The Italy Data Center Market Size, Share, Trends, & Investments By IT Infrastructure, Electrical Infrastructure, Mechanical Infrastructure, Cooling Systems, General Construction, & Tier Standard.

Italy Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2026-2031

ITALY DATA CENTER MARKET SIZE & OUTLOOK

The Italy data center market size was valued at USD 3.91 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 7.09 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 10.42% during the forecast period. In Western Europe, Italy’s data center market is expanding steadily, driven by digital transformation policies, cloud adoption, and emerging technologies such as AI, ML, big data, and IoT. Its strategic location strengthens regional connectivity, making it one of the most attractive data center market in the region.

Italy data center market is witnessing investment from several existing data center operator/investor and new players, to expand their presence and market shares across the country.

In October 2025, Vantage Data Centers announced plans to develop a second data center campus, MXP2, in Milan, Italy, with a total investment of around $404 million. In addition, it is expected that it offers an IT power capacity of around 32 MW and spans an area of around 108,000 sq ft.

In Italy, companies have been forming joint ventures to develop data centers. For instance, in April 2026, Unidata, an Italian telco company, and Azimut Libera Impresa, a private equity firm, signed a joint venture agreement to develop a green data center in Rome. The facility is expected to offer a power capacity of around 20 MW, support approximately 2,000 racks, and span an area of around 140,000 sq ft.

Milan is the top data center destination in Italy. It continues to be the leading hub for data center expansion in Italy, marked by a concentrated growth in advanced facilities, hyperscale data centers, and dedicated cloud regions.

In October 2025, Echelon Data Centres announced plans to expand its data center business in Italy. The company plans to build a data center campus named “LIN10” near Milan, which is expected to offer a power capacity of around 250 MW with the investment of around $3.53 billion.

As of April 2026, Italy presently hosts around 31 operational submarine cables, such as 2Africa, Asia Africa Europe-1 (AAE-1), Blue, Didon, Epic Malta-Sicily Cable System (EMSCS), IMEWE, Ionian, Malta-Italy Interconnector, ROMSAR 2, SeaMeWe-4, among others. In addition, the country continues to witness investment in around six more new submarine cables, which are expected to become operational by upcoming two to three years.

ITALY DATA CENTER MARKET - KEY HIGHLIGHTS

1. In Italy, we observe that the demand for emerging technologies such as AI/ML, big data, and IoT is steadily increasing. As a result, the demand for AI-ready data centers is also growing. Data center operators are showing interest in developing large-scale, AI-ready data center facilities to support this rising demand and the ongoing digital transformation in Italy.
2. In February 2026, Retelit announced that it had a plan to develop two new AI-ready data centers in Milan Bisceglie, Italy, with a total investment of around $116 million.
3. In October 2025, the Italian government announced that it had become the first EU country to pass a national AI law. The main features of the law are that it regulates AI use across various sectors such as healthcare, finance, and public services, ensures human oversight, transparency, and safety, and introduces rules against misuse.
4. The ongoing expansion of submarine cable infrastructure continues to play a transformative role in the Italy data center market. These cables are critical for boosting international bandwidth and reducing latency, making Italy a strategic hub for global data flow and digital services in the European region.
5. In October 2025, Unitirreno announced that it had launched its domestic subsea cable system in Italy, which connects Sicily, Sardinia, Rome, and Genoa. In addition, the length of the cable is around 718 miles, and it offers over 624 Tbps capacity using advanced 24-fiber-pair technology.
6. Data center organizations in Italy are building high MW campuses to continuously increase the demand for digitalization across all sectors in Italy. CloudHQ, Data4, Echelon Data Centres, Adriatic DC, Eni & G42, NTT DATA, and Solaria Energia are building data center campuses with capacities exceeding 100 MW. These development initiatives clearly indicate that the market share of large colocation facilities is expected to grow significantly during the forecast period.
7. we observe that the data center operator and investor in Italy are increasingly prioritizing sustainability. Many data center operators are adopting green practices such as using solar and wind energy and singing renewable Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for their data center operations. For instance, in February 2026, Enfinity Global, a renewable energy developer, announced that it had started operations of a 33.8 MW solar power plant in Italy under a long-term PPA with Microsoft. The project is part of a larger 366 MW solar portfolio across Italy.

