Market profile
Belgium
In Belgium Google runs a data centre campus at Saint-Ghislain in Wallonia and in October 2025 announced EUR 5 billion for 2026 and 2027 to expand it. Its second campus at Farciennes lost a Sambre water permit in August 2026. Microsoft opened its Belgium Central cloud region in November 2025. No national capacity figure or Elia data centre forecast could be checked.
- Tracked project records
- 3
- Policy records
- 0
- Cloud regions
- 0
- Last checked
- 19 Oct 2026
Grid context
Elia, the transmission operator, publishes demand scenarios, but the data centre figures in its 2025 working group slides could not be retrieved and checked, so none are shown.
Latest changes
- Project 16 Aug 2026 Google Farciennes data centre campus (Hainaut)Sambre water pumping permit refused Related: Google Farciennes data centre campus (Hainaut). 21news.be (opens in a new tab)
- Project 18 Nov 2025 Microsoft Belgium Central cloud region data centresBelgium Central region opened Related: Microsoft Belgium Central cloud region data centres. pulse.microsoft.com (opens in a new tab)
Tracked projects
| Project | Level | Stage | Operator or developer | Latest change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Farciennes data centre campus (Hainaut) | campus | Delayed | 16 Aug 2026: Sambre water pumping permit refused | |
| Google Saint-Ghislain data centre campus | campus | Operating | not disclosed | |
| Microsoft Belgium Central cloud region data centres | campus | Operating | Microsoft | 18 Nov 2025: Belgium Central region opened |
Capacity in tracked public coverage
Tracked public coverage, not a national total. Sums of reported, project-level figures from 0 of the 3 published project records we track for Belgium. Each metric and each delivery class is summed on its own and never added to another. Confirmed operating capacity never includes design or ultimate capacity. Delayed projects are never counted as under construction now. Campus and phase figures are not double counted. Ranges and upper bounds are not summed. Unknown values are not counted as zero.
None of the tracked project records for Belgium has a figure that can be summed yet. Figures with an unclear basis and undisclosed values are never added. Each project page lists its reported figures as published. Not disclosed is not zero.
Figures not counted (2) and why
- Google Farciennes data centre campus (Hainaut)
- Investment USD 1 billion: Marked not summable by research: Investment in USD billions as reported
- Google Saint-Ghislain data centre campus
- Investment EUR 5 billion: Marked not summable by research: EUR billions over 2026 and 2027
Method: capacity rules. Company-wide investment, area figures and third-party market estimates are never included in these sums.
Hyperscaler and AI cloud activity in Belgium
3 tracked projects in Belgium, of which 3 involve a hyperscaler or AI cloud as owner, operator, developer or a stated or reported tenant. Part of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region on the hyperscaler and cloud hub.
| Project | Stage | Operator, developer or owner | Hyperscaler or AI tenant | Announced | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Farciennes data centre campus (Hainaut) Hainaut (Wallonia) | Delayed | not stated | 2024-04-08 | not stated | |
| Google Saint-Ghislain data centre campus Hainaut (Wallonia) | Operating | not stated | 2025-10-08 | not stated | |
| Microsoft Belgium Central cloud region data centres | Operating | Microsoft | not stated | 2025-11-18 | not stated |
Capacity, forecasts and market share: Belgium
Every number is shown as published, with its basis, date and source. Figures with different bases (IT power, grid connection, electricity use) or from different sources are never added or blended. Where no figure exists we say not publicly reported. CoolPower makes no forecasts of its own.
Current capacity and pipeline
Operational, under construction and planned capacity: not publicly reported in a source we could check.
Forecasts and scenarios
Forecast: not publicly reported by a named publisher in a source we could check.
Cloud market share
Provider market share: not publicly reported. No public provider market share by country was found except mainland China (Omdia via DCD). Every other country page shows not publicly reported.
No figures to download yet. All market figures (CSV)
Cloud regions in Belgium
A cloud region is a provider's service area. It is not a data centre campus and has no MW figure here.
No cloud regions recorded.
Policy timeline
No policy records published.
Operators and developers
Sources (3), last checked 19 Oct 2026
- Google announces new EUR 5 billion AI infrastructure investment in Belgium through 2027 (opens in a new tab), Google Cloud Press Corner, published 8 Oct 2025, accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Google ne pourra pas pomper l’eau de la Sambre pour son futur data center de Farciennes (opens in a new tab), 21 News, published 16 Aug 2026, accessed 19 Oct 2026
- Microsoft opens its first cloud region in Belgium accelerating innovation and economic growth (opens in a new tab), Microsoft, published 18 Nov 2025, accessed 19 Oct 2026
Last checked 19 Oct 2026 by CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced). Report a correction.