Step 4 · Sell
See what it sells for
Price, fill and contract terms, as scenarios.
Markets and operators: who is building where
The pipeline, the grid, the power, the latency and the rules of a market, and the operators building in it. Counts and dated figures, from the tracker and the official sources.
Data centres in Belgium
At a glance: Belgium
- Pipeline projects
- 6
- 3 permitted or being built
- Checked 17 Oct 2026
- New grid connections
- Conditional
- réservations de capacité limitées dans le temps, in force since 29 Jan 2026. Nationwide, transmission
- Checked 23 Oct 2026
- Wholesale power price
- 84€/MWh
- Day-ahead, 2025 mean, Belgium
- Calendar year 2025
- Grid carbon intensity
- 109g CO₂/kWh
- Yearly average, Belgium
- Latest full year
- Next national rule date
- 31 Mar 2027
- Belgium’s Brussels-region report due
- Applies in Belgium, every year
- Latency to nearest major hub
- 1.8 ms
- Round trip, Brussels to Amsterdam
- Mapped fibre route, minimum
On 17 October 2026 the pipeline tracker lists 6 data-centre projects in Belgium, and 3 of them are permitted or being built.
Data centres in Belgium in October 2026
The tracker follows 6 data centre projects of 1 MW or more in Belgium, 3 of them permitted or being built. 3 developers are behind them, led by Google (3) and Datacenter United (2).
Projects by stage
What the capacity figures measure
Each capacity is on its own stated basis; never added.
Who is building in Belgium
A joint venture counts once per partner. All operators and developers.
What changed
1 milestone in the last 90 days; the newest is from Aug 2026.
Power and grid in Belgium
Conditional
New grid connections are conditional (nationwide, transmission, since 29 Jan 2026). Checked 23 Oct 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
Annual averages are national, for the latest full year.
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 |
Floors for light in fibre, city centre to city centre; operator fibre adds to this.
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.
Decisions from 1 Jan 2025; statuses checked 21 Oct 2026. A market with none recorded is not a low risk market.
Projects of 1 MW or more, announced to under construction, not yet fully operating; a metro includes its region. Capacities are never added, and no project is listed. Grid: new-connection status from the grid connection tracker. Over a year: national averages, latest full year. Latency: light in fibre over the mapped land route, else the straight line. Sources, 4 official bodies, checked 23 October 2026: CREG (Belgian regulator), EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), Fluvius, ORES.