Amsterdam not allowing any more data centers in the municipality

Amsterdam not allowing any more data centers in the municipality

Amsterdam has decided to allow no more data centers or any expansions of data centers in the municipality. “Space in Amsterdam is scarce, not just for home construction, but also for the electricity network. The city will use physical space and space on the electricity grid for other priorities, like urban development,” the municipality said in a statement.Only projects that have been submitted before December 28, 2023, or projects that are alre…

There will be no more new data centers in the city and the existing centers in Amsterdam will not be expanded either. The board comes to this decision because space is scarce. "The space is simply not there," says the responsible alderman. "Space in Amsterdam is scarce, not only for housing construction, but also on the electricity network," says alderman Zita Pels (GroenLinks). That is why the municipality chooses to use both physical space and…

Amsterdam chooses not to allow new data centers or an expansion of data centers in the municipality. "Space in Amsterdam is scarce, not only for housing, but also on the electricity grid. The city will use physical space and space on the electricity grid for other priorities, such as urban development," the municipality said in a statement.