A new AI data center has been approved for construction by municipal authorities in the region of Lazio, central Italy.
The facility, approved by the city council of Colleferro, a town within the city limits of the capital, Rome, will be developed by energy infrastructure provider Cobra Green Hyperscale and will employ 220 staff upon completion.
Construction is expected to begin in 2027, though the project has yet to receive final approval from the Italian government. DCD has approached Cobra Green Hyperscale’s owner, the investment firm Tendercapital, for comment.
“Leading the process rather than undergoing it has been the administration's philosophy," said the mayor of Colleferro, Giulio Calamita, in comments reported by Il Messaggero. "After two years of administrative work, the municipal council unanimously approved the project, which includes the construction of a state-of-the-art AI data center with 150MW of electrical power allocated by the grid operator Terna."
Founded in 1935 with a strong industrial heritage, the addition of Cobra Green Hyperscale’s new data center follows a call by Colleferro’s municipal authorities for operators to bid on new sites in the town.
