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During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak with Piotr Kowalski, Managing Director at PLDCA, about the risks and future development of data centres in Poland.
Is being close to Russia still one of the factors that slows down the development of data centres in Poland? I believe this is something that foreign investors pay considerable attention to. However, I believe it is overblown in their thinking. Poland is a member of NATO and the European Union. It is a very powerful country that spends almost 5 pct of its GDP on defence. In this context, I always cite the example of Finland, which shares a 2,500-kilometer border with Russia and is currently
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Warehouse & industrial

Poland BIG Olkusz opens fully let, bringing nine new retail brands to the city

schedule 22 October 2026
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BIG Poland has officially opened BIG Olkusz, a 13,500 sqm GLA retail park that was 100 pct let at opening. Developed jointly with BOIG The Blue Ocean Investment Group, the scheme introduces nine brands to the local market, including HalfPrice, Kaufland, Douglas, Hebe, W.Kruk, Worldbox, Smyk, DrMaterac and Optilux.

Warehouse & industrial

Polska Pozbruk uruchomił nową fabrykę prefabrykowanych słupów pod Poznaniem

schedule 22 October 2026
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Pozbruk uruchomił w Sobotzie pod Poznaniem nową fabrykę prefabrykowanych słupów żelbetowych. Zakład o powierzchni 9000 mkw. wyposażono w dwie linie produkcyjne i zautomatyzowaną zbrojarnię. Inwestycja pozwoli pięciokrotnie zwiększyć moce produkcyjne, do ponad 30 słupów dziennie, w tym elementów o długości do 20 metrów.

Warehouse & industrial

Poland Schöck stays on in Segro Park Tychy

schedule 22 October 2026
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Schöck has extended its lease at Segro Park Tychy, Przejazdowa, where it occupies 4,200 sqm of space. Under the renewed agreement, Segro will install a photovoltaic system with energy storage, as well as an electric vehicle charging station for the tenant.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Warsaw office demand rises

schedule 22 October 2026
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Warsaw’s office market recorded stronger demand amid limited new supply in the first nine months of 2026. Nearly 592,000 sqm of office space was leased, up 22 pct year on year, while the vacancy rate fell to 7.9 pct. Służewiec has also re-emerged as one of the city’s most popular office locations, according to Colliers.

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schedule 22 October 2026

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Residential

Poland Trust Investment is preparing its first residential development in Kraków

schedule 22 October 2026
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Trust Investment is preparing its first residential development in Kraków, with the project planned for the Czyżyny district. Local architecture studio B2 Studio is responsible for the design concept. The developer has not yet disclosed further details or a sales launch date.

Office & mixed-use development

Poland Warsaw office availability declines

schedule 22 October 2026
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Office availability in Warsaw continues to tighten, with the vacancy rate falling to 7.9 pct in Q3 2026, down from 9.7 pct a year earlier, according to CBRE. Availability is lowest in the city centre, where vacancies stand at 4.3 pct, while Służewiec has the highest rate at 16.2 pct.

Construction

Poland Strabag to Build 170-Metre Roma Tower in Warsaw

schedule 22 October 2026
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Strabag, together with TKT Engineering, has been appointed general contractor for Roma Tower, a 170-metre residential skyscraper planned for central Warsaw. The EUR 200 mln project will comprise 357 luxury apartments, with construction scheduled to take 50 months.

Office & mixed-use development

Germany Hologate leases 3,200 sqm at Munich’s Kistlerhof

schedule 22 October 2026
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Hologate, a Munich-based AI and extended reality (XR) company, has leased approximately 3,192 sqm of office and exhibition space at Empira Group’s Kistlerhof complex. The company is expected to move into Building 1 on 1 November 2026, following refurbishment works.

Investment & finance

Poland Hillwood secures EUR 20.35 mln loan for Grodzisk Mazowiecki project

schedule 21 October 2026
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Hillwood has secured a EUR 20.35 mln loan from BNP Paribas Bank Polska to finance the second phase of its Hillwood Grodzisk Mazowiecki logistics complex. The bank’s total financing for both phases amounts to approximately EUR 46 mln.

