SchwarzDigits, the technology division of Schwarz, is working on a 130,000 square metre site.
The centre will be able to make use of 100 thousand AI chips while the initial computing power will be 200 megawatts. As already explained Lidl – 175.4 billion € turnover – will not only optimise its own data management, but also offer services to third parties.
There are already 12,000 data centres worldwide, of which just under half are in the US. In Italy, according to the Datacenter Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano, in 2023 there were already 190 centres in the country, but 2025 should close with 205 settlements.
The same source explains that, in our country, EUR 5 billion have been invested in the two-year period 2023-2024, a figure that will rise to EUR 10 billion in 2025-2026. And, in order to improve and strengthen the energy supply, Terna has announced a 2025-2034 development plan with allocations of more than 23 billion euro.
Big absentee from this race? The Italian retail sector.
On the problems related to data centres read here but also here.
