Data centres / France / Paris
Data centre projects in Paris
Pipeline projects209 permitted or being builtChecked 11 Oct 2026
New grid connectionsNo pause or capNo rule in force for Paris pauses, rations or conditions themChecked 12 Oct 2026
Wholesale power price63 €/MWhDay-ahead, 2025 mean, FranceLatest hour €280, 12 Oct 2026, 17:19 UTC
Grid carbon intensity54 g CO2e/kWhLatest hour, estimate; yearly average 4212 Oct 2026, 17:19 UTC
Next national rule date15 May 2027EU database and French reports dueApplies in France, every year
Latency to nearest major hub3.4 msRound trip, Paris to LondonStraight line, minimum
These are the data-centre projects of 5 MW or more around Paris that our pipeline tracker follows: 20 projects, 9 of them permitted or already being built. The next date to watch here is 1 Oct 2027: France's cost-benefit analysis deadline for data centres with permits filed before 1 January 2026.
Largest stated project1,400 MWCampus AI, Fouju, final substation power
Newest milestoneOct 2026latest check 11 Oct 2026
Projects by stage
- Announced1
- In planning10
- Permitted1
- Contractor appointed1
- Under construction7
What the capacity figures measure
- IT load3
- Facility, campus or unstated basis9
- Grid connection6
- No capacity published2
Each project’s capacity is quoted on its own stated basis, so the figures are never added together.
What changed
6 milestones in the last 90 days. The newest check was on 11 Oct 2026; each row below shows its own.
- Oct 2026Verne AI data centre campus, ZAC Paris-Villaroche public consultation on the Verne project on the future ZAC Paris-Villaroche in Réau runs until 3 November 2026 In planning
- Sep 2026Goodman PAR II A and PAR II B listed as under construction in a 2026 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines planning notice; public inquiry received a favourable opinion and deconstruction was completed in 2024 Under construction
- Sep 2026Goodman data centre, Tremblay-Charles-de-Gaulle listed as under construction in a 2026 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines planning notice Under construction
- Sep 2026NDC Vélizy urban data centre first stone laid for the mixed project including the data centre Under construction
- Sep 2026Goodman digital campus, former Stellantis site consultation on the PLUi change (déclaration de projet) for the campus closed on 1 September 2026; Goodman acquired the land for 42 million euros; public inquiry, permits and grid decisions to follow In planning
Projects
| Project | Capacity | Stage and latest milestone | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodman PAR II A and PAR II BGoodman France (Pôle Villa Nova 1 SNC)Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Val-de-Marne, ZA des Prés de l'Hôpital (former Signify site) | 200 MWproject power as stated by Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines for the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges projectThe May 2024 MRAe opinion states a planned IT room power of 105 MW for each of the two data centres | Under construction Listed as under construction in a 2026 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines planning notice; public inquiry received a favourable opinion and deconstruction was completed in 2024, Sep 2026Expected: MRAe (May 2024): site works planned from Q1 2025, first IT room in Q2 2026, rooms filled over three years | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Dugny Digital Hub (PAR15, PAR16, PAR17)Digital RealtyDugny, Seine-Saint-Denis, former French Air Force site | 176 MWcampus capacity across three data centresMore than 65,000 m² of IT space | Under construction Construction started in 2025; PAR15 due in 2027, 2025Expected: PAR15 in 2027; no dates published for PAR16 and PAR17 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| CloudHQ Paris campus, build-out beyond the first IT rooms (CDG1 remaining rooms, CDG2 and second substation)CloudHQLisses, Essonne, Léonard de Vinci business park | 150 MWcampus critical IT load once a second substation, still to be built, is in placeCurrent critical IT load is 74.4 MW from the first 225 kV substation; in June 2025 the first two of 24 IT rooms were reported in production and a second substation was envisaged for CDG2 | Under construction CDG1 inaugurated with its first two IT rooms reported in production; campus described as under construction with Eiffage as general contractor, Jun 2025 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Goodman