QTS Vimercate data center campus

Name: QTS Vimercate data center campus
Address: IT

Announced

Italy · 1 project · Last reported 2026-10-09

Summary

Proposed first Italian campus of Blackstone-owned QTS Data Centers on the former IBM industrial site at Velasca in Vimercate (Monza and Brianza). QTS's page calls it a proposed development of up to EUR 2.3 billion. At a June 2026 open day QTS presented three buildings and an on-site substation linked to a planned Terna station; local press reported 156 MW (two 60 MW buildings and one of 36 MW), while other reports give about 220 MW or 300 MW. In July 2026 QTS awaited the national environmental assessment before a building permit, aiming to prepare the site by end-2026 and open the first building in the second half of 2028.

Source record as of 2026-10-09 · Details and sources

Location

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Projects (1)

QTS Vimercate data center campus

Announced last observed as of 2026-10-09 · Reported status

Location: Vimercate, Monza e Brianza, Lombardia, IT. Town coordinates from the Vimercate Wikipedia article. Sources place the site on the former IBM area at Velasca, a frazione of Vimercate, near the boundary with Burago; the site is not mapped in the local OpenStreetMap layer. QTS Data Centers; Prima Monza; Wikipedia

Capacity, investment and other figures

Measure	Value	Scope	As of	Notes	Sources
Investment	up to 2,300,000,000 EUR	Announced · Campus	2026-10-09	Inward investment figure on QTS's undated campus page, read on 2026-10-09.	QTS Data Centers; Cloudnews.tech
Power capacity	156 MW	Planned · Campus · Unspecified	2026-07-12	Reported after QTS's open day as two buildings of 60 MW and one of 36 MW.	Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)
Power capacity	about 220 MW	Planned · Campus · Unspecified	2026-06-24	Undated trade article written after the 24 June 2026 presentation; it describes three buildings.	Cloudnews.tech
Power capacity	300 MW	Planned · Campus · Unspecified	2026-07-11	Il Giorno reports 300 MW of electrical power in its account of residents' objections.	Il Giorno
Land area	19 hectares	Reported · Campus	2026-07-12	QTS's page and Il Giorno give a 277,800 square metre site instead.	Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)
Floor area	about 100,000 sq_m	Planned · Campus	2026-07-12	Buildable area reported as a little under 100,000 square metres.	Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)
Buildings	3 count	Planned · Campus	2026-07-12	Data center buildings; annex buildings and a substation are also planned.	Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI); Il Giorno
Jobs construction	about 600 count	Planned · Campus	2026-07-12		Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)
Jobs permanent	about 100 count	Planned · Campus	2026-07-12		Prima Monza; Il Giorno

Companies and organizations

Name	Role	Notes	Sources
QTS Data Centers	Developer		QTS Data Centers; Prima Monza; Il Giorno
Kryalos SGR	Developer	Il Giorno names Kryalos alongside QTS; Cloudnews says Blackstone holds a stake in Kryalos and that it is linked to the project, without describing its role.	Il Giorno; Cloudnews.tech
Terna	Utility	Is to build a new electrical station near the Burago boundary that would serve this and two other planned Vimercate data centers.	Prima Monza; Cloudnews.tech
Comune di Vimercate	Government	Expects about EUR 5 million in development charges plus refurbishment of the Oreno sports ground; objections were also lodged on its planning-code revision.	Prima Monza; Il Giorno

Timeline

Date	Event	Actual or planned	Notes	Sources
2025-07	Other	Actual	QTS's executive vice-president said the approval process began in July of the previous year.	Prima Monza
2026-06-24	Other	Actual	Public open day at which QTS presented the project to residents, businesses and local officials.	Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI); Cloudnews.tech
2026	Construction started	Planned	Site preparation planned by the end of 2026, after the environmental assessment and building permit.	Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)
2028-H2	First operational	Planned	First building expected in the second half of 2028; the report places the formal opening between then and 2029.	Prima Monza; Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)

