Dec 17, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Belgian IT services provider Cegeka is planning an initial €40 million ($46.9 million) investment to build a subterranean data center in Belgian Limburg. The proposed data center would be the largest in Limburg and Cegeka’s eighth data center across Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy.
Luc Greefs, head of data centers at Cegeka, told the Interest that the company wanted to build the data center underground to stave off threats from drones, sabotage, and cyber attacks, arguing that walls, cameras, and fences are less effective.
Cegeka said that these projects would “generate enough green electricity in 2026 to match the equivalent power consumption of Cegeka’s data centers, offices, and electric vehicles in Belgium and the Netherlands.”
“For an IT company like ours, data centers are major energy consumers. Running them entirely on green power is a huge step toward climate neutrality,” Greefs said. “Our customers want to know where their data is stored and under what conditions. By fully committing to climate-neutral infrastructure, we make it easier for them to report and to advance their own sustainability ambitions.”
