Re:Lombardy increases charges for the construction of data c...
by jgbuddy on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @11:16AM
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This is surely a huge blow to all the hyperscalers looking to build datacenters in the agricultural regions of Italy.
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Re:Lombardy increases charges for the construction of data c...
by napolux on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @12:24PM
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Read the article man, Lombardy is basically in the center of Europe, compare Milan with Los Angeles and see how small it is actually
> There are already 33 active data centres in the Milan metropolitan area alone; a further 10 are under construction and 23 under evaluation.
If the Milan hinterland is the most 'targeted' area, an increase in interest is also registered in the other provinces: in the rest of Lombardy there are three already active, plus one under construction and five under evaluation.