Data Center Atlas
atNorth DEN02 Varde mega site
Announced
Denmark · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
atNorth plans its second Danish campus, DEN02, on a greenfield site of about 171-175 hectares at Krageris north of Ølgod in Varde Municipality, western Denmark. The company lists 500 MW of campus power with an initial 250 MW. Local press in November 2025 put the budget for the data center together with about 40 hectares of greenhouses to be developed by Wa3rm at about DKK 37bn, with a first stage due to start operating at the end of 2027 and a second stage in 2029, while the location still needed approval. Surplus heat is to feed Ølgod's district heating, and in August 2026 atNorth named Selected Group to use it for greenhouses next to the campus.
Source record as of 2026-08-11 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
atNorth DEN02 Varde mega site
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Ølgod, Varde Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, DK. Local press places the site at Krageris, north and northeast of Ølgod; Krageris was not found in Nominatim, so the Ølgod village centroid is used. JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth); JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth)
Use: Colocation
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 500 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026 | Campus power capacity on atNorth's undated site page, which also cites scalability potential for several hundred additional MW. | atNorth |
| Power capacity | 250 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Initial capacity | 2026 | atNorth | |
| Power capacity | about 250 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2025-11-13 | November 2025 local press described the planned data center at about 250 MW, matching atNorth's initial-capacity figure rather than its 500 MW campus figure. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| Investment | about 37,000,000,000 DKK | Reported · Campus | 2025-11-20 | Local press figure for the total budget, which includes about 40 hectares of greenhouses by Wa3rm, not only the data center. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| Land area | 171 hectares | Reported · Campus | 2026 | atNorth | |
| Land area | 174 hectares | Reported · Campus | 2025-11-13 | Site size given in the November 13 local press article. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| Land area | 175 hectares | Reported · Campus | 2025-11-20 | Total project area including about 40 hectares of greenhouses, per the November 20 local press article. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| Floor area | 250,000 sq_m | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-20 | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) | |
| Jobs permanent | 100 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-20 | Expected data center employees only; the greenhouses are expected to employ 400 more. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| atNorth | Developer | atNorth; JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | Other | Actual | Reported to be in the planning phase, with the proposed location still requiring approval by the authorities. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| 2025-11-13 | Other | Actual | Plan reported for Ølgod Tekniske Værker to take the data center's surplus heat into the local district heating network via a pipeline of about 3.5 km; atNorth describes a letter of intent. | atNorth; JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| 2026-08-11 | Other | Actual | atNorth named Selected Group to use surplus heat from DEN02 for greenhouses, whose first phase is expected in Q3 2028. | atNorth |
| 2027 | First operational | Planned | Stage 1 (data center and two greenhouses) expected to start operating at the end of 2027. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
| 2029 | Other | Planned | Stage 2 expected to be operational in 2029. | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Diesel backup | Local press reports 60 to 200 chimneys, each 25 metres high, for backup power systems; atNorth says generators are backup only with fuel for at least 48 hours. | atNorth; JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) |
Sources for these details
- Varde mega site (DEN02) — atNorth; publication date not stated
- atNorth data center to supply district heating — JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth); 2025-11-13 · Archived source
- Local firms prepare for major project in Varde — JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth); 2025-11-20 · Archived source
- Selected Group will utilize surplus heat from atNorth's DEN02 data center — atNorth; 2026-08-11
Source and location review
- Status source
- Varde mega site (DEN02) evidence row
atNorth · publication date not stated · Company disclosure - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality 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 verificationStatus age at review: 77 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 55.80580, 8.61810
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Local press places the site at Krageris, north and northeast of Ølgod; Krageris was not found in Nominatim, so the Ølgod village centroid is used.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 15245591
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.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atNorth data center to supply district heating Archived copy | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) | e33d482d1ad00abab43603bfa36b7665f2023809fbfeaeab4df71f44ee5468aaFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Local firms prepare for major project in Varde Archived copy | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Diesel Backup, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | JydskeVestkysten (republished by atNorth) | 7d88426cf005342c03d21161034153fe1835a28ed820b484463cb64b9df18697Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Selected Group will utilize surplus heat from atNorth's DEN02 data center Archived copy | atNorth Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Other | source-terms-not-recorded | atNorth | 6f9d01654adbdfff132df859871c09776439486b5ea43e3b43f72876adc4fc52Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Varde mega site (DEN02) Archived copy | atNorth Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Diesel Backup, Role: Developer | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | atNorth | 48e7a5a43778bfa4cbbb2687d4bd8eb285dcb7ed3ccdaad2741cf8fd7f5faef2Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). atNorth DEN02 Varde mega site [site vcc-site-e5d89f88732b72ed1705]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-e5d89f88732b72ed1705/
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