Data Center Atlas
Cavour Hyperscale Campus (Trino)
Announced
Italy · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Proposed data processing and AI campus on the site of the former Galileo Ferraris power station at Trino in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, associated with the Italian engineering and construction group TechBau. On 24 July 2026 Italy's Council of Ministers declared it a programme of preeminent national strategic interest, citing about EUR 4 billion of investment and 300 to 400 MW of power. The site would reuse an existing 380 kV substation and an operating 87.5 MW solar plant, with 100 to 120 MW of battery storage. The timetable calls for the permitting conference to open by the end of 2026, a single authorisation in 2027 and a first lot in service in 2028.
Source record as of 2026-07-27 · Details and sources
Location
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Approximate site reference; the exact facility position is unverified.
Projects (1)
Cavour Hyperscale Campus (Trino)
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Trino, Vercelli, Piemonte, IT. Coordinates of the former Galileo Ferraris thermoelectric plant (frazione Leri Cavour, Trino) from its Italian Wikipedia article; the campus boundary has not been published. Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); Wikipedia
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | about 4,000,000,000 EUR | Announced · Campus | 2026-07-24 | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); ItaliaOggi | |
| Power capacity | 300–400 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-07-24 | CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); Punto Informatico; ItaliaOggi | |
| Jobs construction | about 1,200 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-07-24 | Average construction workforce, with peaks above 2,000. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); ItaliaOggi |
| Jobs permanent | 300–350 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-07-24 | Highly qualified operating jobs; sources add about 1,000 indirect jobs, and ItaliaOggi speaks of more than 2,000 jobs at full operation. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); ItaliaOggi |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| TechBau | Developer | ItaliaOggi names TechBau as the group behind the project; the regional government says it worked with TechBau on the investment. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); ItaliaOggi |
| Government of Italy (Council of Ministers) | Government | Declared the programme of preeminent national strategic interest on a proposal from the industry minister, allowing an extraordinary commissioner to coordinate the single authorisation. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni) |
| Regione Piemonte | Government | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma) |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | Other | Actual | Council of Ministers declared the programme of preeminent national strategic interest under article 13 of the Decreto Asset. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni) |
| 2026 | Other | Planned | Services conference for permitting to begin by the end of 2026. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni) |
| 2027 | Permit approved | Planned | Target for the single authorisation (autorizzazione unica). | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); ItaliaOggi |
| 2028 | First operational | Planned | First lot to enter service. | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); ItaliaOggi |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Use of an existing 380 kV substation at the former power station site. | Punto Informatico |
| Solar | An 87.5 MW photovoltaic plant already in operation would be used. | Punto Informatico |
| Battery storage | Electrochemical storage of 100 to 120 MW and 200 to 240 MWh. | Punto Informatico |
The Council of Ministers decision covered two programmes totalling about EUR 8 billion; the other is an Equinix programme in Lombardy and is not part of this record. No Council of Ministers or ministry release was opened, and no later report on the permitting conference or the appointment of a commissioner was found. ItaliaOggi attributes the EUR 4 billion figure to La Stampa. The regional release describes the campus as a hub for data processing and artificial intelligence; none of the opened sources states cloud workloads. The Italian Wikipedia article on the former plant is used for coordinates only.
Sources for these details
- Un data center nell'ex centrale di Trino — Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma); 2026-07-24
- Data center, dal Cdm ok a investimenti per 8 miliardi. Urso: "Italia hub europeo del digitale" — CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni); 2026-07-24
- Data center in Lombardia e Piemonte: via libera dal Cdm — Punto Informatico; 2026-07-27
- Piemonte, 4 miliardi per il nuovo Cavour Hyperscale Campus — ItaliaOggi; 2026-07-27 · Archived source
- Centrale termoelettrica "Galileo Ferraris" — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- Un data center nell'ex centrale di Trino evidence row
Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma) · published 2026-07-24 · Government record - Locator
- Approximate site reference · Compiled location reference · approximate_site evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 92 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 45.25206, 8.19393
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Approximate site reference
- Scope class
- approximate_site
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Coordinates of the former Galileo Ferraris thermoelectric plant (frazione Leri Cavour, Trino) from its Italian Wikipedia article; the campus boundary has not been published.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- b6f06cee
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centrale termoelettrica "Galileo Ferraris" Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 6ec522dc14b8e8972af6ed0e13104642eafb6b0684ffcd3c360200484d6336bcFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Data center in Lombardia e Piemonte: via libera dal Cdm Archived copy | Punto Informatico Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Grid, Power Source: Solar | source-terms-not-recorded | Punto Informatico | c4f5b314ca1f5cd2b8b58f121bfe9684c8bb90d8f6c2a658943b79324dde0ca4Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Data center, dal Cdm ok a investimenti per 8 miliardi. Urso: "Italia hub europeo del digitale" Archived copy | CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni) Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Milestone: Permit Approved, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | CorCom (Corriere Comunicazioni) | 7274554f32f51e5641a687bb3c8af5a258ea569bb33ee5326fef1b361c82e86eFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Piemonte, 4 miliardi per il nuovo Cavour Hyperscale Campus Archived copy | ItaliaOggi News | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Permit Approved, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | ItaliaOggi | 50d5305821489e2724281ddf50b8bc97036e536804070a08a950a067560f9e02Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Un data center nell'ex centrale di Trino Archived copy | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma) Government record | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Milestone: Permit Approved, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Regione Piemonte (Piemonteinforma) | a53c8d6d5e0b8bc2be77880795551d4913b25e30a7b75ec5674d84be60a4b876Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Cavour Hyperscale Campus (Trino) [site vcc-site-a4bfb4274cc4e48492b6]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-a4bfb4274cc4e48492b6/
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