Construction of BMW’s new plant progressing well

Construction of BMW's new Irlbach-Strasskirchen high-voltage battery assembly plant is progressing at high speed, with the Energy Centre and Fire Station completed after only 14 months of construction.

Starting its around-the-clock duty in June 2025, the BMW fire brigade and its Irlbach-Strasskirchen site has five service vehicles and 26 people working in shifts to ensure the safety of employees at the site. The accreditation process as a plant fire brigade is currently underway.

The entire piping system of the Energy Centre extends over 3.8km

Meanwhile, the new Energy Centre is at the "heart" of the battery assembly plant, supplying it with electricity, cooling, heat, cooling water, and compressed air. In addition, waste heat from the production processes is used to heat the canteen, storage, and ancillary buildings at low temperatures. To do this, heat pumps in the Energy Centre convert the roughly 23°C chilled water heated by the production plants into heating energy at about 60°C.

The Energy Centre also plays a key role in the plant's mobile phone coverage: a radio mast on the roof of the Energy Centre provides mobile coverage for the outdoor areas of the site. Inside the plant, around 220 antennas have already been installed in various buildings, and more than 9.5km of RF cable and 3.5km of fibre optic cable have been laid to ensure coverage across the entire site.