Data Center Atlas

Polarise AI Factory Amberg (former Wertachtal shortwave transmitter site)

Announced

Germany · 1 project · Last reported

Summary

Polarise's release dated Düsseldorf, 9 September 2026 states that its Amberg (Unterallgäu) AI factory in the greater Augsburg area is designed for an initial 65 MW, scalable to 120 MW. It is due to go live in mid-2027 and will be powered largely by on-site solar, wind and battery storage on the former Wertachtal transmitter site. This supports an announced project. No completed acquisition, permit, physical work or operation is established. Mid-2027 is a target, and the release does not say whether 65 MW is IT load. evidence

Polarise · published 2026-09-09

Location

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Projects (1)

Polarise Amberg (Unterallgäu) AI Factory — conversion of the former Wertachtal transmitter building

Announced last observed as of · Project announcement

Polarise's release (Paderborn/Amberg, March 10, 2026) announces an AI data centre in the Amberg municipality (Unterallgäu) with an initial 30 MW, scalable to 120 MW, launch planned for mid-2027. Polarise will acquire the former Wertachtal shortwave transmission building and the adjacent land from the current owners and convert the site into an AI-ready data centre using its AI Pods; WV Energie AG operates about 70 MWp of solar parks on a large part of the site. evidence

Polarise · published 2026-03-10

Polarise's release (Düsseldorf, 18 August 2026) states that further AI Factories are planned, including in Amberg, Bavaria, with an initial capacity of 65 MW and scalability to 120 MW. evidence

Polarise · published 2026-08-18

The municipal-area feature at the hub is DEBYBDLMjK0000qH with Gemeindekennzeichen 09 7 78 111, the municipality of Amberg in Landkreis Unterallgäu (AX_Gemeinde 09778111 'Amberg'; the separate city of Amberg in the Upper Palatinate is 09361000). The hub centroid lies inside it, 561 m from its boundary. evidence

Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (LDBV) · publication date not stated

Within the named hub area the largest building is DEBY_LOD2_2003010 (function 31001_2000, building for trade or industry; 4,876 m2 footprint; measured height 14.3 m), whose footprint centroid lies 35 m from the hub centroid. The model does not name the building. evidence

Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (LDBV) · publication date not stated

Companies
Source and location review
Status source
Polarise Expands into Central Europe, Reserving Capacity at CRA's Prague Gateway Data Centre (9 September 2026) evidence row
Polarise · published 2026-09-09 · Company disclosure
Locator
Campus locator · Compiled location reference · official_named_topographic_feature_centroid evidence
Source checks

Not reviewed against imagery not_reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 48 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details
Coordinates
48.08681, 10.69462
Geometry licence
CC BY 4.0
Use scope
Campus locator
Scope class
official_named_topographic_feature_centroid
Authority
Compiled location reference
Source entity
Campus
Method
bavaria_atkis_basisdlm_wfs_ax_flaechebesondererfunktionalerpraegung_DEBYBDLMbM0001yz_polygon_centroid_epsg25832_pyproj_to_wgs84
Derivation
coordinate_transform
Precision scope
Centroid of the ATKIS Basis-DLM area 'Ehemalige Kurzwellensendeanlage Wertachtal' (DEBYBDLMbM0001yz), a 3.2 ha ring about 204 m across at the hub of the former antenna field, in the municipality of Amberg, Landkreis Unterallgäu. It marks the former transmitter facility whose transmission building Polarise plans to convert. The largest building in it (LoD2 DEBY_LOD2_2003010, 4,876 m2 footprint, 14.3 m high) lies 35 m away. The point does not locate the adjacent land Polarise plans to acquire, the surrounding solar parks or a construction extent.
Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported

The Basis-DLM extract states no positional accuracy. The centroid represents a 3.2 ha named area (103 m to its farthest vertex), and the land Polarise will use is not delineated.

Geometry evidence
1240288b

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.

Evidence for Polarise AI Factory Amberg (former Wertachtal shortwave transmitter site)
TitlePublisherRolesPublishedRetrievedLicenceAttributionContent hash (SHA-256)
ATKIS Basis-DLM WFS (Bayern): AX_FlaecheBesondererFunktionalerPraegung 'Ehemalige Kurzwellensendeanlage Wertachtal'
Archived copy		Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (LDBV)
Government record		Geometrynot statedCC BY 4.0Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung – www.geodaten.bayern.de9c3a927d12e5d25016b71e3436bcee7f59558efd6cf95bb7ec1264cde5ee70d8
Retained source material; see source provenance
ATKIS Basis-DLM WFS (Bayern): AX_KommunalesGebiet at the Wertachtal hub
Archived copy		Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (LDBV)
Government record		Site and project identitynot statedCC BY 4.0Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung – www.geodaten.bayern.de012be061d9ea638bfb4a444ee167db243bf704a5a87efd015a0305b73bb841bf
Retained source material; see source provenance
Digitale Ortskarte (DOK) WMS (Bayern), Wertachtal transmitter hub
Archived copy		Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (LDBV)
Map feature		Site and project identitynot statedCC BY 4.0Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung – www.geodaten.bayern.dea18157a609ec21a02f17c069e1195c9010cf5e8ffbb01c5252c6e7a06dec17f9
Retained source material; see source provenance
LoD2 3D building model (Bayern), tile 626_5326
Archived copy		Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (LDBV)
Government record		Site and project identitynot statedCC BY 4.0Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung – www.geodaten.bayern.deb5a5c70e21d97fd8971eeb723bc9316418eddbfa72a0fc4a3ccb4467a9a67ebb
Retained source material; see source provenance
Polarise Builds Artificial Intelligence Data Center in Amberg – Unterallgäu (Greater Augsburg Area) (10 March 2026)
Archived copy		Polarise
Company disclosure		Site and project identity, Owner claimall-rights-reservedPolarise87a40049e0021de5f9a275dbae336a75f8663a5628fd3bc52cda5b3b66efa306
Retained source material; see source provenance
Polarise Expands into Central Europe, Reserving Capacity at CRA's Prague Gateway Data Centre (9 September 2026)
Archived copy		Polarise
Company disclosure		Project announcement, Operator claimall-rights-reservedPolarise04fe2b9bafd36df65c075376edf7647c033b01e8560e211e308d79b49033c505
Retained source material; see source provenance
Polarise secures further debt financing to expand its European AI cloud platform (18 August 2026)
Archived copy		Polarise
Company disclosure		Site and project identityall-rights-reservedPolarisec1eb39ce77cfd8d6d00bec06ec6a18ecdf73df3152022c23d07bd4e1277e7ef3
Retained source material; see source provenance
Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Polarise AI Factory Amberg (former Wertachtal shortwave transmitter site) [site vcc-site-c0865a578775670c5f9c]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-c0865a578775670c5f9c/

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