Brownfield redevelopment at Tonsbakken 12–14 with GPP architectural attribution and a final backup-power environmental approval. Vestforbrænding confirms a heat agreement with 2028 infrastructure readiness…
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Brownfield redevelopment at Tonsbakken 12–14 with GPP architectural attribution and a final backup-power environmental approval. Vestforbrænding confirms a heat agreement with 2028 infrastructure readiness targeted.
- Developer / applicant
- atNorth
- Owner
- Not verified
- Operator
- atNorth
Planning and delivery status
The current undated operator page confirms the first phase went live in Q4 2025. It does not identify the operating MW of that first phase.
Stage source: Publication date unstatedProject 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.
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 levelsCapacity ladder and evidence
Each rung is a separate MVA claim for its stated site or phase. A missing rung is unknown.
Applied
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What applied mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?Offered
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What offered mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?Accepted / contracted
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What accepted or contracted mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?Energised
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What energised mva is evidenced for the assessed site scope?Conflicts and scope comparisons
No conflicting pair is recorded. This does not establish that all public statements have been reconciled.
Denmark 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.
Country coverage: prepared sources; site-level research not extended. View all country sources and refresh schedules.
Derived energisation window
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.
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
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What behind-the-meter generation is evidenced, and at what scope?Planning / policy requirement
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require behind-the-meter generation?Battery storage
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What battery storage is evidenced, and at what scope?Planning / policy requirement
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require battery storage?Private wire
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What a private wire is evidenced, and at what scope?Planning / policy requirement
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require a private wire?Gas
Not established from the public records reviewed.
What gas supply or generation is evidenced, and at what scope?Planning / policy requirement
Not established from the public records reviewed.
Does the applicable planning or connection policy require gas supply or generation?Connection claim against current policy
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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Request a Reality CheckEarlier capacity notes and source context
Operator-advertised total campus power capacity; first-phase commissioned capacity is not separately disclosed.
Published claimProject source recordThe municipal technical attachment describes atNorth as a 50 kV Ahøj customer and proposes feeding heat pumps through its internal 20 kV network. This supplies connection-design context, not a verified campus import limit or spare allocation.
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
8 of 10 categories contain evidence. Each status applies to its specific claim.
Planning & decisions
Partial evidenceAlongside the 2 December 2024 backup-power approval, Ballerup issued a no-full-EIA screening decision on 17 March 2026 for Vestforbrænding’s heat-pump project, case 13.03.18-P15-3-26. It lapses if unused within three years; appeal outcome remains unchecked.
Sources & next check
Land-use zoning
DocumentedThe approval identifies Tonsbakken 12–14 on parcel 14dm, Skovlunde By, Skovlunde, within local plan 121 (2006).
Sources & next check
Grid & import rights
Partial evidenceThe municipal technical attachment describes atNorth as a 50 kV Ahøj customer and proposes feeding heat pumps through its internal 20 kV network. This supplies connection-design context, not a verified campus import limit or spare allocation.
Sources & next check
Ownership & development control
Partial evidenceSeller CapMan confirms sale of Tonsbakken 12–14 to two separate parties, atNorth and Propreco. The announcement does not allocate the property between them or establish the registered title to DEN01.
Sources & next check
Land, footprint & access
Partial evidenceThe approval describes an existing developed site, a 26,748 m² plot and 9,700 m² full-build building area. GPP’s separate 10,798 m² project-area metric is not land area.
Sources & next check
Flood, ground & environment
Partial evidenceThe permit requires daytime testing one generator at a time, limits each generator’s operating hours, and requires emissions evidence after each phase’s initial tests. Backup-generator ratings are not demand capacity.
Sources & next check
Water, cooling & heat
Partial evidenceThe screened heat-pump project serves the planned Ballerup Boulevard transmission network. Viegand Maagøe’s 26 June 2025 study uses 15 MW thermal recovery for its business case, with 2028 as the expectation; summertime heat offtake is uncertain. No commissioned heat output is established.
Sources & next check
Programme & delivery
Partial evidenceThe current operator says phase one went live in Q4 2025; Vestforbrænding’s November 2025 announcement forecast data-centre operation in Q1 2026. The difference is retained; neither gives phase-one operating MW.
Sources & next check
Not assessed
Evidence still needed
- Fibre & dark fibre
No verified site entry, dark-fibre offer or physically diverse route assessment is recorded. Regional coverage alone is insufficient.
- 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.
Architect
Architectural design for DEN01 at Tonsbakken 12–14; project sheet lists 2023–2025.
Appointment sourceEngineering consultant
DEN01 developer adviser and client for C7’s environmental technical description, as identified in the municipal permit attachment; specific design disciplines are not allocated.
Appointment sourcePrepared DEN01 environmental technical description and applied on behalf of Søren Jensen; environmental application scope.
Appointment sourcePrepared Vestforbrænding’s 26 June 2025 technical options and business-case note for the DEN01 heat-pump/heat-recovery plant; not campus-wide MEP designer.
Appointment sourceUnlisted roles have no project-specific appointment recorded.
Sources
Publication dates are shown where known. Review dates do not establish approval or commissioning.
- atNorth: DEN01 Copenhagen profile and first-phase openingatnorth.com · Publication date unstated
- Ballerup municipality — DEN01 environmental approval dated 2 December 2024ballerup.dk · 2 Dec 2024
- Danish DMA — final backup-power approval, published 13 January 2025dma.mst.dk · 13 Jan 2025
- Vestforbrænding — DEN01 heat agreement and 2028 infrastructure targetvestfor.dk · 26 Nov 2025
- CapMan — Tonsbakken 12–14 sale to atNorth and Propreconews.cision.com · 12 Oct 2023
- GPP Arkitekter — DEN01 architectural project sheet, project years 2023–2025gpp.dk · Publication date unstated
- Ballerup: DEN01 heat-pump project EIA screening decision, case 13.03.18-P15-3-26ballerup.dk · 17 Mar 2026
- Viegand Maagøe for Vestforbrænding: DEN01 heat-recovery technical options, municipal attachmentballerup.dk · 26 Jun 2025
- Ballerup: DEN01 environmental technical description, C7 Consulting for Søren Jensen; cover dated 21 March 2024 with later referencesballerup.dk · Publication date unstated
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