Grid connection requests by data center operators in Italy have reached 95.38GW.

According to the country’s grid operator, Terna, this demand has risen from just 1GW in 2021 to 31.28GW in 2024, and now to the current level.

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300 out of the 531 requests made to it between 2021 and the present day were delivered in the past eight months.

DCD has approached Terna for comment.