Microsoft Azure Germany West Central (NRW)
Microsoft · Germany
- Type
- Hyperscale facility
- Status
- Under construction
- Company type
- Hyperscale
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Country
- Germany
- Address
- —
- Coordinates
- 50.95500, 6.64000
- Power capacity
- 520 MW
- Cooling
- Unknown
- Source
- Belgium scraper
Tier / resilience: Hyperscale
Environmental impact
Carbon
1,052,251 t CO₂/yr
Water
5,739,552 m³/yr
Electricity
520 MW
Estimates from site size and grid carbon factors. Real figures are used where operators publish them.
What it costs people
Heavy demand like this tightens local electricity and water markets — pressure that lands on everyday utility bills.
Homes' worth of power
911,040
Electricity at retail
€1,275,456,000/yr
Water at retail
€25,827,984/yr
Euro figures illustrate scale at approximate 2025 retail prices — not the operator's actual spend.