Operating

LCL Brussels-West

Aalst / Erembodegem, Belgium

Reviewed 27 Sept 20268 sources

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Project brief

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Current evidenceOperating

8 cited sources · 7 utility and planning categories reviewed.

Review evidence and gaps

Next check

Identify the DSO, contracted demand, rights holder and commissioned feed arrangement separately from standby equipment.

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Overview

Existing colocation campus at Industrielaan 3 and 7, Erembodegem, with successive hall and cooling upgrades. Council records identify NV LCL and permit references. Backup generation is documented, but contracted utility import capacity and the land-owning entity remain unverified. Market intelligence, not an available land offer.

Developer / applicant: LCL
Owner: Not verified
Operator: LCL

Planning and delivery status

Operating campus. An undated operator review records a further hall completed in June 2025; its 2025 impact report records the cooling upgrade completed in December 2025. These are phases within this campus.

Stage source: Publication date unstated

Project intelligence. This record does not establish that the land or facility is available to acquire.

POWER STUDY

Power

What the power evidence establishes

The site-specific connection scope has not been established for this record.

Power classDNo qualifying rung

No same-scope, dated import-MVA rung has document-seen or better verification. Nearby infrastructure, IT MW and marketing claims cannot upgrade the class.

The class describes published documentary evidence at its stated date. It does not prove current contractual rights, transferability or an energisation date.

Class describes evidence maturity. Public records do not prove current contractual rights, transferable capacity or an energisation date. This record has not received a complete power study review.

Read the rules and verification levels

Capacity ladder and evidence

Each rung is a separate MVA claim for its stated site or phase. A missing rung is unknown.

Applied

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Offered

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Accepted / contracted

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Energised

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?

Event date

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?

Capacity boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?

Verification

Unknown

Connection point and load boundaries

Network operator: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?
Connection point: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?
Voltage: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?
Straight-line distance: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?
Published route length: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?

IT load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published IT load in MW?

Basis

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?

Site / phase boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?

Facility load

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published facility load in MW?

Basis

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?

Site / phase boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?

Import capacity

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What is the published import capacity in MVA?

Basis

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?

Site / phase boundary

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?

These are different electrical quantities. No power factor, PUE or available import is assumed from an IT-load statement.

Connection agreement and conditions

Agreement type: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What connection agreement type and current status are documented?
Phased capacity: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?
Flexibility obligations: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?
On-site generation obligations: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What on-site generation obligations apply?
Securities posted: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What securities are required, posted and still valid?
Longstop dates: Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?

Conflicts and scope comparisons

No conflicting pair is recorded. This does not establish that all public statements have been reconciled.

Belgium grid context

Network publications frame the claim. They do not allocate capacity to this site.

No country context entries have been linked to this site. Applicable policy, capacity information and reinforcement dependencies need review.

Derived energisation window

Earliest plausible yearUnknown

Latest plausible yearUnknown

The observed inputs do not establish a bounded delivery range. Open bounds stay unknown.

Rule

Use only a same-scope, dated, document-verified capacity rung and an applicable duration to energisation published by the observed site operator. The named process operator and a named source publisher must match that operator. Earliest year is the maximum of stage date plus minimum duration and each evidenced readiness constraint. Latest year is the maximum of stage date plus maximum duration and each published upper constraint only when every required input is bounded. An offer-processing duration is excluded. A missing required input leaves the affected bound unknown; no padding or contractual delivery promise is inferred.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Dependencies driving the range

Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates: unknown.
Grid-works planning status and programme: unknown.
Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme: unknown.

What the earliest case requires

Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
Grid-works planning status and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.
Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme introduces no later constraint than the earliest case; this remains unverified.

Missing inputs leave the range open

A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.
An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.
Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates
Grid-works planning status and programme
Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme

Indicative HV and connection capex

Unknown

Rule and scope

Sum each published complete scope quantity multiplied by the matching published benchmark minimum and maximum. Configuration, voltage, route type, unit, country applicability, currency and explicit price base year must match. No assumed route length, transformer count, exchange rate, inflation, fee uplift or partial index is inserted. The result is an indicative benchmark band, not an operator quotation or contractual connection charge.

