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Italian regional investment programs

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In late July 2026, Lombardy announced a comprehensive funding package exceeding €60 million, covering sectors such as aquaculture, digital upgrades for SMEs, hydro‑geological hydro-geological risk mitigation, cultural initiatives, school‑based school-based psychological support, and humanitarian aid for Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine. By early August, Lombardy’s spending focus narrowed to targeted agricultural support, allocating more than €2.8 million to protect crops from invasive insects and to modernise livestock facilities in mountain municipalities. At the same time, the Basilicata region introduced its own measures, offering up to 70 % cost‑share 70% cost-share for forest‑nursery forest-nursery enterprises and granting its first authorisations for battery‑energy‑storage battery-energy-storage systems, approving projects that will inject a combined 348 MW into the national grid. Together, On August 6, the snapshots illustrate Italian government expanded these digital and energy-related efforts by approving two strategic investment programs totaling approximately €6.8 billion for data center development. In Lombardy, a shift from €5.3 billion hyperscale campus with 400 MW capacity is planned for the Milan metropolitan area. In Sardinia, a broad, multi‑sectoral funding strategy €1.49 billion Edge AI data center is slated for the former Monte Sinni coal mine area, integrating renewable energy and storage. Additionally, Basilicata has authorized two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Lombardy to more specialised agricultural Melfi and renewable‑energy investments, while another Italian region, Basilicata, joins the effort Picerno, with forest and battery‑storage initiatives. a combined capacity of 348 MW, to help stabilize the electrical grid.

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