Data centers in Italy
Datacenter Atlas tracks 155 facilities in Italy, 118 data centers and 29 network points of presence: 2% of the global inventory and #12 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 155 facilities
Sorted by disclosed IT load, then networks present. A row opens the full, source-linked record on the map. No PUE is disclosed for any of these sites, so the column is hidden.
⚡ Electricity context
- Electricity demand
- 311.8 TWh (2025)
- Grid carbon intensity
- 285 gCO₂/kWh
- Renewables share
- 48.7 %
- Low-carbon share
- 48.7 %
Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0). Method
Water & climate exposure
- Data centers at high water stress (index ≥ 60)
- 37 of the 114 scored · 4 located at town level only are not scored
- Median baseline water stress (WRI Aqueduct, 0–5)
- 2.73
- Median riverine flood risk (0–5)
- 0.76
- Free-cooling hours ≤ 18 °C (median)
- 5,635 h/yr (64 %)
- Median cooling degree days
- 653
Derived indicators: WRI Aqueduct 4.0, GHSL, climate normals. See methodology. Method
Social friction index
Main driver: Neighbourhood (74/100)
How close people live: residents within 1 km and distance to the nearest homes. High = many close neighbours.
- 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
12 measures recorded
See the rules on the regulation map → · Compare with neighbouring countries →
Documented local conflicts & agreements
- Lacchiarella residents protest as Italy fast-tracks K2 data center campus · 2026-08-04 · protest · approved
- Magenta residents petition against 240MW MXP data center campus · 2026-06 · petition · ongoing
Announced large projects
- Eni-Khazna AI Data Center Campus · Eni / Khazna Data Centers JV · announced · 500 MW announced
- K2 Strategic Infrastructure hyperscale campus (Zibido San Giacomo / Lacchiarella) · K2 Strategic Infrastructure Italy · permitting · 400 MW announced
- Trino data center campus (former Galileo Ferraris power plant) · Techbau · permitting · 400 MW announced
- Moncalieri ex-Ilte data center campus · Moncalieri Logistics · permitting · 384 MW announced
- EdgeConneX Campus Italia (Opera, Pieve Emanuele, Bertonico) · EdgeConneX (EQT) · permitting · 300 MW announced
- Energy Vault Digital Vault Sulcis (Nuraxi Figus) · Energy Vault · permitting · 100 MW announced
- Equinix per l'Italia programme (Settimo Milanese / Cusago) · Equinix · permitting
- Vantage Data Centers Italy programme (Melegnano, Tavazzano, Settimo Milanese, Cornaredo) · Vantage Data Centers · under construction
Questions
How many data centers are there in Italy?
Datacenter Atlas (release 26.08-c2) records 155 facilities in Italy: 118 data centers, 29 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 Italy?
The operators with the most tracked facilities in Italy are Data4, Retelit S.p.A., Equinix, Aruba S.p.A, TIM.
Where are data centers concentrated in Italy?
The largest hubs by facility count are Milan (49), Rome (14), Turin (12), Bologna (9), Genoa (6).
Cite this page: Datacenter Atlas (2026). Italy, release 26.08-c2. https://www.datacenter-atlas.com/country/italy · ODbL / CC BY 4.0