No observed inputs establish this result.

Published connection works scope

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?

Scope completeness

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?

Scope questions

Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.
Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.
Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.

Alternatives and policy exposure

Behind-the-meter generation

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?

Battery storage

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?

Private wire

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?

Gas

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?

Planning / policy requirement

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?

Connection claim against current policy

Unknown

Not established from the public records reviewed.

Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?

Open questions for a Reality Check

Generated from unknown fields, missing derivation inputs and unresolved evidence. The questions identify the documents or specialist checks needed next.

60 questions to resolve

Which TSO or DSO is responsible for this demand connection?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the operator-confirmed connection substation or circuit?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What voltage level is specified for the demand connection?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What are the evidenced site and connection-point coordinates, and their calculated straight-line distance?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What grid route length is published, and for which circuit?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the applied connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the applied connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.applied?
Verification has not been established.
What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the offered connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the offered connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.offered?
Verification has not been established.
What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the accepted connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the accepted connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.accepted?
Verification has not been established.
What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the effective date of the energised connection evidence?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which buildings or phases does the energised connection evidence cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What evidence level can be supported for capacityLadder.energised?
Verification has not been established.
What connection agreement type and current status are documented?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the agreement impose phased import-capacity limits?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What flexibility or curtailment obligations apply?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What on-site generation obligations apply?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What securities are required, posted and still valid?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What connection longstop or milestone dates apply?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the published IT load in MW?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
On what electrical basis is the IT load in MW stated?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which phase or campus does the IT load in MW cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the published facility load in MW?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
On what electrical basis is the facility load in MW stated?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which phase or campus does the facility load in MW cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What is the published import capacity in MVA?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
On what electrical basis is the import capacity in MVA stated?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which phase or campus does the import capacity in MVA cover?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What operator-published connection-to-energisation duration applies to this site and connection stage?
An application-to-offer processing target is not an energisation duration.
Which reinforcements does the connection depend on, and what dates are published?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which grid works require planning, and what is their current consent status and dated programme?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which connection-policy conditions apply, and when could they be satisfied?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What complete connection scope is published: bays, stations, voltage, circuits, route lengths and underground or overhead configuration?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Is the published connection scope complete enough to match every component to a sourced benchmark?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the published connection claim meet the policy applicable to its application date, location and agreement status?
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Which checked country-grid sources and location-specific constraints apply to this connection?
No country-context relationship has been established for this record.
Identify network and customer works, upstream reinforcement, land and wayleaves, taxes, fees, securities, contingency and the price base.
Connection-cost scope question.
Resolve the energisation input: A dated, document-verified import-MVA rung for the assessed scope.
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: An applicable duration from the evidenced stage to energisation, published by and matched to the observed site operator, rather than an offer-processing target.
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: Connection-dependent reinforcement scope and completion dates
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: Grid-works planning status and programme
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Resolve the energisation input: Applicable connection-policy conditions and programme
This missing input leaves an energisation bound unknown.
Obtain a published complete connection scope with voltage, configuration and measured quantities.
This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.
Establish that every necessary connection-work component is included in the published scope.
This scope or reference gap prevents a complete indicative connection capex band.

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Earlier capacity notes and source context

No project-specific capacity figure is published in this record.

Import rights and connection evidence

Caterpillar documents a commissioned 13.5 MVA standby system with six generators in June 2023. This is backup equipment scope, not utility import rights, spare capacity or a transferable connection.

IT load, facility demand, import capacity and equipment ratings retain their stated scope. A published figure does not establish spare or transferable supply.

Planning & utilities

7 of 10 categories contain evidence. Each status applies to its specific claim.

Planning & decisions

Partial evidence

Aalst agenda item 2024_CBS_02900 identifies operating-permit file OMV_2023165095 for NV LCL at Industrielaan 3 and 7. This is a council acknowledgement record, not a reviewed full permit and conditions.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Retrieve the provincial operating decision and amendments; reconcile expiry, conditions and any challenge.

