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Success Story · 6/4/2026

Building a TKG Compliant Provider Network for CHEMPARK

Challenge

Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while ensuring technical and organizational interoperability

Solution

BSI- and TKG-compliant network deployment and operation by Conneqtive, a provider registered with the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA)

Highlights

  • Carrier-class availability in the backbone
  • Resistance to blackouts
  • GDPR compliance
  • KRITIS- and defense-resilient data transmission
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Bayer’s in-house IT operated an organically grown network for a single entity (Bayer AG). With the spin-off and IPO of Bayer business units (Covestro, CURRENTA, Lanxess), and 70+ new companies settling in the CHEMPARK, the physical division of real estate and networks became mandatory, but was no task for Bayer IT.

At a glance

The Challenge
The Solution
Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements while ensuring technical and organizational interoperabilityBSI- and TKG-compliant network deployment and operation by Conneqtive, a provider registered with the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA)

 

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Challenge

No security at the CHEMPARK sites

The security of networks and services could no longer be guaranteed in accordance with § 164 et seq. of the Telecommunications Act (TKG).

Lack of capacity and availability

When Bayer's internal IT operations were outsourced, the operator was lost.

Outdated infrastructure

The infrastructure, which had evolved over time, no longer met the latest technical standards for structured campus cabling in accordance with EN 50173.

Solution

Conneqtive was founded as a CHEMPARK provider

  • Redundant backbone across the CHEMPARK sites
  • Peering connections in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt to DE-CIX
  • Fully redundant data center locations at each CHEMPARK site, serving as central hubs
  • Disconnected connection of 650 buildings
  • Deployment of new fiber-optic networks
  • Disruptive replacement of static point-to-point-to-point connections with dynamic point-to-multipoint architectures ​

Outcome

  • Compliance with the requirements of the Telecommunications Act (TKG)
  • 1,100 km of fiber-optic cable along a 60 km secure cable route
  • 650 building connections, 700 active components
  • over 1,000 managed service connections
  • Introduction of SLAs and Availability