Italy

Italian council implemented a 200% tax on data center development in agricultural zones to redirect construction to disused industrial areas. This matters to investors because this regulatory approach could spread to other regions and significantly increase data center development costs in rural locations.

Italy plans to build Europe's largest data center in a former Trino power plant, with developer Techbau reportedly behind the project. This expansion of European data center capacity addresses growing cloud computing demand and reduces reliance on non-European infrastructure providers.