Adriatic DC Bari Data Center: Technical Specs
Status: Announced / Permitting & Site Regeneration Phase | Location: Via Francesco de Blasi, Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi Industrial Zone, 70123 Bari, Puglia, Italy
Project Overview
The Adriatic DC Bari Data Center is a major €2 billion, approximately $2.2 billion, brownfield digital infrastructure transformation project that repurposes the historic Manifattura Tabacchi, or Tobacco Factory, complex in Bari, Italy. Developed by Adriatic DC, the project is planned as a 200 MW data center campus and serves as a flagship anchor for the broader “Puglia Data Center Valley” initiative, which aims to establish Apulia as an important Mediterranean destination for hyperscale cloud, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure investment. The redevelopment represents a strategic conversion of an established industrial site into a modern high-capacity computing environment, combining the advantages of existing infrastructure and urban connectivity with the requirements of next-generation data centers. The campus is designed to support hyperscale cloud platforms, high-performance computing, AI workloads, and other data-intensive applications requiring substantial power and network capacity. Its location in Bari provides an important geographic advantage, positioning the development along emerging digital routes connecting Southern Europe with the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Asia. The project is particularly significant for subsea connectivity, as Apulia’s position enables data traffic to move between European cloud networks and international fiber systems extending toward Middle Eastern and Asian markets. This connectivity could help reduce latency for cross-regional digital services while strengthening Italy’s role within the wider Mediterranean digital ecosystem. The 200 MW capacity also provides significant scalability for future deployments as demand for AI computing and cloud infrastructure continues to expand. By combining brownfield redevelopment, hyperscale computing capacity, strategic subsea connectivity, and a large-scale regional digital infrastructure strategy, the Adriatic DC Bari Data Center represents an important step in the development of Southern Italy’s data center market and could establish Bari as a significant low-latency digital gateway between Europe and emerging markets across the Mediterranean.
Quick Facts
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| Project Name | Adriatic DC Bari Data Center: Technical Specs |
| Location | Via Francesco de Blasi, Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi Industrial Zone, 70123 Bari, Puglia, Italy |
| Status | Announced / Permitting & Site Regeneration Phase |
| Commissioning | Q4 2028 Target Phase 1 Operation |
| Total IT Load | ~200.0 MW Critical IT Power (~240 MW Utility Power Capacity) |
| Total Capacity | ~150,000 m² (~1.61M sq ft) total site area across the historic industrial complex |
| Tier Level | Tier III / Tier IV Equivalent Fault-Tolerant AI Architecture |
| Project Type | Brownfield Industrial Regeneration, Hyperscale Cloud, & Sovereign Mediterranean AI Node |
City Profile
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| City Name | Bari |
| Population | 316,248 (January 2026) |
| Urban Agglomeration | Approximately 750,000 |
| City GDP | Not separately reported |
| Per Capita Income | Not separately reported |
| City Tier | Tier 1, Major Southern Italian Economic, Port and Digital Infrastructure Hub |
| Key Strengths | Port infrastructure, submarine cable connectivity, logistics, universities, technology, manufacturing, tourism, healthcare, transportation, and growing data center investment |
Companies Involved
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| Developer / Operator | Adriatic DC |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | Municipality of Bari, Apulia Regional Government, Terna (Grid Operator), Namex Bari (IXP) |
| Construction Contractor | Specialized Mission-Critical European General Contractors |
| MEP Engineering | Adriatic DC Engineering Division & European Infrastructure Partners |
| Network Connectivity | Carrier-neutral facility with dual Meet-Me-Rooms (MMRs), direct interconnection with Mediterranean subsea cable landing stations in Bari and Augusta, path-diverse subterranean fiber trunks, and connection to Namex Bari and Retelit IX nodes. |
| Power Infrastructure | Dual high-voltage grid connections to the Terna national transmission network, static 2N / N+1 UPS systems, fast-transfer switchgear, and emergency standby generators. |
Technical Specifications
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| Power Capacity | ~250 MVA Dedicated Utility Substation Capacity |
| UPS Redundancy | Concurrently Maintainable Tier III 2N / N+1 Static UPS Architecture |
| Cooling System | Closed-loop chillers, Rear-Door Heat Exchangers (RDHx), and Direct-to-Chip (DLC) liquid cooling systems engineered for high-density GPU racks with minimal water consumption. |
| Connectivity | Ultra-low latency subsea and terrestrial fiber routes linking Bari directly to Athens, Rome, Milan, Marseille, and Middle Eastern digital corridors. |
| PUE Target | < 1.18 Annualized Operational Design PUE |
| Energy Mix | 100% renewable grid power sourcing, capitalizing on Apulia's regional surplus solar and wind power generation capacity. |
Milestones
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| Announcement | June 2025 |
| Construction Start | Late 2026 |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | 2028 (50 MW Initial Phase) |
| Full Buildout | 2030 (Multi-Phase Campus Deployment) |
Investment Details
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| Total Investment | ~€2,000,000,000 EUR (~$2,200,000,000 USD Core Infrastructure Capital Expenditure) |
| Funding | Private Equity / Institutional Infrastructure Capital (Adriatic DC Development Consortium) |