Data centres in Belgium
Oct 2026: 6 projects in the pipeline in Belgium, 3 permitted or being built.New grid connections conditional since 29 Jan 2026. Wholesale power €84/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 24 months
3 milestones ·
83 data centres on record in Belgium
Projects by stage
Who is building in Belgium
Capacity by stage
- Facility power, all stages
- 65 MW
- Facility power, under construction
- 0 MW
- Projects
- 6
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | Facility power, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 65 | 3 |
| In planning | · | 0 |
| Permitted | · | 1 |
| Under construction | · | 2 |
| In service | · | 0 |
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Operators in Belgium
What changed
1 milestone since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Aug 2026.
Power and grid in Belgium
Conditional
New grid connections are conditional (nationwide, transmission, since 29 Jan 2026). Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 109g CO₂/kWh
- 8th cleanest of 30 countries; 80% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 149€/MWh
- 11th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 63% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 84€/MWh
- 9th cheapest of 30
- Cooling degree days
- 24a year
- 10-year national mean
Fibre latency from Brussels
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 1.8 ms | 181 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 2.8 ms | 290 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 3.5 ms | 357 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 3.5 ms | 357 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 6.7 ms | 681 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Munich | 6.8 ms | 696 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Berlin | 7.1 ms | 720 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 8.7 ms | 883 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 31 Mar 2027Belgium’s Brussels-region report due (every year)
- 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 Belgium.
1 decision on a single site since 2025, not listed here.