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 Portugal
At a glance: Portugal
- Pipeline projects
- 7
- 4 permitted or being built
- Checked 17 Oct 2026
- New grid connections
- Rationed
- zona de grande procura, in force since 2 Feb 2026. Nationwide, transmission
- Checked 23 Oct 2026
- Wholesale power price
- 68€/MWh
- Day-ahead, 2025 mean, Portugal
- Calendar year 2025
- Grid carbon intensity
- 128g CO₂/kWh
- Yearly average, Portugal
- 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
- 16 ms
- Round trip, Lisbon to Paris
- Mapped fibre route, minimum
On 17 October 2026 the pipeline tracker lists 7 data-centre projects in Portugal, and 4 of them are permitted or being built.
Data centres in Portugal in October 2026
The tracker follows 7 data centre projects of 1 MW or more in Portugal, 4 of them permitted or being built. 5 developers are behind them, led by Merlin Properties and Start Campus with 2 projects each.
Projects by stage
What the capacity figures measure
Each capacity is on its own stated basis; never added.
Who is building in Portugal
A joint venture counts once per partner. All operators and developers.
What changed
3 milestones in the last 90 days; the newest is from Aug 2026.
Power and grid in Portugal
Rationed
New grid connections are rationed (nationwide, transmission, since 2 Feb 2026). Checked 23 Oct 2026. Every country’s grid connections.
Over a year, country level
- Grid carbon, latest full-year average
- 128g CO₂/kWh
- 10th cleanest of 30 countries; 81% renewable or nuclear
- Business electricity price, latest full year
- 128€/MWh
- 9th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 61% of it
- Wholesale power, 2025 average
- 68€/MWh
- 6th cheapest of 30
- Cooling degree days
- 224a year
- 10-year national mean
Annual averages are national, for the latest full year.
Fibre latency from Lisbon
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid | 5.2 ms | 536 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Marseille | 16 ms | 1,585 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Paris | 16 ms | 1,606 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 16 ms | 1,643 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| London | 20 ms | 1,998 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Milan | 20 ms | 2,013 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Amsterdam | 20 ms | 2,056 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 21 ms | 2,168 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
- 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 Portugal.
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: DGEG (Portuguese energy directorate), EUR-Lex (Official Journal of the EU), Government of Portugal, REN.