> I don't think Lombardy was seeing too much DC construction

read the article:

> Lombardy alone accounted for 63% of the applications submitted throughout Italy.

> There are already 33 active data centres in the Milan metropolitan area alone; a further 10 are under construction and 23 under evaluation.

> If the Milan hinterland is the most 'targeted' area, an increase in interest is also registered in the other provinces: in the rest of Lombardy there are three already active, plus one under construction and five under evaluation.