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Microsoft NRW Cluster (Bergheim / Bedburg)

Microsoft NRW Cluster (Bergheim / Bedburg)

Construction
Confirmed

Jurisdiction: Germany

INKA :terra nova industrial park, Bergheim + BEB61 estate, Bedburg — Rhineland lignite region (decommissioned-coal grid infrastructure). Part of Microsoft's €3.2B Germany commitment; cluster expanding (Elsdorf announced Sep 2025).

Capacity
—
GPUs (est.)
—
Capex
—
Announced
—
Target operational
—

Delivery health score

67.8 /100
67.8/100

Methodology prs-v0.1 · computed · trigger: scheduled

Schedule

85 /100
85/100

Regulatory

70 /100
70/100

Infrastructure

70 /100
70/100

Capital

40 /100
40/100

Why this score — factor breakdown

Each factor below contributed to the current score. Contributions are rubric weights from methodology prs-v0.1; every factor cites the record it is derived from.

Dimension
Factor
Contribution
Cites
Narrative
Capital baseline 40 Microsoft NRW Cluster (Bergheim / Bedburg) No committed capital evidenced on any entity role — announcement-only anchor region (§B.2.4).
Infrastructure baseline 70 Microsoft NRW Cluster (Bergheim / Bedburg) No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Regulatory baseline 70 Microsoft NRW Cluster (Bergheim / Bedburg) No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Schedule baseline 80 Microsoft NRW Cluster (Bergheim / Bedburg) No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Schedule milestone achieved +5 Groundbreaking Milestone "Groundbreaking" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2026-03-12).

Milestones

  1. Groundbreaking

    Achieved

    Groundbreaking · Actual:

Constraint observations

No active constraint observations recorded against this project.

Entities & roles

Entity
Role
Ownership
Committed capital
Microsoft
Owner
— —
Westnetz
Utility Provider
— —

Sources & citations

Every substantive field on this record is backed by a canonical claim from a cited source document, graded on the E1 (strongest) – E5 (weakest) evidence ladder.

  1. E1
    Staatskanzlei Nordrhein-Westfalen - Spatenstich Microsoft Hyperscaler Rechenzentren (Land.NRW)

    Staatskanzlei Nordrhein-Westfalen · Mar 12, 2026 · backs: status

    https://www.land.nrw/node/24746

  2. E2
    Microsoft (Source EMEA) - Spatenstich für Rechenzentrums-Cluster in Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Microsoft (Source EMEA) · Mar 12, 2026 · backs: actual date

    https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2026/03/spatenstich-fuer-rechenzentrums-cluster-in-nordrhein-westfalen-microsoft-staerkt-die-digitale-infrastruktur-fuer-deutschlands-ki-zukunft/?lang=de

Signals

Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.

  1. E2
    Heise Online - German giant data center from Microsoft Azure can process 520 megawatts

    · Heise Online · relevance 0.85

  2. E4
    Data Center Dynamics - Microsoft breaks ground on data center in Bergheim, Germany

    · Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.90

  3. E1
    Staatskanzlei Nordrhein-Westfalen - Spatenstich Microsoft Hyperscaler Rechenzentren (Land.NRW)

    · Staatskanzlei Nordrhein-Westfalen · relevance 0.90

  4. E1
    Wirtschaftsministerium NRW - Spatenstich für die Microsoft-Rechenzentren im Rheinischen Revier

    · Wirtschaftsministerium NRW · relevance 0.90