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by jgbuddy 20 days ago
This is surely a huge blow to all the hyperscalers looking to build datacenters in the agricultural regions of Italy.
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Read the article man, Lombardy is basically in the center of Europe, compare Milan with Los Angeles and see how small it is actually

> There are already 33 active data centres in the Milan metropolitan area alone; a further 10 are under construction and 23 under evaluation.

If the Milan hinterland is the most 'targeted' area, an increase in interest is also registered in the other provinces: in the rest of Lombardy there are three already active, plus one under construction and five under evaluation.

Agreed- my comment was tongue-in-cheek.
EU consumers will foot the bill by paying more and lagging behind America