Max Planck Society: Munich

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Munich-München

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Bavaria

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Germany / Deutschland

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Western Europe

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Europe

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Max Planck Society: Munich

Year Planned: 2027

The Max Planck Society in Germany is building a new data center in Munich after getting approval for a modified plan. The German research institution's initial proposal for a 3,120 square-meter (33,583 square-foot) facility in Martinsried, a village south of Munich, was previously rejected by the Planegg municipal council in 2024. The council had concerns about the building's size and its potential energy and sustainability impact.

After changes were made to the design, the council approved the updated plan. This new data center is part of a larger campus renovation project, which has been granted €500 million ($581 million) in funding from the Free State of Bavaria. The first phase of the project is expected to be operational by 2027, with the entire campus redevelopment slated for completion by 2037.

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Sites within 15 miles of Max Planck Society: Munich

Distance	Site	About
3.58 miles	Vodafone Munich 2
3.77 miles	EdgeConnex Munich	Edgeconnex acquired the facility from Vodafone in January of 2019.
4.01 miles	euNetworks Munich 1
4.07 miles	euNetworks Munich 2
4.99 miles	Equinix Munich MU1, MU3
4.99 miles	Level3 Munich (Seidlstraße)
6.53 miles	NorthC: Munich	In 2021, the NorthC Group acquired the IP Exchange data centers in Munich and Nuremberg.
8.50 miles	nLighten: Munich	In February 2023, nLighten acquired the site from Exa Infrastructure.
8.50 miles	T-Systems München
9.47 miles	NorthC: Munich II	The NorthC Munich II facility, located in Wamslerstrasse, officially joined the NorthC portfolio in September 2025.
10.54 miles	Equinix Munich MU4
13.26 miles	noris Munich MUC5
13.33 miles	DCP: Munich	The site will offer 6,300 square meters (67,810 square feet) of white space across three floors, aiming for a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.2.
13.53 miles	NTT Munich 1
13.82 miles	NTT Munich 2
14.60 miles	Portus: Munich	The company acquired this newly developed data center in Munich, which had been developed by SpaceNet AG, a local IT services provider.
14.64 miles	Portus: MUC2	European operator Portus Data Centers has announced the expansion of its Munich colocation campus with a new facility, Portus Data Centers Munich 2 (MUC2).

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Location of Max Planck Campus in Martinsried

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The Max Planck Society is an internationally recognized, autonomous science organization with a longstanding tradition. “Insight must precede application” – the guiding principle of the Max Planck Society are words spoken by the physicist that our organization was named after. Excellent minds, a high degree of freedom and outstanding work conditions create the foundation for basic research at the very highest level. And thus 20 Nobel Prize Laureates are among the ranks of the Max Planck Society to date. The Max Planck Society with its 86 Max Planck Institutes and facilities is the international flagship for German science: in addition to five foreign institutions, it operates another 20 Max Planck Centers with research institutions such as the Princeton University in the USA, the Paris University Science Po in France, the University College London in UK, and the University of Tokyo in Japan.

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