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the mainland Europe position of Poland allows it to serve the whole continent within the required latency range.”
Prioritising sustainability and opportunity To support such growth, the PLDCA was founded in May 2023 by five major colocation operators. The organisation represents companies across the data centre value chain, from site acquisition through design engineering, general contractors, MEP system integrators, equipment vendors, commissioning agents and facility management providers.
The mission of the association is to ultimately become a go-to representative of the Polish data centre industry, whilst also acting as a driving force behind the sustainable growth of the industry within Poland.
On this, Piotr says:“ The mission of PLDCA has quickly been recognised and supported by various data centre industry stakeholders, both national and international. As of February 2025, PLDCA consists of 45 companies representing a full range of data centre value chain.
Sławomir Koszołko, Atman CEO, explains:“ The diverse expertise of our partners allows the Association to identify and tackle the strategic aspects of market growth and be recognised by the policy makers and other industry stakeholders as a go-to body when it comes to data centre-related topics.”
Having established its position, PLDCA has been working closely with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, the Ministry of Climate and Energy as well as other stakeholders involved in the legislative process affecting the industry across Poland.
For instance, national High Voltage grid operator, PSE, has incorporated data centre growth into its infrastructure planning and has allocated capacity for 1200MW of data centre development by 2034.
Already, PLDCA has supported public consultations of the country’ s 2035 Digitalisation Strategy led by the Ministry of Digital Affairs as well as the updated National Plan for Energy and Climate led by the Ministry of Climate and Environment, where the association advocated for grid decarbonisation and the wide utilisation of waste heat recovery from data centres.
For Piotr, the association will continue to champion Polish data centre growth.
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