Off-grid natural gas plants are being fast-tracked across the US to power AI data centers, leaving nearby residents with little warning or recourse

Greece's dominant electricity utility moves ahead with hyperscaler talks after completing a €4.5 billion capital share raise

PPC is taking another step toward implementing its investment plan for the development of a 300 MW mega data center in Western Macedonia

Greece's dominant power utility launched one of the country's largest-ever equity offerings, targeting €4 billion to fund a sweeping €24.2 billion expansion into renewables, data centers and Central European energy markets through 2030.

The project gained fresh momentum after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the prospect of a PPC mega data center in northern Greece with White House science and technology chief Michael Kratsios

As Greece phases out lignite, the state-owned utility is betting on renewables, storage and a massive data center to reinvent a former coal region and reposition itself for a more digital energy era

Green light for the 80 MW Olive Data Center in Spata. The growth of data centers, energy and water demands, and reactions from local communities

Metlen has completed and handed over the Athens-3 (ATH3) facility to Digital Realty. Located near Athens, it offers cutting-edge data storage, management, and cloud connectivity, strengthening Greece’s role as a data hub in Southeast Europe

American think tanks GMF and CSIS, hinted at potential collaborations with U.S. tech giants to capitalize on these future data center facilities in Western Macedonia.

The Spata data center is the first of Microsoft’s plans to build a total of three such projects in Greece

The first phase of the investment is billed as valued at 150 million euros, with the first phase aiming to build infrastructure for 12.5MW, with a prospect of reaching 25MW

Greece is shifting beyond tourism, aiming to become a hub for data centers, powered by renewable energy. It has tech giants like Amazon and Data4 onboard, but will it be enough to meet rising energy demands while racing toward net zero?

The most recent development involves the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Digital Governance and the Ministry of Investments of the United Arab Emirates to implement investments from the UAE for the creation of data centers in Greece.

According to AlphaBeta Economics, this project is anticipated to facilitate the creation of over 19,400 new job positions by 2030, underlining its significant impact on employment.