# Turkey digital infrastructure expansion

> Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/turkey-digital-infrastructure-expansion
> Updated: 2026-07-31T08:13:07.000Z. Sources: 2. Developments: 2.

In mid‑July 2026 Turkey’s Transport and Infrastructure Minister announced a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Türksat Gölbaşı Data Center, slated for 22 July in Ankara. The plan outlined a 35,300 m² facility with six system halls, high‑performance rooms, and a 33 MVA power capacity, designed to triple the agency’s data‑center capacity in its first phase and increase it eight‑fold after a second phase. Built to LEED‑Gold, Tier‑III and Turkish TSE 50600 standards, the centre will host AI‑enabled workloads and support critical government services such as the e‑Devlet portal.

By the end of July, construction progress was reported alongside another public‑sector project in Tekirdağ. The Gölbaşı centre is now projected to become operational in 2027, featuring 1 Exabyte of storage and up to 1,500 high‑density server cabinets. It will consolidate e‑Devlet and other digital assets on a fully domestic platform, offering extensive redundancy and resilience against cyber attacks and natural disasters. The Tekirdağ service building aims to improve local water and sewerage administration services while meeting updated earthquake regulations.

## Timeline

### 2026-07-31: Turkey advances major infrastructure projects: new service building in Tekirdağ and 1 Exabyte data center in Ankara

Turkey is building a modern service building in Saray, Tekirdağ to boost local water and sewer services, and a 1 Exabyte data center in Ankara's Gölbaşı to secure e‑Devlet and other digital assets.

2 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/turkey-advances-major-infrastructure-projects-new-service-building-in-tekirda-and-1-exabyte-data-cen

### 2026-07-19: Turkey's Transport Minister Sets July 22 Groundbreaking for Türksat Gölbaşı Data Center

Turkey’s Transport Minister announced a 22 July groundbreaking for the Türksat Gölbaşı Data Center, a 35,300 m² facility that will boost capacity over eight‑fold, support AI workloads and consolidate public‑​e‑

11 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/turkeys-trksat-glba-data-center-to-boost-digital-capacity

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