Jun 27, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
French data center firm Qarnot has launched a new data center deployment at the Lamarmora power plant in Brescia in Lombardy, in partnership with local energy firm A2A and connected it to the city’s local district heating network.
Paul Benoit, Qarnot's CEO, said: "Partnering with A2A represents a pivotal moment for Qarnot as we enter the Italian market. We are fully committed to leveraging our cutting-edge data center technology to actively contribute to A2A's decarbonization strategy and to support the broader transition towards a more sustainable energy landscape."
“The rapid expansion of data centers and the growing electrification of consumption call for major investments in power grids to support the increasing demand for energy. At the same time, they also offer an extraordinary opportunity for cities equipped with district heating networks: to recover waste heat from servers and convert it into usable thermal energy,” added Renato Mazzoncini, CEO of A2A Group. “The pilot project with Qarnot, officially inaugurated today, is further proof that integrating energy recovery from the earliest design stages of data centers means creating strategic infrastructure for the future: more competitive cities, more sustainable communities, and heat available where it is needed, without relying on fossil fuels.”