Power supply

Type	Description	Sources
Grid	On-site substation linked by underground cable to a new station Terna is to build near the Burago boundary.	Prima Monza
Other	133 emergency generators are planned (fuel not stated), which Il Giorno puts at about 1,000 MW thermal in total.	Il Giorno; Cloudnews.tech

Capacity figures conflict: 156 MW (Prima Monza, Giornale di Vimercate), about 220 MW (Cloudnews, citing Il Cittadino) and 300 MW (Il Giorno); site size is 19 hectares in local press but 277,800 square metres on QTS's undated page, which calls the development proposed (status_as_of is the access date). Giornale di Vimercate was read as a PDF clipping hosted by CIAI, a charity QTS sponsors; Prima Monza's own site carries the same text. A sponsored MBNews piece, also hosted by CIAI, said old sheds were being demolished; this is unconfirmed and not recorded. Opponents asked for heat recovery, generator-test limits and buried power lines. No ministry environmental decision was found.

Sources for these details

Vimercate — QTS Data Centers; publication date not stated
Il primo data center della città si svela — Prima Monza; 2026-07-12
Su il sipario sul nuovo Data center — Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI); 2026-06-30
Il Campus Data Center fa paura: "Diciamo no al deserto di cemento" — Il Giorno; 2026-07-11
QTS prepares a 220 MW campus near Milan and accelerates its expansion — Cloudnews.tech; publication date not stated
Vimercate — Wikipedia; publication date not stated

Companies

Developer: QTS Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: QTS Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: QTS Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: Kryalos SGR (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: Kryalos SGR (unknown scope) evidence
Utility: Terna (unknown scope) evidence
Utility: Terna (unknown scope) evidence
Government: Comune di Vimercate (unknown scope) evidence
Government: Comune di Vimercate (unknown scope) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

Vimercate evidence row
QTS Data Centers · publication date not stated · Company disclosure

Locator

Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence

Source checks

Not reviewed against imagery not_reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 45.61700, 9.36700
Geometry licence: source-terms-not-recorded
Use scope: Locality reference only
Scope class: locality
Authority: Compiled location reference
Source entity: Project
Method: imported_reference_point
Derivation: imported_reference_point
Precision scope: Town coordinates from the Vimercate Wikipedia article. Sources place the site on the former IBM area at Velasca, a frazione of Vimercate, near the boundary with Burago; the site is not mapped in the local OpenStreetMap layer.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
Geometry evidence: e4ddd93d

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

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Evidence for QTS Vimercate data center campus
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Il Campus Data Center fa paura: "Diciamo no al deserto di cemento" Archived copy	Il Giorno News	Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government	2026-07-11	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Il Giorno	`93e5d9b5b149cd079b91eda6e834f196bde53003e6eea16cc3178ef24b3ccaa6` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Il primo data center della città si svela Archived copy	Prima Monza News	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Role: Utility	2026-07-12	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Prima Monza	`6b037ce29aea112da6d7a6265ba3551b06d551d4923942dfeeee65e1c11eec5f` Factual source record; not the publisher page
QTS prepares a 220 MW campus near Milan and accelerates its expansion Archived copy	Cloudnews.tech Trade publication	Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Utility	not stated	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Cloudnews.tech	`af74a76d5f57a360e82e965e3e900dc54ec384d2fa21d81d2aeb16d6ef68aa2c` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Su il sipario sul nuovo Data center Archived copy	Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI) News	Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other	2026-06-30	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Giornale di Vimercate (press clipping hosted by CIAI)	`cc54c7980902165ebaa1396b86acdb0e03634749d09c0b57cfacab8237d8990e` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Vimercate Archived copy	Wikipedia Other	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record	not stated	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Wikipedia	`1c459b9ac92b08261d61200b1849a3f7d70b872f751c4e56c4fecbdfece6b98b` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Vimercate Archived copy	QTS Data Centers Company disclosure	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Role: Developer	not stated	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	QTS Data Centers	`2719435047d84f9059062776d9be3aa9f0a4dd88fab54013b3d10998cac5063f` Factual source record; not the publisher page

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). QTS Vimercate data center campus [site vcc-site-e6669b76221d6e79fd89]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-e6669b76221d6e79fd89/

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