A large data center project is rumoured to be announced imminently in the state of Burgenland, eastern Austria.
According to reporting by Profil, which broke the story, the facility is likely to be built on a site up to 1.24 million sq ft (114,000 sqm) belonging to the Burgenland Economic Development Agency outside the town of Nickelsdorf.
When DCD asked Burgenland’s regional government to confirm the story, however, the regional government would only concede that enquiries from interested parties about hosting a data center on the site had been made.
"During the rezoning process, the [Burgenland] economic development agency informed us that a data center was planned for this site," Nickelsdorf’s mayor, Gerhard Zapfl, told Profil, adding that the town had not been made aware of any plans for the site. “It affects my community. I want to know how many jobs this will create, how much energy will be needed, how much water.”
The same comment was provided to DCD.
