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Rechenzentrum Garching

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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

Facilities within 5 km
FacilityOperatorDistance
Max Planck Computing and Data Facilitynot recorded0.05 km
Leibniz Supercomputing CentreBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities0.49 km
LRZ SuperMUC-NGLeibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften0.50 km

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OpenStreetMapRechenzentrum GarchingOpenStreetMap record2026-09-26

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