Italy is increasingly central for connectivity between Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with an estimated growth in the data centre sector that within 2026 will generate EUR 15.1 billion.
And again: a two-speed trend for commercial data centres, which now account for 95% of investments, with development driven by AI and Edge Computing, and gradual rationalisation of the private enterprise sector (-3% per year).
These are just some of the key topics of IDA President Sherif Rizkalla’s extensive editorial for the sustainable news portal RiEnergia.
In the foreground above all is the urgency of developing increasingly environmentally friendly ‘data factories’: nowadays in Italy around 30% of commercial DCs are already powered by renewable sources.
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