KevlinX Plans New Data Center in Genoa, Italy, Targeting Sovereign AI Growth
April 29, 2026
KevlinX Plans New Data Center in Genoa, Italy, Targeting Sovereign AI Growth
European data center firm KevlinX has announced plans to develop a new data center in Genoa, Italy, marking its expansion into the Italian market. The company disclosed the project earlier this month but has not yet released specific details regarding capacity, timeline, or investment size.
The move comes as Europe faces surging demand for sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure, particularly for training large language models and running high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Genoa, a major port city in northwest Italy and the capital of the Liguria region, is strategically positioned as a Mediterranean connectivity hub with access to multiple subsea cables. According to Data Center Map, the area currently hosts only six facilities, but it is one of Italy’s primary cable landing zones, with eight active and planned subsea cables making landfall near the city. Key operators already present include Equinix, Sparkle, Exa, and Retelit.
Roy Maxwell, a director at KevlinX, highlighted the city’s potential in a LinkedIn post. “Genoa is a city with everything it takes to become a major digital infrastructure hub, Mediterranean connectivity, access to subsea cables, and a strategic position linking Europe, Africa, and Asia. We’re proud to be investing in this region and helping put Liguria on the map as a center for technological leadership in Southern Europe,” he said. Maxwell also emphasized that the planned campus is designed to meet rapidly growing demand for sovereign AI compute, supporting model training, inference, HPC workloads, and the broader AI gigafactory ecosystem. “It’s exactly the kind of infrastructure Europe needs right now,” he added.
KevlinX, which is backed by Macquarie Capital, recently completed its debut data center—a 32MW facility in Brussels, Belgium, on which construction began in 2023. The Genoa project signals the company’s ambition to expand its footprint across Southern Europe, leveraging the region’s connectivity advantages to support the next wave of AI-driven digital infrastructure.
Source: datacenterdynamics
