Poland's National Data Processing Center gets EU grant

Poland has received a PLN 1.56 billion ($401 million) grant from the EU's European Funds for Digital Development (FERC) program to build its National Data Processing Center (KCPD). The project, overseen by the Ministry of Digital Affairs and NASK-PIB, covers three connected 2,000 sqm data centers, fiber links and IT infrastructure, with completion now expected by 2029.

• PLN 1.56 billion ($401m) grant from the EU's FERC program
• Three 2,000 sqm data centers linked by fiber
• Completion pushed from 2026 to 2029
• Additional PLN 172.7m ($44.3m) for the RCho government cloud