data centre, Tremblay-Charles-de-GaulleGoodman FranceTremblay-en-France, Seine-Saint-Denis, ZA Tremblay-Charles-de-Gaulle | 105 MWplanned power of the IT rooms (MRAe); same figure given as project power by Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | Under construction Listed as under construction in a 2026 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines planning notice, Sep 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Thésée Datacenter Aubergenville expansionThésée DatacenterAubergenville, Yvelines | 50 MWcampus, built in modules | Under construction Construction of the first step of the 50 MW campus announced, Nov 2025 | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Colt DCS Paris 2 to 6Colt DCSVillebon-sur-Yvette and Les Ulis, Essonne | 40 MWIT capacity, Colt Paris 2 (first of five buildings)Colt Paris 5 is 45 MW; the five buildings bring Colt's Paris-region total to 170 MW | Under construction Colt Paris 2 under construction, May 2025Expected: Paris 2 to 4 in 2028 to 2029, Paris 5 in 2030, Paris 6 in 2031 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| NDC Vélizy urban data centreAltarea (Nation Data Center, NDC)Vélizy-Villacoublay, Yvelines, avenue Morane-Saulnier, Inovel Parc | 7 MWIT capacityDecember 2025 announcement gave delivery in 2027 and commissioning from the second half of 2027; the September 2026 report gives delivery of the whole property scheme in the first half of 2028. | Under construction First stone laid for the mixed project including the data centre, Sep 2026Expected: Delivery of the whole property scheme planned for the first half of 2028 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Campus AI, FoujuCampus AI (MGX, Bpifrance, Mistral AI, NVIDIA)Fouju, Seine-et-Marne, 40 km southeast of Paris | 1,400 MWfinal substation power | Contractor appointed Prefect of Seine-et-Marne gave the go-ahead to the Campus IA project on 29 July 2026; first-phase works due to start in September 2026, Jul 2026Expected: RTE to deliver 240 MW by end 2027 and 700 MW before end 2029 (reported) | 11 Oct 2026 |
| CyrusOne Wissous data centre phase 2CyrusOneWissous, Essonne, Wissous-Villemoisson business zone | 60 MWtotal cumulative power across three phases, according to CyrusOnePhase 1 declared at 19.8 MW and in service since 2021; opponents cite 100 MW; a third phase taking the total above 50 MW would need an environmental authorisation | Permitted Versailles administrative court of appeal rejected appeals against the phase 2 ICPE registration on 2 April 2026; associations announced an appeal to the Conseil d'État, Apr 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Verne AI data centre campus, ZAC Paris-VillarocheVerne (controlled by Ardian)Réau, Seine-et-Marne, future ZAC Paris-Villaroche | 500 MWtarget capacity of the Île-de-France campus announced by Ardian and VerneFirst tranche of about 200 MW targeted for 2030. The June 2026 announcement named only Île-de-France; the October 2026 report ties the same 5 billion euro Verne project to Réau. The October report gives no MW figure. | In planning Public consultation on the Verne project on the future ZAC Paris-Villaroche in Réau runs until 3 November 2026, Oct 2026Expected: Commissioning targeted around 2031 (October 2026 report); first tranche of about 200 MW by 2030 (June 2026 announcement) | 11 Oct 2026 |
| Goodman digital campus, former Stellantis siteGoodman FranceTrappes, ZA Trappes-Élancourt, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Yvelines | 300 MWtotal power sought for the campus (puissance totale recherchée)Two or three main buildings plus substation; about 33,928 m² of server rooms per the notice | In planning Consultation on the PLUi change (déclaration de projet) for the campus closed on 1 September 2026; Goodman acquired the land for 42 million euros; public inquiry, permits and grid decisions to follow, Sep 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Data4 PAR3 campusData4 (DATA 4 NOZAY SAS)Nozay, Essonne, former Nokia Paris-Saclay site along the route de Villejust | 250 MWenvisaged grid connection powerIT power per building: DC01 75 MW IT, DC02 37.5 MW IT, DC03 15 MW IT. MRAe notes about 100 MW of the connection would not be used by the project. Demolition of the Nokia buildings took place between August 2024 and May 2025. | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the environmental authorisation, two building permits and the grid connection