Data centres: PPC aims to put Greece in the Gig league
Cameron Page2025-11-24T14:36:00
Greek utility talks up plans for an up-to-1GW mega-project in the Western Macedonia region. Move makes it the latest European energy provider to unveil a major move into data centres, as sector players seek to ‘bundle’ land and power assets for hyperscaler demand…
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- Organisations: Bain Capital; Data4; Davidson Kempner; Digital Realty; EDF; Iliad; InfraVia; JLL; McKinsey; Merlin Edged; MGX; Microsoft; OpCore; Pioneer Point Partners; PPC; RWE; Savills; Solaria; Sparkle; Start Campus.
- Geographies: Europe; France; Germany; Greece; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom (UK).
- People: Georgios Stassis.
- Themes: Artificial intelligence (AI); Broadband; Bundling; Capital expenditure (capex); Capital markets; Cooling; Data centres; Data infrastructure; Digital infrastructure; Electricity; Energy; Equity funding; Government ownership; Grid capacity; Hyperscalers; Investment; Labour; Land assets; Market dynamics; Power assets; Private equity; Real estate; Regulation; Renewable energy; Secondary markets; Smart design; Transmission cables; Utility.