TEHA Group Launches Initiative to Boost Italy's Data Center Sector with €30 Billion Potential by 2030

TEHA Group has initiated a cross-sector platform to enhance Italy's data center infrastructure, projecting a market value between €12 billion and €30 billion by 2030, with potential growth to €165 billion by 2040. The IT capacity of traditional data centers is expected to double, while AI training capacity may grow fivefold and AI inference tenfold.

TEHA Group has identified 3.7 million square meters of brownfield sites for new digital infrastructure, which could reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 2 million tons annually. The growth of data centers may increase electricity demand by 10% by 2040, prompting the proposal of