public utility procedure, issued during public consultation, Oct 2025Expected: Progressive commissioning between end 2027 and end 2030 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Data Hills data centre, former Citroën plantSNC Data HillsAulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, boulevard André Citroën | 240 MWplanned power of the IT roomsThree IT buildings; backup generators total about 240 MW | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion issued on the building permit and ICPE environmental authorisation, Feb 2025Expected: Site works planned to start end 2025 or early 2026, in four phases running to 2040 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Icade hyperscale data centre, Rungis business parkIcadeRungis, Val-de-Marne, rue des Solets | 130 MWmaximum power via RTE connection (full site, phase 2)First tranche of about 15 to 20 MW via Enedis in 2028; MRAe cites 84 MW IT of the 130 MW | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the environmental authorisation issued during parallel electronic public consultation, May 2025Expected: Shell and first tranche in 2028; full site in 2032 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Data Village Paris-Essonne, second phase (data centres B and C)NTT (project company LCP FR DC1, acquired from Logistics Capital Partners)Le Coudray-Montceaux and Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, former Altis Semiconductor site | 125 MWtotal final installed power of the three data centre campusData centre A was authorised by the Essonne prefect on 28 October 2022 and was under construction; this row covers data centres B and C. NTT gave 84 MW of critical IT load across the three data centres | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the second phase (permit modifications and ICPE/IOTA environmental authorisation), May 2025Expected: Works on data centres B and C from 2025 to 2030 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Equinix PA15xEquinix (EQUINIX Hyperscale 2 (PA15) SAS)Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, next to PA13x | 80 MWgrid connection power20 IT rooms; two 225 kV underground connections | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the ICPE environmental authorisation and building permit application, Nov 2025Expected: First phase end 2029, second phase end 2035 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Segro data centre, Petits Carreaux zoneSegro (Segro Parc des Petits Carreaux SAS)Bonneuil-sur-Marne and Sucy-en-Brie, Val-de-Marne, Petits Carreaux business zone | 70 MWgrid connection powerIn July 2026 Segro and Pure Data Centres announced a joint venture for a 48 MW IT data centre in Paris; one report says the site will be either Le Bourget or the Petits Carreaux park | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the environmental authorisation, issued during parallel public consultation, Apr 2025 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Equinix PA16Equinix France SASArgenteuil, Val-d'Oise, Val d'Argent industrial zone, next to PA12x | 55 MWpower required by the project (grid connection estimated at about 55 MW)The grid connection request on file was for 240 MW; Equinix said it would revise it to the power needed for PA16 | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the environmental authorisation and building permit application, issued during public consultation, Apr 2025Expected: Commissioning planned end 2029, ramp up to 2035 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Opcore DC5 extensionOpcoreSaint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise, Vert Galant industrial zone | Not disclosedIT capacity not stated. The extension raises backup generator nominal thermal power from about 49.5 MW to 71.9 MW, which is not an IT or grid figure. | In planning MRAe Île-de-France opinion on the environmental authorisation for the extension (four additional IT rooms), Jan 2026 | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Opcore data centre at the EDF Montereau Vallée de la Seine siteOpcore (site selected by EDF)La Grande-Paroisse and Vernou-la-Celle-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne | Not disclosedSite is one of the EDF sites eligible for the RTE fast track scheme | Announced EDF selected Opcore to build and operate the future data centre, Aug 2025 | 10 Oct 2026 |
Formal refusals and bans since 2025
Verified decisions only. Absence is not evidence of low planning risk.
