Rechenzentrum Garching
Rechenzentrum Garching, in Garching bei München, opened in 1960, making it the earliest-opened facility among the 18 listed facilities in Germany with a recorded opening year. The building spans a footprint of 1,217 square meters across one floor, as mapped in OpenStreetMap, which is also the only public source listing it, under the same name. Max-Planck Computing & Data Facility operates the site, and this is its only listed facility in Garching bei München and in Germany overall. Among the three operators with listings in the city, Max-Planck Computing & Data Facility ranks first, tied with two others. Within the Munich market, which has 31 listings across 11 operators, the operator ranks fourth, tied with seven others. Three other listed facilities lie within 5 km, including Max Planck Computing and Data Facility just 0.05 km away, and sites operated by Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften nearby. No status is recorded for the facility.
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- Operator
- Max-Planck Computing & Data Facility
- City
- Garching bei München (from the coordinates)
- Market
- Munich
- Country
- Germany
- Coordinates
- 48.26275, 11.67308
- Location accuracy
- Published location
- Facility type
- Unclassified
- Record level
- Building
- Building footprint
- 1,217 m² (mapped outline in OpenStreetMap)
- Floors
- 1
- Opened
- 1960
- Website
- mpcdf.mpg.de
Facilities within 5 km
| Facility | Operator | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Max Planck Computing and Data Facility | not recorded | 0.05 km |
| Leibniz Supercomputing Centre | Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities | 0.49 km |
| LRZ SuperMUC-NG | Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften | 0.50 km |
Sources for this record
| Source | Listed as | Link | Retrieved |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStreetMap | Rechenzentrum Garching | OpenStreetMap record | 2026-09-26 |
Source data retrieved 2026-09-26. How the data is compiled