London, 8th July 2026 – Aruba S.p.A., one of Italy's leading providers of  cloud, data centre and digital services, today announced the acquisition of three hydroelectric plants along the Stura di Lanzo river, in the province of Turin, in the municipalities of Cafasse, Balangero and Lanzo Torinese. The three plants, already fully operational, produce a total of about 10 GWh of renewable energy each year.

With this acquisition, the group's owned hydroelectric portfolio rises to 11 plants, with total production exceeding 60 GWh of renewable energy each year - enough to power more than 22,000 households - and installed capacity of approximately 11.6 MW. The plants are located across five rivers in four Italian regions - Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia - providing a geographically diversified renewable energy portfolio.

This is a strategy that sets Aruba apart from many digital infrastructure and services providers. Rather than relying solely on renewable energy sourced from the grid, the Group generates renewable electricity directly through its own hydroelectric plants. The new plants were selected according to precise industrial criteria: continuity of water resources, the presence of consolidated infrastructure along the river, upstream plants that regulate its flow, and geographic diversification of the production portfolio.

The acquisition marks the latest step in Aruba's ongoing investment in renewable energy generation. In recent months, the installation of a third turbine at the hydroelectric plant inside the Ponte San Pietro (BG) campus was completed, further increasing its production. On the solar front, all buildings in the Bergamo campus are covered with latest-generation photovoltaic panels, and the data centre campus in Rome is also equipped with them on all surfaces and roofs with suitable exposure.

This approach aligns with Aruba's commitments under the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, the European initiative working towards climate-neutral data centres by 2030. Aruba is among the first operators in Europe to have certified compliance through independent audits.

The benefit therefore extends directly to customers: those who host their IT infrastructure in Aruba data centres can count on services powered by an energy mix with a self-produced and renewable component that is constantly growing, reducing the environmental footprint of their digital operations without having to invest in their own generation plants. The remaining energy needed is purchased from the market, but always and only from renewable sources.

Alongside clean energy production, Aruba also works continuously on efficiency: solutions such as free cooling or liquid cooling applied directly to chips reduce the energy needed for cooling, the main source of consumption in a data centre after the IT load. The combination of these two elements - producing clean energy and consuming less of it - defines Aruba's industrial model: high-performance digital infrastructure serving citizens, businesses and Public Administration, designed to grow in line with Europe's energy transition goals.

Further details at: https://www.aruba.it/en/certification/eco-friendly-go-certification.aspx