Jul 10, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Adriatic DC this month announced plans for multiple data center campuses across Puglia in the southeast of Italy. The company claims the 'Puglia Data Center Valley' will total more than 2GW of capacity at full build-out, but few details have been shared.
"The Puglia Data Center Valley was created to place Southern Italy and Southern Europe at the center of the new geopolitics of artificial intelligence," said Lorenzo Avello, CEO of Adriatic DC. "Global demand for computing power is growing at record rates. Our goal is to build an industrial platform capable of attracting strategic investment to projects with reliable execution timelines, generating skilled employment, and strengthening both European digital sovereignty and national data security.”
He added that Puglia offered industrial land availability, suitable energy networks, good submarine cable links, and a favorable institutional environment. “We are firmly convinced that the South can position itself in the new global chessboard of artificial intelligence," he said.
On LinkedIn, Avello lists himself as the founder of managing partner of battery energy storage firm ACL Energy, as well as bio-product firm Rigreen and biomass renewable energy firm Planeta. Prior to these roles, he held positions at Italian energy firm A2a and several investment firms.
