Government confirms new data centres in Portugal

At the same time, the government has refused to make public the precise locations of the majority of these facilities or the names of the companies and organisations making the investments, since the projects are intended to satisfy the increasing demand caused by the growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing services.

Investment and job creation

As the government has told the newspaper Público, out of the 44 developments four are considered to be large-scale projects, most of the expected capacity being located in the Lisbon area. Even though the sector has great economic potential—with initial investments estimated at about €8 billion and the generation of 3,300 direct jobs for each installed gigawatt—there are still questions regarding the real amount of electrical capacity that has already been secured and the costs involved in upgrading the distribution grid. In order to counteract speculative reservations of power, the government has set up a system of progressive financial guarantees.

National Data Centre Plan