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Greece Requires Data Centers to Pay Host Communities
Greece now requires data centers to pay communities €20,000 per megawatt yearly and use at least 60% renewable energy.
Greece has enacted a law requiring data center developers to make direct annual payments to host communities. The legislation sets the fee at €20,000 per megawatt of installed capacity, establishing a recurring cost tied to the scale of the facility.
The law also mandates that data centers must source at least 60 percent of their electricity from renewable generation. This requirement makes the local energy mix an explicit factor in site selection for AI-related infrastructure projects.
By codifying both the community payment and the renewable power threshold, the rule formalizes local benefit and energy sourcing as fixed costs in the development and permitting process for data centers operating in Greece.