Data centres in Italy
Oct 2026: 53 projects in the pipeline in Italy, 12 permitted or being built.No pause or cap on new grid connections. Wholesale power €122/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 12 months
44 milestones ·
237 data centres on record in Italy
Projects by stage
Who is building in Italy
Capacity by stage
- Facility power, all stages
- 4,126 MW
- Facility power, under construction
- 0 MW
- Projects
- 53
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | IT load, MW | Facility power, MW | Grid connection, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 586 | 1,711 | · | 19 |
| In planning | 136 | 2,415 | 240 | 22 |
| Permitted | 113.2 | · | · | 6 |
| Under construction | 62.2 | · | · | 6 |
| In service | · | · | · | 0 |
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Market economics, Milan
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- Construction cost
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- EUR m per MW
- Mar 2026
- Business electricity
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- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Grid connection wait
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- years
- May 2026
- Permitting
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- months
- May 2026
- Staff cost
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- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2024
- Guarding, 24/7
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- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in Italy
Where the data centres are in Italy
What changed
15 milestones since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Oct 2026.
Power and grid in Italy
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
- 285g CO₂/kWh
- 23rd cleanest of 30 countries; 49% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 172€/MWh
- 17th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 69% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 122€/MWh
- 29th cheapest of 30
Climate at Milan
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 789h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 146h
- worst year 285 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 1,136h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Fibre latency from Milan
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 2.2 ms | 225 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Munich | 4.1 ms | 418 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Marseille | 4.3 ms | 440 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 5.6 ms | 573 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 8.0 ms | 817 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 9.2 ms | 939 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 11 ms | 1,115 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 16 ms | 1,642 km | Mapped fibre route |
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
| Italy | Single authorisation for building, expanding and running a data centre and its grid connection, decided within 10 months (up to 3 more in exceptional cases); no power threshold | In force |
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 Italy.
2 decisions on single sites since 2025, not listed here.