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But A2A reckons it has the energy increase covered, along with the grid, and it can innovate with waste heat
Lombardy, has over 60 data centres active or in the process of being authorised. In Milan, recent investments include Banco Desio’s €4.5 million funding for a 100 MW data centre south of Milan and Retelit’s €350 million plan for three sites between Milan and Rome. Now, the chief executive of the largest utility in Lombardy A2A has claimed that the nation’s financial capital Milan is going to add 2 GW of data centre capacity over the next five years.
In June 2025, A2A inaugurated Italy’s first liquid-cooled data centre connected directly to a district heating network, located at its Lamarmora plant in Brescia. Developed with French firm Qarnot, the facility recovers heat from high-performance computing operations at up to 65°C, allowing it to be supplied immediately to the city’s district heating system. Once fully operational, the project will deliver around 16 GWh of clean heat annually – enough to warm approximately 1,350 apartments – while avoiding an estimated 3,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.
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