Microsoft is constructing a data center in San Bovio, a neighborhood in Peschiera Borromeo, near Milan, Italy. The project, part of Microsoft's expansion in Lombardy, began with remediation in February 2024, followed by demolition starting in February 2025, expected to conclude by August 2025. Construction is slated to run from Q1 2025 to Q3 2027.
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CyrusOne is expanding its presence in Milan, Italy, with a second data center.
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CyrusOne has broken ground on its MIL1 data center at Via Reggio Emilia, 39, Segrate (Milan), Italy, a 27MW, three-storey facility delivering approximately 7,000 sqm (75,345 sq ft) of technical space. Construction began in March 2026, with the first 9MW phase expected online by Q3 2027, followed by phased expansion to full capacity.
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Microsoft’s data center in Settala represents the first of three facilities the U.S. tech giant intends to establish in the province. The site was acquired from the AKNO Group.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Core CampusInterested in this information?Contact us |
The Microsoft Settala Campus is home to two data center buildings.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Equinix Milan ML4 |
The site was a Telecity managed datacenter before Equinix acquired Telecity in July 2016.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Poste Italiane: Lombardy |
Italian state-controlled operator Poste Italiane is developing a large-scale AI data center in Lombardy for model training and inference, having already secured both the land and power supplier.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Magnora: Milan 2 |
Magnora secured industrial-zoned land near Milan for a new data center development, with grid studies underway and a potential sale milestone in 2027.
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Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Microsoft uses Containers (called ITPACs) to build out its data centers. These Containers are Shipping Containers fitted with all the necessary climate control, networking, server racks and other hardware necessary to be a “mini” data center all in one.
An Azure region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network.
With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
An Azure geography is a discrete market, typically containing two or more regions, that preserves data residency and compliance boundaries.
Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.
Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region. Each Availability Zone is made up of one or more data centers equipped with independent power, cooling, and networking.
Availability Zones allow customers to run mission-critical applications with high availability and low-latency replication.
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Pure DC has launched the first phase of its Seinäjoki, Finland, data center project, with Microsoft reportedly among the customers leasing capacity at the site. The initial phase will deliver 110MW of capacity with an estimated investment of $1.7 billion. Pure DC has been developing plans for the...
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July 10, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy...
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July 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The investment will help fund Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron....
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The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus is now officially operational, the company confirmed on June 23. Construction was completed just over two years after the project was first announced. The site is part of Microsoft’s “Fairwater” data center design and will form...
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