Decisions on single sites
- 12 Jun 2026Le Bourget, near Paris Building permit withdrawn by the mayorStanding; challenged in court
Decisions from 1 Jan 2025; statuses checked 11 Oct 2026.
Power and grid in France
The latest hour, FR bidding zone
Grid carbon intensity (estimate)54 g CO2e/kWhsame hour yesterday 46
Day-ahead price280 €/MWhwholesale, not what a site pays
Renewable share of generation21 %
Best four hours for flexible load13:00Tue 13 Oct to 17:00, local time
Updated 12 Oct 2026, 17:19 UTC; refreshed every 10 minutes. France grid hour by hour, next 48 hours
Over a year, country level
Grid carbon, latest full-year average42 g CO2/kWh4th cleanest of 30 countries; 95% renewable or nuclear
Business electricity price, latest full year92 €/MWh4th cheapest of 26; wholesale is 68% of it
Wholesale power, 2025 average63 €/MWh4th cheapest of 30
Annual country averages, as used by the siting cost ranking. Production-based average carbon, not marginal.
Climate at Paris
Hours a year above 27 °C dry-bulb233 hmean of 2016 to 2025
Hours a year above 32 °C dry-bulb40 hworst year 68 h
Hours a year above 20 °C wet-bulb147 hlimit for evaporative cooling
Hourly climate reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, from the market comparison; a site’s own conditions differ.
Fibre latency from Paris
| To | Round trip, minimum | Path length | Path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | 2.8 ms | 290 km | Mapped fibre route |
| London | 3.4 ms | 344 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Amsterdam | 4.4 ms | 453 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Frankfurt | 5.9 ms | 599 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Zurich | 5.9 ms | 601 km | Mapped fibre route |
| Dublin | 7.7 ms | 781 km | Straight line (no mapped land route) |
| Milan | 8.0 ms | 817 km | Mapped fibre route |
Light in single-mode fibre between city centres, over the mapped land fibre route where one exists, otherwise the straight line. Operator routes, equipment and the last kilometres add to these floors. Any pair in the latency calculator
Rules and dates
| Where | Rule | Status |
|---|---|---|
| EU | Reporting duty from 500 kW installed IT power, 7 items and 24 indicators, next report 15 May 2027 | In force |
| EU | Waste-heat use above 1 MW total rated energy input, unless a cost-benefit assessment shows it is not feasible | In force |
| EU | Common rating scheme adopted 21 Sep 2026; in Parliament and Council scrutiny, extended 6 Oct | Adopted, not in force |
| France | Annual reporting from 500 kW and waste-heat valorisation from 1 MW; an energy reuse factor of at least 0.20 is deemed compliant | In force |
Next dates
- 14 Dec 2026the EU Commission's minimum performance standards consultation and call for evidence closes
- 15 May 2027EU database and French reports due every year
- 1 Oct 2027France's cost-benefit analysis deadline for data centres with permits filed before 1 January 2026
From the European data-centre regulation tracker and the market comparison.
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. A metro market follows the tracker’s own market field, so it includes the region around the city; a country page covers every tracked project in the country.
- Projects: each row is the latest public milestone we found for the project, with the date it was last checked; the pipeline tracker holds every project.
- Latest hour: carbon intensity estimated from the hourly generation mix, with the day-ahead price, refreshed every 10 minutes on the live grid page.
- Over a year: national averages for the latest full year, the same figures the siting cost ranking uses.
- Climate: hourly reanalysis at the city’s grid cell, 2016 to 2025.
- Latency: light in fibre between city centres over the mapped land route, otherwise the straight line.
Cite as: ScienceShot, “Data centre projects around Paris”, https://scienceshot.com/data-centres/paris/ (checked 11 Oct 2026). © ScienceShot. You may quote individual facts with a link to this page.
ScienceShot dataset, checked 12 Oct 2026. How we build it: Method and standards.