Data centres

EMEA region EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth

schedule 21 October 2026
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Operational data centre capacity across EMEA exceeded 12.1 GW in the first half of 2026, with a further 18.3 GW under construction or in the planning pipeline. Warsaw remains Poland’s largest data centre market, but limited power availability and grid connection capacity are holding back new developments. Demand for AI infrastructure is also driving interest in locations beyond the Polish capital.

Residential

Poland Yareal launches sales at VIA BIELANY in Warsaw

schedule 21 October 2026
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Yareal has launched apartment sales at VIA BIELANY, a residential development planned on Brązownicza Street in Warsaw’s Chomiczówka neighbourhood. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2027. The five-storey building will comprise 63 apartments, each with a garden, balcony or terrace.

ESG

Poland Nowe Bielawy retail parks renew BREEAM Excellent ratings

schedule 21 October 2026
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Two retail parks forming part of the Nowe Bielawy complex in Toruń have once again achieved an Excellent rating under the BREEAM International In-Use certification scheme. This means all three properties in the complex, including the shopping centre, now hold certifications at this level.

Retail & leisure

Poland Europa Centralna to open new section in December

schedule 21 October 2026
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Europa Centralna in Gliwice is entering the final phase of its redevelopment. A new section of the retail and leisure complex is scheduled to open in December, with the entire project due for completion in spring 2027. Once the transformation is complete, the scheme will offer more than 56,000 sqm of gross leasable area.

Residential

Poland Art.Locum launches pre-sales for Hallera 122 in Gdańsk

schedule 21 October 2026
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Art.Locum has launched pre-sales for Hallera 122, a residential development planned on Gen. Józefa Hallera Avenue in Gdańsk, between the Wrzeszcz and Brzeźno districts. The first release comprises 50 apartments ranging from 26 sqm to 93 sqm. The five-storey building will contain 80 apartments and four retail units.

Retail & leisure

Poland Zajawka family entertainment centre to open at OTO Park Siemianowice Śląskie

schedule 21 October 2026
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The Zajawka family entertainment centre will open at OTO Park Siemianowice Śląskie on 24 October, adding children’s attractions, interactive activity games and a café to the retail park.

Warehouse & industrial

Germany Garbe Industrial hands over 60,000-sqm logistics centre to Takko Fashion

schedule 21 October 2026
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Garbe Industrial has handed over a new logistics centre in Salzgitter-Heerte, Germany, to fashion retailer Takko Fashion. The nearly 60,000-sqm facility will bring together most of the retailer’s logistics operations from mid-2027. Interior fit-out work is under way.

Retail & leisure

Poland Mabrok plans 27,000 sqm Osada Pułtusk retail park

schedule 20 October 2026
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Osada Pułtusk, a new 27,000 sqm retail park, is planned to open in Pułtusk in 2028. The project is being developed by Mabrok, with Mallson Polska responsible for the commercial concept and leasing.

Retail & leisure

Poland Bułkę przez Bibułkę opens in Tribera

schedule 20 October 2026
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Bułkę przez Bibułkę will open a new restaurant on the ground floor of the Tribera Warsaw student residence on ul. Obrzeżna in Mokotów. The restaurant will have 105 sqm of indoor space and a terrace of nearly 100 sqm. It will be open to students living in the building, as well as people who live and work in the neighbourhood.

Investment & finance

Poland Hillwood Polska sells 57,800 sqm warehouse and office complex to TOYA

schedule 20 October 2026
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Hillwood Polska has completed the sale of a warehouse and office complex in Oddział, in the municipality of Żabia Wola, to TOYA S.A. The development comprises two buildings with a combined usable area of approximately 57,800 sqm and was delivered under a build-to-own (BTO) arrangement. The transaction was valued at EUR 41.625 mln net.