Aalst council agenda: LCL operating-permit reference OMV_2023165095Source: Publication date unstated

Grid & import rights

Partial evidence

Caterpillar documents a commissioned 13.5 MVA standby system with six generators in June 2023. This is backup equipment scope, not utility import rights, spare capacity or a transferable connection.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Identify the DSO, contracted demand, rights holder and commissioned feed arrangement separately from standby equipment.

Caterpillar: Eneria backup-power design, installation and commissioning at LCL Brussels-WestSource: 27 Jun 2023

Fibre & dark fibre

Partial evidence

The dated 2013 operator announcement named planned Eurofiber redundant connectivity and GTT services, including dark fibre. It does not establish current on-site handoffs, available pairs or physically diverse routes.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Find current carrier service and entry-point evidence; distinguish historical plans from commissioned dark fibre and route diversity.

LCL: historical Eurofiber and GTT service plans for AalstSource: 7 Feb 2013

Ownership & development control

Partial evidence

LCL stated in August 2021 that its Aalst expansion included acquiring adjoining land. The transaction statement supports an owner-led campus expansion but does not identify the legal title holder.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Retrieve the owning entity and title or published acquisition documents; do not infer sale availability.

LCL: new Aalst facility ready for first customers and adjacent land acquiredSource: 16 Aug 2021

Land, footprint & access

Partial evidence

The same municipal item identifies Aalst-Erembodegem, second division, section B parcels 927M, 1199E, 1200A, 1201B, 1202D and 1202E. This gives a bounded research trail, not a verified current title polygon.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Reconcile the indexed municipal parcel list with current cadastral plans and the permit boundary; establish access and usable footprint.

Aalst council agenda: LCL operating-permit reference OMV_2023165095Source: Publication date unstated

Water, cooling & heat

Partial evidence

The operator describes centralised closed-loop chilled water with free cooling replacing standalone units. Its 2025 impact report records completion in December 2025. Site water rights and measured performance are not verified.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Check commissioned cooling scope, site water demand and discharge evidence; do not apply portfolio water metrics to this campus.

LCL: Brussels-West cooling replacement scopeSource: Publication date unstated
LCL Impact Report 2025: Brussels-West cooling upgrade completed in December 2025Source: Publication date unstated

Programme & delivery

Documented

LCL records completion of another Brussels-West hall in June 2025. Its corporate construction update identifies Viabuild for civil, structural and architectural works.

Sources & next check

Evidence reviewed 27 Sept 2026

Next check

Confirm the handover scope and tenant commissioning date without creating an additional campus record.

LCL: 2025 delivery review, Brussels-West hall completed in June 2025Source: Publication date unstated
LCL company statement: Viabuild civil, structural and architectural expansion worksSource: Publication date unstated

Not assessed

Land-use zoningFlood, ground & environmentDemand & location fit

Evidence still needed

Land-use zoning
The site boundary has not been matched to the current adopted zoning map and data-centre use policy.
Flood, ground & environment
Flood risk, ground conditions, contamination, ecology, heritage, noise and air-quality constraints have not been fully assessed here.
Demand & location fit
Customer geography, latency, cloud or exchange nodes and a supported use case need project-specific evidence; national growth alone is insufficient.

Project team

Appointments are limited to the project, phase and scope supported by each source.

Main contractor

ViabuildOther projects

Civil, structural and architectural works for the Brussels-West expansion identified by LCL; no campus-wide MEP role inferred. The public company post has no verified absolute publication date.

Appointment source

Specialists & vendors

EneriaOther projects

Design, installation, testing and commissioning of the six-generator HVO standby-power system announced in June 2023, with ongoing maintenance.

Appointment source

CaterpillarOther projects

Supplier of Cat 3516B generator sets for the 2023 standby-power package.

Appointment source

Unlisted roles have no project-specific appointment recorded.

Sources

Publication dates are shown where known. Review dates do not establish approval or commissioning.

Original documents and maps retain their rights. Public access does not grant commercial redistribution rights.