Google data centre projects in Europe

Projects tracked: 13; of 1 MW or more
Permitted or being built: 8; 3 at announcement stage
Countries: 9; with at least one project
Milestones, last 90 days: 5; newest Oct 2026

As of 17 Oct 2026 (newest check)

Our European pipeline tracker follows 13 data-centre projects of 1 MW or more that Google develops or co-develops, in 9 countries; 8 are permitted or already being built. The largest share is in Belgium, with 3 projects.

62% are permitted or being built, against 44% across the whole tracker, so the pipeline is further along than the European average. The milestones we hold run from 2024 to Oct 2026.

Projects by stage

Announced 3
In planning 2
Permitted 3
Under construction 5

What the capacity figures measure

Facility, campus or unstated basis 2
Grid connection 2
No capacity published 9

Stated size, where a figure is published

100 to 249 MW 2
250 MW and above 2

9 projects have no published capacity and are not in a band. Bands mix bases, so read them as orders of size; never added.

Where Google is building

Latest milestones

The newest 5 steps we recorded, by market and stage.

Oct 2026FinlandIn planning
Sep 2026DublinPermitted
Sep 2026SwedenIn planning
Sep 2026Norway Google is considering a data centre at Gylderåsen and its development company is queued for grid powerAnnounced
Aug 2026BelgiumUnder construction

Method

Projects of 1 MW or more (or unstated), announced to under construction, that we have found and checked.

Projects Google develops or co-develops; a joint venture counts once per partner.
Capacities are on different bases: counted, never added.
From public filings and announcements; DC Blueprint is independent of Google. No project is listed.

Cite as: DC Blueprint, “Google data centre projects in Europe”, https://dcblueprint.com/sell/operators/google (checked 17 Oct 2026). © DC Blueprint.