Demand for data centres has been growing in Europe and worldwide, but Romania has not yet benefited from this context. However, there is some talk of data centre projects with larger capacities of 20-30 MW, said George Topalov, Senior Sales Manager at Vertiv.
“In Romania, demand has increased significantly in recent years. The data centres under discussion or already being implemented are more frequent and with much higher capacity. We are increasingly talking about projects of 600 kW up to 1 MW, which was rare two or three years ago. In Romania, there is even talk of 20-30 MW data centres. It’s enough for the first serious investor to come and then the wave follows. This was also the case in Warsaw,” Topalov said at the DigitALL 2025 conference organised by Energynomics.
But Romania is not yet playing in Europe’s heavy league, dominated by the giants of Frankfurt, London and Amsterdam, where infrastructure is already saturated and capacity constraints are emerging. In this context, the so-called Tier 2 markets such as Warsaw, Milan, Madrid and Athens are emerging increasingly strongly.
An important competitive advantage for Romania is the availability of electricity and specialised IT labour. But other key elements are missing. For example, landing stations for undersea communications cables, an essential infrastructure for data centres offering international services.
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“These are lacking in Romania, and investors are clearly chasing areas connected directly to global cables. It’s a business after all, and it is built where there is demand and connectivity,” Topalov added.
Vertiv is active in over 130 countries, with 23 factories and more than 300 service centres. Last year, the company achieved a turnover of $8bn, fuelled by the rise of artificial intelligence applications, an area in which Vertiv is working closely with giants such as Nvidia and Intel. About 80% of Vertiv’s revenue comes from data centre infrastructure.
The “DigitALL 2025” conference was organised by Energynomics, in partnership with reputed organisations such as the CIO Council and EPG, with the support of our partners: ABB, Corning, Datacor, Eaton Electric, Enevo Group, Enevo Group, Procesio, Renomia, script.ai, Sunwire, Vertiv.