Cegeka Announces €40 Million Investment in Underground Data Center in Belgium

Cegeka Announces €40 Million Investment in Underground Data Center in Belgium December 15, 2025 Belgian IT services provider Cegeka is making a significant strategic investment to address the dual challenges of surging AI-driven compute demand and heightened physical security threats. The company has announced plans to construct a subterranean data center in the Limburg region of Belgium, with an initial investment of €40 million (approximately $46.9 million). The project represents a direct response to Europe's perceived lag in the AI infrastructure race and the growing need for secure, high-capacity computing environments. As reported by The Interest of Limburg, the facility is set to become the largest data center in the province and Cegeka's eighth across its operational footprint in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Italy. The new data center will launch with an initial capacity of 4 megawatts (MW), which is four times the capacity of Cegeka's existing largest facility in Limburg. The company has outlined ambitious scaling plans, aiming to expand the site's capacity to between 10MW and 15MW in the future. Luc Greefs, head of data centers at Cegeka, explained the rationale for the underground design, stating that traditional security measures like walls and cameras are becoming less effective. "We wanted to build the data center underground to stave off threats from drones, sabotage, and cyber attacks," Greefs told the local publication. This security-focused investment is paired with a parallel sustainability initiative. Last week, Cegeka announced separate investments in renewable energy, including the construction of its own wind turbine and procurement from a new solar park, to power its operations. The company claims these projects will generate enough green electricity in 2026 to match the power consumption of its data centers, offices, and electric vehicles in Belgium and the Netherlands. "For an IT company like ours, data centers are major energy consumers. Running them entirely on green power is a huge step toward climate neutrality," Greefs said. He emphasized the commercial imperative, noting, "Our customers want to know where their data is stored and under what conditions. By fully committing to climate-neutral infrastructure, we make it easier for them to report and to advance their own sustainability ambitions." The combined strategy of secure, subterranean infrastructure and a dedicated renewable energy supply positions Cegeka to cater to enterprise and public sector clients with stringent security and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) requirements. Greefs framed the move as a definitive step toward the company's goal of offering fully climate-neutral cloud services from its Benelux data centers by 2030. Source: datacenterdynamics