Siting cost
Where the same load costs least to run
On 11 October 2026 the tool prices 30 European countries: the same 50 MW load at 60% utilisation costs €22.7M a year to power in Norway and €94.1M in Czechia. Set your own load, utilisation and cooling overhead and every country reprices on its annual electricity cost and emissions, with the arithmetic shown below the ranking.
At a glance
- Cheapest to power, 50 MW
- Norway
- €22.7M a year
- Siting cost data,
- Dearest to power, 50 MW
- Czechia
- €94.1M a year
- Siting cost data,
- Countries priced
- 30
- 26 with the full business bill
- Siting cost data,
Rank the countries for your load
Every priced country is ranked by annual electricity cost, emissions and cost per MWh of IT load. Click a country on the map or in the table to compare up to six.
Ranked at a default scenario
Rendered without JavaScript: 50 MW of IT load, 60% utilisation, climate-adjusted PUE (baseline 1.56). Open the interactive tool above to set your own workload: every country reprices instantly.
| # | Country | Annual cost | Annual emissions | PUE used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | €22.7M | 11.2k t | 1.52 |
| 2 | Finland | €23.6M | 23.0k t | 1.52 |
| 3 | Sweden | €35.6M | 14.1k t | 1.52 |
| 4 | United Kingdomwholesale-only | €37.6M | 86.8k t | 1.52 |
| 5 | France | €37.7M | 16.9k t | 1.55 |
| 6 | Switzerlandwholesale-only | €39.6M | 15.7k t | 1.53 |
| 7 | North Macedonia | €44.6M | 166.3k t | 1.56 |
| 8 | Croatiawholesale-only | €44.8M | 67.1k t | 1.61 |
| 9 | Montenegrowholesale-only | €46.2M | 108.3k t | 1.56 |
| 10 | Lithuania | €49.9M | 55.5k t | 1.53 |
| 11 | Latvia | €51.6M | 53.8k t | 1.52 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | €52.7M | 116.9k t | 1.62 |
| 13 | Portugal | €54.8M | 54.9k t | 1.63 |
| 14 | Spain | €55.1M | 67.2k t | 1.66 |
| 15 | Belgium | €60.1M | 44.0k t | 1.53 |
| 16 | Estonia | €63.5M | 126.7k t | 1.52 |
| 17 | Serbia | €63.6M | 285.2k t | 1.56 |
| 18 | Slovenia | €64.6M | 75.1k t | 1.56 |
| 19 | Netherlands | €66.0M | 101.8k t | 1.53 |
| 20 | Greece | €69.8M | 144.7k t | 1.70 |
| 21 | Denmark | €70.1M | 39.8k t | 1.52 |
| 22 | Italy | €74.8M | 123.8k t | 1.66 |
| 23 | Austria | €75.6M | 47.3k t | 1.54 |
| 24 | Romania | €77.7M | 108.3k t | 1.59 |
| 25 | Ireland | €80.4M | 102.1k t | 1.52 |
| 26 | Slovakia | €84.0M | 38.6k t | 1.55 |
| 27 | Germany | €87.1M | 132.7k t | 1.53 |
| 28 | Hungary | €90.9M | 68.2k t | 1.59 |
| 29 | Poland | €93.8M | 238.2k t | 1.53 |
| 30 | Czechia | €94.1M | 161.9k t | 1.53 |