Unidata Breaks Ground on 20MW Data Center in Rome With €57 Million Investment

Italian data center operator Unidata has begun development on a new 20-megawatt facility in Rome, backed by a €57 million ($65.6 million) investment, Data Center Dynamics reported. The project, called UniCenter, expands Unidata's footprint in the Italian market as demand for digital infrastructure in Southern Europe accelerates. Rome has emerged as an increasingly attractive location for data center investment, driven by Italy's growing cloud adoption, improving subsea cable connectivity via the Mediterranean, and government initiatives to build domestic digital infrastructure capacity. Italy has been a relative laggard in European data center density compared to Northern European hubs like Frankfurt, Amsterdam, London, and Dublin. Unidata is one of Italy's established telecommunications and data center operators, serving enterprise and public sector customers. The 20MW capacity of the new Rome facility positions it as a mid-sized campus build, consistent with the scale of regional data center projects across Europe that are targeting local latency-sensitive demand rather than competing directly with hyperscale campuses. Power availability has been a growing constraint for data center development across Europe, particularly in established Northern European markets. Southern European locations including Italy, Spain, and Portugal have attracted attention partly because power grid capacity is more accessible relative to demand in those markets. The UniCenter project is expected to serve enterprise colocation customers and cloud service providers operating in Italy. A timeline for completion was not provided in available reports.