Group, together with two partners, established Future Farming Solutions (FFS) as a joint venture taking strategic positions in agri-tech businesses addressing structural challenges in global fruit and vegetable production.
• vGreenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnervGreens is the platform's first investment, a B2B precision agriculture technology company headquartered in Essen, Germany, founded by crop scientists, engineers, and AI specialists. vGreens has developed proprietary short-wave infrared sensors and AI-driven software for indoor farming.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners: One of the largest dedicated renewable energy infrastructure investors globally with multi-GW wind, solar, and storage portfolios across Europe, APAC, and the Americas. Most comparable to Aquila's clean energy platforms in scope, geographic spread, and institutional investor focus.
• Actis: London-based private markets firm focused on sustainable infrastructure investment across energy, digital infrastructure, and real estate in emerging and developed markets. Highly comparable as a multi-theme, platform-building, sustainability-anchored investment firm.
• Foresight Group: UK-listed sustainable infrastructure and private equity manager investing in renewable energy, environmental infrastructure, and regional property across Europe and Australia. Comparable in combining renewable energy development with sustainable real estate exposure and trend-driven thematic investing.
• Greencoat Capital: UK-based manager of renewable energy infrastructure funds with operational wind and solar portfolios across Europe. Directly comparable to Aquila Clean Energy EMEA in asset class focus and IPP-style ownership model.
• NextEnergy Capital: Solar-focused investment manager with GW-scale solar PV portfolios across Europe and emerging markets. Comparable to Aquila Clean Energy's solar PV development focus and institutional infrastructure fund model.

Broad incumbents

• Brookfield Asset Management: One of the world's largest alternative asset managers with extensive renewable power, data infrastructure, real estate, and private equity platforms. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating in the same themes (renewables, digital infrastructure, real estate) at much larger scale.
• Macquarie Asset Management: Global asset manager with major renewable energy, digital infrastructure, and green investment businesses (e.g., Macquarie Green Investment Group). Comparable as a broad incumbent in infrastructure/renewable platform building with institutional scale.
• Partners Group: Swiss-listed private markets firm with infrastructure, real estate, and private equity platforms across multiple sectors globally. Comparable as a multi-theme private markets platform builder serving institutional investors.
• Engie (ENGIE Green / ENGIE Solutions): Major European utility with large-scale renewable energy development, energy storage, and integrated energy solutions businesses serving corporate PPAs. Comparable to Aquila Clean Energy EMEA as a European clean energy developer and IPP targeting corporate customers.
• BNP Paribas Asset Management (Infrastructure): European asset manager with growing infrastructure investment capabilities across renewables, digital infrastructure, and sustainable real estate. Comparable as a broad incumbent institutional investor competing for similar platform opportunities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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