Live-campus phase 3 expansion at Dywidagstrasse 10. Equinix’s February 2026 filing lists 1,375 planned sellable cabinets; no phase-specific MW or import allocation is published in the reviewed sources.
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Live-campus phase 3 expansion at Dywidagstrasse 10. Equinix’s February 2026 filing lists 1,375 planned sellable cabinets; no phase-specific MW or import allocation is published in the reviewed sources.
- Developer / applicant
- Equinix
- Owner
- Not verified
- Operator
- Equinix
Planning and delivery status
Mercury confirmed structure and roof completion on 16 July 2026, with phased internal fit-out following. Equinix’s 2025 Form 10-K targets Q2 2028 for MU4 phase 3; this is a target, separate from the operating MU4 campus.
Stage source: 16 Jul 2026Project 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 levels01
Capacity ladder and evidence
Each rung is a separate MVA claim for its stated site or phase. A missing rung is unknown.
01
Applied
Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?02
Offered
Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?03
Accepted / contracted
Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?04
Energised
Unknown
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?02
Conflicts and scope comparisons
No conflicting pair is recorded. This does not establish that all public statements have been reconciled.
03
Germany 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.
04
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
05
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.
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.
06
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?07
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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Request a Reality CheckEarlier capacity notes and source context
No project-specific capacity figure is published in this record.
Import rights and connection evidence
MU4 advertises N+1 UPS redundancy, but neither the facility specification nor the phase-3 construction filing publishes MU4.3 grid-import capacity.
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
10 of 10 categories contain evidence. Each status applies to its specific claim.
Planning & decisions
Partial evidenceAschheim’s 1 April 2025 notice lists MU4’s fourth building amendment for the 8 April planning committee (item 3.11). The notice is an agenda, not a decision. The historical backup-plant screening is also separate from a MU4.3 building permission.
Sources & next check
Land-use zoning
Partial evidenceThe 2021 Landratsamt notice locates MU4 within the plan “Gewerbegebiet und Sondergebiet westlich der St 2082/alt – Teilbereich 1, nördlich der S-Bahn (Grenzstraße)”. Current plan amendments and phase-3 compliance remain unchecked.
Sources & next check
Grid & import rights
Partial evidenceMU4 advertises N+1 UPS redundancy, but neither the facility specification nor the phase-3 construction filing publishes MU4.3 grid-import capacity.
Sources & next check
Fibre & dark fibre
Partial evidenceMU4 offers Fiber Connect, Metro Connect, cross-connects and Equinix Fabric. These are campus products; phase-3 entries and physically diverse routes are not disclosed.
Sources & next check
Ownership & development control
Partial evidenceEquinix’s 2021 filing classified MU4 as owned, with owned-site definitions including long ground leases. Current MU4.3 work is for Equinix; legal landholding entity and tenure remain unverified. The 2021 authority notice names Equinix (Real Estate) GmbH as backup-plant applicant; applicant identity does not establish land title.
Sources & next check
Land, footprint & access
Partial evidenceThe municipal amendment notice and Landratsamt screening independently identify MU4 at Dywidagstraße 10/Karl-Hammerschmidt-Straße 10, parcel 362, Gemarkung Dornach. The specific MU4.3 footprint, access rights and remaining expansion area are not delineated.
Sources & next check
Flood, ground & environment
Partial evidenceEquinix places MU4 above its 500-year base-flood elevation. Mercury describes a whole-life-carbon approach for MU4.3; neither supplies a phase-specific environmental assessment. Landratsamt’s 16 June 2021 screening, file 4.4.1-824/1334/Fr, found no EIA requirement for 17 campus backup sets. Daytime test-noise criteria were met; predicted night emergency exceedances were assessed as tolerable. This is historical screening, not phase-3 permission or compliance discharge.
Sources & next check
Water, cooling & heat
Partial evidenceOriginal MU4 announcement proposed aquifer thermal storage for a later phase and explored external heat reuse. The current campus page gives N+1 cooling, without proving those proposals were commissioned.
Sources & next check
Demand & location fit
Partial evidenceEquinix identifies local automotive, industrial, finance and healthcare connectivity needs for MU4. This supports campus location fit but establishes no MU4.3 pre-let or customer allocation.
Sources & next check
Programme & delivery
DocumentedMercury confirms MU4.3 topping out on 16 July 2026. Equinix’s February 2026 filing targets Q2 2028 and 1,375 sellable cabinets for phase 3.
Sources & next check
Project team
Appointments are limited to the project, phase and scope supported by each source.
Main contractor
MercuryOther projects
Full-scope construction and phased fit-out of MU4.3 within an operational campus.
Appointment sourceUnlisted roles have no project-specific appointment recorded.
Sources
Publication dates are shown where known. Review dates do not establish approval or commissioning.
- Mercury: MU4.3 topping-out milestonemercuryeng.com · 16 Jul 2026
- Equinix MU4 — current facility specificationsequinix.com · Publication date unstated
- Equinix — original MU4 opening and proposed sustainability systemsnewsroom.equinix.com · 7 Feb 2022
- Equinix 2025 Form 10-K — MU4 phase 3 construction programmeinvestor.equinix.com · 11 Feb 2026
- Equinix 2021 Form 10-K — MU4 owned-site classificationinvestor.equinix.com · 18 Feb 2022
- Gemeinde Aschheim — 1 April 2025 public notice for 8 April committee, MU4 fourth amendment item 3.11api.cross-7.de · 1 Apr 2025
- Landratsamt München — MU4 backup-plant UVP screening, file 4.4.1-824/1334/Fruvp-verbund.de · 16 Jun 2021
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