Minister Kacır: We Will Increase Our Data Center Capacity to 1 Gigawatt by 2030

Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır stated during the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ankara Temelli Data Center that Turkey's installed data center capacity will be increased to at least 1 gigawatt by 2030, and investments exceeding 10 billion dollars are projected through the private sector.

Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the Ankara Temelli Data Center established in the Başkent Organized Industrial Zone. AK Party Deputy Chairman Ömer İleri, Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee and AK Party Ankara Deputy Fuat Oktay, along with invited guests, took part in the program. Minister Kacır emphasized that many innovations from artificial intelligence to cloud computing are transforming the global economy, and owning and processing data is of critical importance in the 21st century.

Stating that they are acting within the framework of the 2026–2030 Turkey Artificial Intelligence Action Plan to strengthen Turkey's digital infrastructure and increase its computing capacity, Kacır expressed that the country's installed data center capacity will be raised to at least 1 gigawatt by 2030. It was noted that over 10 billion dollars in investments are projected to be realized by 2030, predominantly through the private sector, in data centers, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence infrastructures.

The foundation of the 22-megawatt capacity Rönesans-Digital Realty data center investment, which will be realized with an investment of 450 million dollars within the Başkent Organized Industrial Zone in Ankara Temelli, was laid. In addition, it was conveyed that two companies have the target of creating a 200-megawatt capacity with an investment of approximately 3 billion dollars in Ankara and Istanbul.