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 France
At a glance: France
- Pipeline projects
- 50
- 14 permitted or being built
- Checked 18 Oct 2026
- New grid connections
- No pause or cap
- No rule in force for France pauses, rations or conditions them
- Checked 23 Oct 2026
- Wholesale power price
- 63€/MWh
- Day-ahead, 2025 mean, France
- Calendar year 2025
- Grid carbon intensity
- 42g CO₂/kWh
- Yearly average, France
- Latest full year
- Next national rule date
- 15 May 2027
- EU database and French reports due
- Applies in France, every year
- Latency to nearest major hub
- 4.0 ms
- Round trip, Paris to London
- Mapped fibre route, minimum
On 18 October 2026 the pipeline tracker lists 50 data-centre projects in France, and 14 of them are permitted or being built.
Data centres in France in October 2026
The tracker follows 50 data centre projects of 1 MW or more in France, 14 of them permitted or being built. 37 developers are behind them, led by Eclairion and Goodman with 4 projects each.
Projects by stage
What the capacity figures measure
Each capacity is on its own stated basis; never added.
Who is building in France
And 27 other developers with up to 2 projects each. A joint venture counts once per partner. All operators and developers.
Where the data centres are in France
What changed
10 milestones since 1 Aug 2026; the newest is from Oct 2026.
Power and grid in France
No pause or cap
No rule in force pauses, rations or conditions new grid connections here. Checked 23 Oct 2026. Every country’s grid connections.
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 42g CO₂/kWh
- 4th cleanest of 30 countries; 95% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 92€/MWh
- 4th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 68% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 63€/MWh
- 4th cheapest of 30
Climate at Paris
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 233h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 40h
- worst year 68 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 147h
- limit for evaporative cooling
Hourly reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, 2016 to 2025.
Annual averages are national, for the latest full year.
Fibre latency from Paris
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 2.8 ms | 290 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 4.0 ms | 409 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 4.4 ms | 453 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 5.9 ms | 599 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 5.9 ms | 601 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Milan | 8.0 ms | 817 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 9.1 ms | 929 km | Mapped fibre route |
Floors for light in fibre, city centre to city centre; operator fibre adds to this.
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 |
| France | Annual reporting from 500 kW and waste-heat valorisation from 1 MW; an energy reuse factor of at least 0.20 is deemed compliant | 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)
- 1 Oct 2027France’s cost-benefit analysis deadline for data centres with permits filed before 1 January 2026
- 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 France.
2 decisions on single sites 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, 7 official bodies, checked 23 October 2026: Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5), CRE (French regulator), EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), MRAe Nouvelle-Aquitaine, MRAe Île-de-France, RTE, Tribunal administratif de Grenoble.