Data centers in Austria
Datacenter Atlas tracks 66 facilities in Austria, 48 data centers and 10 network points of presence: 0.8% of the global inventory and #27 worldwide by facility count.
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MW: megawatts of power for the computers. PUE: all the electricity a site draws divided by what reaches its computers (1.0 = nothing lost). Networks present: telecom networks recorded at each site, added up. Record quality (A to D) rates the record, not the site. Glossary →
Map
Largest hubs
A hub is a town with at least 5 facilities, with its close neighbours. Facilities in smaller towns are not listed here, so the hubs do not add up to the country total.
Top operators
All 66 facilities
Sorted by disclosed IT load, then networks present. A row opens the full, source-linked record on the map. No IT load, PUE is disclosed for any of these sites, so the column is hidden.
⚡ Electricity context
- Electricity demand
- 77.4 TWh (2025)
- Grid carbon intensity
- 117 gCO₂/kWh
- Renewables share
- 83.5 %
- Low-carbon share
- 83.5 %
Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0). Method
Water & climate exposure
- Data centers at high water stress (index ≥ 60)
- 0 of the 48 scored
- Median baseline water stress (WRI Aqueduct, 0–5)
- 0
- Median riverine flood risk (0–5)
- 0.97
- Free-cooling hours ≤ 18 °C (median)
- 6,658 h/yr (76 %)
- Median cooling degree days
- 333
Derived indicators: WRI Aqueduct 4.0, GHSL, climate normals. See methodology. Method
Social friction index
Main driver: Policy context (95/100)
Restrictive rules in force in the country (zoning, grid, water, heat reuse, moratoria). It goes up when such rules exist, because they show contestation has reached the political level.
- Water
- Energy & grid
- Neighbourhood
- Concentration
- Policy context
- Observed conflict
Composite of water, grid, neighbourhood, concentration, policy and observed-conflict pressure. A derived indicator: not a measurement of public opinion. Method
Regulation
15 measures recorded
See the rules on the regulation map → · Compare with neighbouring countries →
Documented local conflicts & agreements
No documented case yet. Know one? Send it with a source.
Announced large projects
No announced project ≥ 100 MW tracked yet.
Questions
How many data centers are there in Austria?
Datacenter Atlas (release 26.08-c2) records 66 facilities in Austria: 48 data centers, 10 network points of presence and 8 unclassified sites. The count covers facilities documented in OpenStreetMap, PeeringDB, Wikidata and operator disclosures.
Which companies operate data centers in Austria?
The operators with the most tracked facilities in Austria are eww ag, Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH & Co KG, Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe AG, EXA Infrastructure, conova communications GmbH.
Where are data centers concentrated in Austria?
The largest hubs by facility count are Vienna (34), Linz (9), Graz (6), Innsbruck (5), Salzburg (5).
Cite this page: Datacenter Atlas (2026). Austria, release 26.08-c2. https://www.datacenter-atlas.com/country/austria · ODbL / CC BY 4.0