Latest in Data centres

schedule 21 October 2026

EMEA data centre capacity exceeds 12.1 GW as energy constraints slow growth

Operational data centre capacity across EMEA exceeded 12.1 GW in the first half of 2026, with a further 18.3 GW under construction or in the planning pipeline. Warsaw remains Poland’s largest data centre market, but limited power availability and grid connection capacity are holding back new developments. Demand for AI infrastructure is also driving interest in locations beyond the Polish capital.

schedule 19 October 2026

Power, Power, Power

Access to electricity, rather than its price, is becoming the decisive factor in the development of data centres, as AI drives up demand and Europe's established hubs run out of capacity. This was the central message of Eurobuild's Data Centers – Real Estate, Technology, Investments conference, held at the Warsaw Presidential Hotel on 19 October.

schedule 07 October 2026

Data centres could supply more heat to Polish cities

Poland’s growing data centre market could create a significant new source of waste heat for heating networks. According to analysis by the Polish Data Centre Association, if the market continues to expand, recovered heat from data centres could equal more than 7 pct of the heat currently supplied to Poland’s district heating networks by 2030. By 2035, that figure could reach 16 pct.

schedule 02 October 2026

AI and cloud demand drives growth in European data centre market

Demand for computing power is rising rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence and cloud services. This is accelerating growth in Europe’s data centre market. The sector’s total capacity could reach 13 GW by the end of 2026, up 20 pct year on year, according to CBRE’s 'Europe Data Centres Q2 2026' report. Rising demand is also changing where data centres are being built. Investors are increasingly looking beyond the largest hubs, creating new opportunities for Poland, where data centre capacity could grow from around 200 MW today to 500 MW by 2030.

schedule 15 September 2026

Hillwood moves planned data centre further from homes

Hillwood Polska has revised plans for its planned data centre campus in Reguły, in the Michałowice municipality. Following feedback from local residents, the developer says the buildings will be moved further away from homes, scaled down and separated from the nearest residential properties by a wider green buffer.

schedule 08 July 2026

Poland to benefit from data centre realignment

While just a few years ago, investment locations were primarily determined by demand, today access to electricity is becoming a key factor. According to the latest 'EMEA Data Center Markets Report | H1 2026' by Colliers, energy constraints in Europe's largest hubs are driving investment to new locations, including Poland.

schedule 01 July 2026

Data centres spread out across the region

The EMEA data centre market is entering a new phase where power availability, not demand, is defining growth, forcing a structural shift in how and where capital is deployed. According to Colliers’ EMEA Data Centre Markets Report | H1 2026, the region continues to see strong demand from hyperscale cloud, AI workloads and sovereign requirements, but the ability to convert that demand into operational capacity is becoming increasingly uneven.

schedule 19 June 2026

Poland to be the new data hub

During the presentation of the 'Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland' report, we took the opportunity to speak with Piotr Kowalski, Managing Director at PLDCA, about the risks and future development of data centres in Poland.

schedule 19 June 2026

Data centres to transform Polish economy

According to the report "Driving the Economy: The Economic Impact of the Data Centre Sector in Poland," prepared by the Polish Data Center Association (PLDCA) in collaboration with PwC Poland, in 2025 data centres generated PLN 10.6  bln in gross value added and PLN 4.3 bln in fiscal revenue.

schedule 17 June 2026

Data 4 starts in France with EUR 5 bln investment

By 2030, Data4 plans to invest over EUR 20 bln in the development of its European campuses. Data4 will invest EUR 5 bln to transform a brownfield site in northern France into a new data centre campus. With a capacity of 700 MW, it will meet the needs of AI customers and will be Data4's largest project in France.

schedule 11 June 2026

EU targets Poland for rapid Data centre growth

The development of digital infrastructure is a new economic priority for Europe, as shown by the draft EU regulations, 'Cloud and AI Development Act' (CADA), and the 'Strategic Roadmap, published in early June. The EU wants to triple computing power by 2035 to meet the demand for cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI). Poland is expected to play a leading role in this process.

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