Data centres in Portugal
Oct 2026: 7 projects in the pipeline in Portugal, 4 permitted or being built.New grid connections rationed since 2 Feb 2026. Wholesale power €68/MWh in 2025.
Pipeline movement, last 24 months
7 milestones ·
36 data centres on record in Portugal
Projects by stage
Who is building in Portugal
Capacity by stage
- IT load, all stages
- 320 MW
- IT load, under construction
- 80 MW
- Projects
- 7
Stated by each project, . Bases are never added together.
| Stage | IT load, MW | Facility power, MW | Projects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | · | · | 3 |
| In planning | · | · | 0 |
| Permitted | 240 | · | 1 |
| Under construction | 80 | 200 | 3 |
| In service | · | · | 0 |
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Market economics, Lisbon
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- Construction cost
- Premium figure
- EUR m per MW
- Nov 2025
- Colocation, 20 MW and more
- Premium figure
- EUR per kW a month
- Jul 2026
- Business electricity
- Premium figure
- EUR per MWh
- H1 2026
- Grid connection wait
- Premium figure
- years
- 2026
- Staff cost
- Premium figure
- EUR k per FTE a year
- 2024
- Guarding, 24/7
- Premium figure
- EUR k a year
- Apr 2026
Operators in Portugal
What changed
1 milestone since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Aug 2026.
Power and grid in Portugal
Rationed
New grid connections are rationed (nationwide, transmission, since 2 Feb 2026). Every country’s grid connections
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 128g CO₂/kWh
- 10th cleanest of 30 countries; 81% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 128€/MWh
- 9th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 61% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 68€/MWh
- 6th cheapest of 30
- Cooling degree days
- 224a year
- 10-year national mean
Fibre latency from Lisbon
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 5.2 ms | 536 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Marseille | 16 ms | 1,585 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 16 ms | 1,606 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 16 ms | 1,643 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| London | 20 ms | 1,998 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Milan | 20 ms | 2,013 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 20 ms | 2,056 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 21 ms | 2,168 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 Portugal.