ITALY DATA CENTER MARKET VENDOR LANDSCAPE

1. In Italy Aruba SpA, Data4, Eni, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres, Retelit, STACK Infrastructure, and Sparkle are some of the major colocation data centers.
2. The cloud market in Italy is expected to continue experiencing significant growth in the future. Major global cloud providers such as AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle Cloud continue to expand their presence in Italy. For instance, In May 2025, OVHcloud announced that it had launched its first data center in Milan.
3. The Italy data center market has the presence of several major IT infrastructure vendors including, Atos, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Everpure. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp, Nutanix, NVIDIA, among others.
4. In April 2025, Vertiv, iGenius, and NVIDIA signed a partnership deal for the development of an AI-ready data center in Italy, featuring a supercomputer with NVIDIA DGX GB200 systems to provide data storage and processing services to clients across various industries such as financial services, healthcare, and the public sector. Additionally, Vertiv provides the power, cooling, and infrastructure platform (360AI), which is modular and scalable to support high-density AI workloads.
5. The Italy data center market has the presence of global as well as local data center construction contractor & sub-contractors, including AECOM, APL Data Center, Ariatta, Arup, , CapIngelec, DBA PRO, Editel S.p.A, Eiffage, Exyte, Future-tech, Gleeds, , GSE Group, , Marsh, MiCiM, NORMA Engineering, Page Europa, among others.
6. In November 2025, Vertiv announced that it has launched the CoolCenter Immersion system pod, which can support around 25kW to 240kW per system, and this is now available in EMEA.

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH?

1. Market size available in the investment, area, power capacity, and Italy colocation market revenue.
2. An assessment of the data center investment in Italy by colocation, hyperscale, and enterprise operators.
3. Data center investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across cities in the country.
4. A detailed study of the existing Italy data center market landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about the Italy data center market size during the forecast period.
5. Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in Italy
6. Facilities Covered (Existing): 73
7. Facilities Identified (Upcoming):34
8. Coverage: 30+ Locations
9. Existing vs. Upcoming (Data Center Area)
10. Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
11. Data center colocation market in Italy
12. Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2022-2031)
13. Retail & Wholesale Colocation Revenue (2022-2031)
14. Retail & Wholesale Colocation Pricing
15. Italy data center landscape market investments are classified into IT, power, cooling, and general construction services with sizing and forecast.
16. A comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, growth rate, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the industry.
17. Business overview and product offerings of prominent IT infrastructure providers, construction contractors, support infrastructure providers, and investors operating in the industry.
18. A transparent research methodology and the analysis of the demand and supply aspect of the market.

EXISTING VS. UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

1. Existing Facilities in the region (Area and Power Capacity)
2. Milan
3. Other Cities
4. List of Upcoming Facilities in the region (Area and Power Capacity)
5. Milan
6. Other Cities

REPORT COVERAGE:

This report analyses the Italy data center market share. It elaboratively analyses the existing and upcoming facilities and investments in IT, electrical, mechanical infrastructure, cooling systems, general construction, and tier standards. It discusses market sizing and investment estimation for different segments. The segmentation includes:

1. IT Infrastructure
2. Server Infrastructure
3. Storage Infrastructure
4. Network Infrastructure
5. Electrical Infrastructure
6. UPS Systems
7. Generators
8. Switches & Switchgears
9. PDUs
10. Other Electrical Infrastructure
11. Mechanical Infrastructure
12. Cooling Systems
13. Rack Cabinets
14. Other Mechanical Infrastructure
15. Cooling Systems
16. CRAC and CRAH
17. Chillers
18. Cooling Towers, Condensers and Dry Coolers
19. Other Cooling Units
20. General Construction
21. Core & Shell Development
22. Installation & commissioning Services
23. Building & Engineering Design
24. Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
25. Physical Security
26. Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
27. Tier Standard
28. Tier I & Tier II
29. Tier III
30. Tier IV
31. Geography
32. Milan
33. Other Cities

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

1. IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS: Atos, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei Technologies, IBM, Lenovo, NetApp, Nutanix, NVIDIA, Oracle, and Everpure.
2. DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS & SUB-CONTRACTORS: AECOM, APL Data Center, Ariatta, Arup, Astron Buildings, Bouygues Construction, CapIngelec, DBA PRO, Editel S.p.A, Eiffage, Exyte, Future-tech, Gleeds, Gruppo Simtel, GSE Group, ISG, Kirby Group Engineering, Marsh, Mercury, MiCiM, NORMA Engineering, Page Europa,and Rizzani de Eccher
3. SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS: ABB, AEC UPS, Aggreko, Alfa Laval, Baudouin, Carrier, Caterpillar, Climaveneta, Cummins, Dakin Applied, Delta Electronics, Eaton, EMICON, GE Vernova, HiRef S.p.A, Hitachi Energy, Honeywell, Legrand, Mitsubishi Electric, Munters, Perkins Engines, Piller Power Systems, PRAMAC, R&S Group, Rehlko, Riello Elettronica Group, Rittal, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Socomec Group, STULZ, Swegon, Trane and Vertiv
4. DATA CENTER INVESTORS: Aruba SpA, Data4, Eni, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres, Microsoft, Retelit, STACK Infrastructure, and Sparkle
5. NEW ENTRANTS: Adriatic DC, CloudHQ, Compass Datacenters, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, Domyn, Echelon Data Centres, NTT DATA, Vantage Data Centers, VIRTUS Data Centres, and VITALI