m247 is a well-known name outside Romania in the field of critical digital infrastructure, but still not sufficiently visible locally. The team has developed a robust digital infrastructure model, integrated into a high-capacity global network, currently operating in over 110 countries. In the context of accelerated digitization and increased data consumption—traffic on the m247 global network grew by 25% in 2025 alone—the link between energy and IT infrastructure is becoming increasingly visible, even if, for now, it remains in the background of major economic transformations.
From this perspective, Romania remains a market with significant potential, but also with visible limitations. Access to sufficient energy capacities, the duration and unpredictability of authorization processes, as well as the lack of dedicated procedures for critical infrastructure such as data centers create a difficult environment for long-term investment planning. At the same time, examples from the region, particularly Poland, show that coherent public policies and easy access to energy can attract billions of euros in investments in digital infrastructure.
m247 operates one of the most extensive high-speed communications networks globally, with 100–400 Gbps infrastructure, low latency, and 99.99% uptime. The network is used by customers in banking, retail, media, software, industry, and the public sector and is supported by a combination of proprietary data centers and over 55 points of presence (PoPs) in strategic locations across Europe, America, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.
In Bucharest, m247 operates two data centers developed since 2015 at full capacity, serving both local customers and part of the global infrastructure. The year 2025 marks ten years since the inauguration of the main center in Pipera, which has been operating throughout this year exclusively with electricity from renewable sources, based on monthly green certificates. The occupancy rate has reached 100%, and continuous investments have kept the infrastructure at international standards. The technical model combines co-location, dedicated infrastructure, private cloud, and shared cloud, while fiber optics are leased and equipped with their own network systems.
Network management is carried out from Romania by a team of approximately 90 specialists, while physical interventions in international nodes are operated by strategic partners based on standardized procedures—a model that allows for rapid expansion without a permanent presence of personnel in each of the more than 110 countries where the company has customers.
For now, resistance to migrating IT infrastructures from in-house facilities to professional data centers or the cloud remains high in Romania. The “server in the room” model is still prevalent, even among large companies, due to the perception of direct control over data and the underestimation of risks. In most cases, a change in approach only occurs after major security incidents or business interruptions, when costs and options are considerably reduced, explain m247 representatives.
Information technology and energy are beginning to speak the same language
Digital infrastructures—from data centers and networks to the cloud and artificial intelligence applications—consume energy continuously at high loads, and this changes the rules of the game. Energy is no longer just an operating cost, but a factor that directly influences where to build, how much to invest, and how sustainable this ecosystem can be in the long term. In the case of m247, constant consumption is already integrated into the global strategy, including through the exclusive use of green energy in the data center in Bucharest.
In this landscape, renewable energy is becoming increasingly important in the decisions of digital infrastructure operators. Beyond the discourse on decarbonization, the real issue is predictability: long-term contracts, own capacities, and reduced exposure to price volatility. For data centers, where energy is the main operating cost, stable access to “clean” electricity becomes a concrete advantage, not just a PR one.
Meanwhile, the energy transition and network digitization are pushing data volumes to ever-higher levels. Distributed production, storage, real-time monitoring, and cybersecurity rely directly on robust IT infrastructures. Data centers have thus become, almost without our noticing, a part of the new energy system architecture.