Data centres in Austria
Oct 2026: 2 projects in the pipeline in Austria, 2 permitted or being built.No pause or cap on new grid connections. Wholesale power €99/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 24 months
2 milestones ·
76 data centres on record in Austria
Projects by stage
Market economics, Vienna
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- Construction cost
- Premium figure
- EUR m per MW
- Nov 2025
- Colocation, wholesale
- Premium figure
- EUR per kW a month
- May 2026
- Colocation, 20 MW and more
- Premium figure
- EUR per kW a month
- May 2026
- Business electricity
- Premium figure
- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Permitting
- Premium figure
- months
- Jul 2023
- Staff cost
- Premium figure
- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2024
- Guarding, 24/7
- Premium figure
- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in Austria
What changed
No milestone since 1 Aug 2026.
Power and grid in Austria
No pause or cap
No rule in force pauses, rations or conditions new grid connections here. Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 117g CO₂/kWh
- 9th cleanest of 30 countries; 84% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 188€/MWh
- 20th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 54% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 99€/MWh
- 17th cheapest of 30
- Cooling degree days
- 34a year
- 10-year national mean
Fibre latency from Vienna
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prague | 2.8 ms | 286 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Munich | 3.8 ms | 385 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Berlin | 5.9 ms | 598 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 7.0 ms | 713 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 11 ms | 1,099 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 11 ms | 1,103 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 14 ms | 1,398 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 19 ms | 1,924 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due (every year)
- 11 Oct 2027EU deadline under Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive for a certified energy management system at enterprises above 85 TJ (23.6 GWh) of annual energy consumption
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
No area-wide rule recorded for Austria.