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 Poland
At a glance: Poland
- Pipeline projects
- 12
- 2 permitted or being built
- Checked 17 Oct 2026
- New grid connections
- Congested
- dostępne moce przyłączeniowe odbiorcze, in force since 30 Sep 2026. Nationwide, transmission
- Checked 23 Oct 2026
- Wholesale power price
- 104€/MWh
- Day-ahead, 2025 mean, Poland
- Calendar year 2025
- Grid carbon intensity
- 591g CO₂/kWh
- Yearly average, Poland
- Latest full year
- Next EU rule date
- 14 Dec 2026
- The EU Commission’s minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- Applies EU-wide
- Latency to nearest major hub
- 9.5 ms
- Round trip, Warsaw to Frankfurt
- Mapped fibre route, minimum
On 17 October 2026 the pipeline tracker lists 12 data-centre projects in Poland, and 2 of them are permitted or being built.
Data centres in Poland in October 2026
The tracker follows 12 data centre projects of 1 MW or more in Poland, 2 of them permitted or being built. 12 developers are behind them.
Projects by stage
What the capacity figures measure
Each capacity is on its own stated basis; never added.
Who is building in Poland
And 2 other developers with one project each; 1 project with no developer named. A joint venture counts once per partner. All operators and developers.
What changed
4 milestones in the last 90 days; the newest is from Sep 2026.
Power and grid in Poland
Congested
New grid connections are congested (nationwide, transmission, since 30 Sep 2026). Checked 23 Oct 2026. Every country’s grid connections.
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 591g CO₂/kWh
- 29th cleanest of 30 countries; 31% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 233€/MWh
- 25th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 29% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 104€/MWh
- 19th cheapest of 30
Climate at Warsaw
- Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb
- 215h
- mean of 2016 to 2025
- Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb
- 14h
- worst year 27 h
- Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb
- 186h
- 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 Warsaw
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 5.6 ms | 568 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Vienna | 6.4 ms | 654 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Prague | 6.7 ms | 685 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 9.5 ms | 965 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 12 ms | 1,217 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 15 ms | 1,536 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 16 ms | 1,624 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 20 ms | 2,046 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 |
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
- 26 Aug 2026Dobre, Masovia Council removed a data-centre zone from the draft general plan. Standing
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, 5 official bodies, checked 23 October 2026: City of Gliwice, Copernicus Climate Change Service (ERA5), Dziennik Ustaw (Polish official journal), EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), PSE.