Data Centre ELV & ICT Design
for Italy Facilities
Milan is the main concentration of Italian data centres. A 2026 decree created a single national authorisation procedure, and the grid is the central planning constraint for new capacity.
Yes, at the ELV and ICT layer: cabling, security, fire interfaces and monitoring. The power and cooling design is by your MEP engineers. Under the 2026 authorisation rules, plan the monitoring and grid-connection data early.
The Italy Data Centre Market
Milan is the main concentration of Italian data centres. A 2026 decree created a single national authorisation procedure, and the grid is the central planning constraint for new capacity.
Italy transposed NIS2 through Legislative Decree 138/2024, and the national cybersecurity agency (ACN) supervises it. Incident reporting applies from January 2026. Building and data centre operators should check their sector and classification, and design the OT zones and logging now.
Data Centre ELV & ICT Design Scope
Scope is agreed against the data centre brief and the appointed consultant's design criteria, not a fixed package.