Polish City of Gliwice Plans Tier III Data Center to Boost Digital Resilience
April 29, 2026
Polish City of Gliwice Plans Tier III Data Center to Boost Digital Resilience
The city of Gliwice, located in Poland’s southern Silesian Voivodeship, has announced plans to construct its own data center, a move aimed at strengthening digital resilience and compliance with European Union cybersecurity directives. The facility, designed to meet Tier III standards, is intended to ensure the continuity of public services in the event of outages or cyberattacks, marking a significant step toward centralized IT management for the municipality.
Planning permission for the project has been approved, with construction expected to be completed by the end of 2028. The city-owned company Śląska Sieć Metropolitalna (SMM), a local government ICT network operator established in 2009, will develop the project. SMM acquired the property for the data center in August 2023, and the facility will be located south of Gliwice, at the intersection of Bojkowska and Toruńska streets. The site will feature designated security zones, a warehouse, a workshop building, two transformer stations, uninterruptible power systems, cooling and fire extinguishing systems, and solar panels for on-site power generation.
“In many cities, IT systems are dispersed – operating in different locations, often managed separately,” the municipality said in a statement. “Gliwice is focusing on centralization and complete control. The new data center will be connected to the city's existing Security Operations Center – a team that continuously monitors threats and responds to incidents. This will allow all systems to be monitored in a single location, speeding up response to failures and attacks, and making it easier to detect irregularities before they become a problem.” The facility will also be built to the EN 50600 standard for data center management, with data transmitted via multiple cable routes to ensure automatic failover if one route fails.
No details were released regarding the facility’s potential computing power, and DCD has approached the municipality for further comment. The project follows recommendations outlined in Gliwice’s cybersecurity strategy for 2026-2030, and will join a small existing data center market in the city, which currently hosts 11 facilities according to DataCenters.com. These include three sites operated by telecommunications provider Orange and data center provider 3S, as well as two run by IT outsourcing firm COIG. The new data center underscores a broader trend among European municipalities to enhance digital sovereignty and operational continuity, particularly in response to growing cybersecurity threats and regulatory pressures from the EU.
Source: datacenterdynamics
