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SoftBank Group data centre projects in Europe

Projects tracked3of 5 MW or more
Permitted or being built03 at announcement stage
Countries1with at least one project
Milestones, last 90 days0newest May 2026

As of 10 Oct 2026 (newest check)Cite as: ScienceShot, SoftBank Group data-centre pipeline summary, October 2026

Our European pipeline tracker follows 3 data-centre projects of 5 MW or more that SoftBank Group develops or co-develops, in 1 country; none is permitted yet. All of them are in France.

0% are permitted or being built, against 43% across the whole tracker, so the pipeline is earlier-stage than the European average.

Projects by stage

  • Announced3

What the capacity figures measure

  • Facility, campus or unstated basis2
  • No capacity published1

Too few of these projects publish a capacity to show size bands. Capacities are counted, never added together.

Where SoftBank Group is building

Projects by country, with the metro markets inside each country. Each name opens the market page.

Latest milestones

The newest 2 steps we recorded, with the market and the stage the project reached. Project names stay in our dataset.

  1. May 2026France Announced
  2. May 2026France EDF named SoftBank Group preferred bidder number 1 for the siteAnnounced
Method

The pipeline covers data-centre projects of 5 MW or more, or with no capacity published, that are announced, in planning, permitted or under construction and not yet fully operating. It is not a list of operating facilities, and it holds the projects we have found and checked, not every project a company has.

  • We count the projects SoftBank Group develops or co-develops; a joint venture counts once for each partner. Tenancies, land ownership, construction contracts and financing are not counted.
  • Markets follow the tracker: a metro market includes the region around the city, and a national market covers the rest of the country.
  • Stated capacities use different bases, so projects are counted by basis and in size bands and the figures are never added together.
  • ScienceShot is independent of SoftBank Group. The figures come from public filings and announcements, not from the company.
  • This page shows aggregates. The pipeline tracker and the market pages hold the wider picture.

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