Türkiye aims to increase its data center capacity to 1 GW by 2030 in order to strengthen its artificial intelligence infrastructure. Under the 2026–2030 Artificial Intelligence Vision and Action Plan, investments in data centers, cloud computing and high-performance computing are planned through cooperation between the public and private sectors.
According to the strategy, at least 10 billion dollars in private-sector investment in artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure is projected over the next 5-year period. This funding is intended to raise the total installed capacity of data centers in Türkiye to at least 1 GW by 2030.
The planned capacity increase is expected to contribute to hosting corporate data within Türkiye’s borders and running artificial intelligence models requiring high processing power with domestic resources. The report stated that the investment represents a comprehensive step toward developing Türkiye’s artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Why it matters
The targeted capacity increase directly concerns public institutions and private companies in terms of keeping corporate data within Türkiye’s borders and conducting artificial intelligence work requiring high processing power on domestic infrastructure. The implementation of the plan offers a framework that could expand not only the number of data centers but also the areas in which cloud computing and high-performance computing capabilities are used. However, the available information does not explain which projects the projected private-sector funding will be allocated to or under what implementation schedule it will be deployed. In addition, the discrepancy between the 2026–2030 plan name mentioned in the text and the official plan dated 2025–2029 cited in council notes requires the basis of the targets to be verified before publication.
Background
Turkey is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: over the past 90 days, we have published 32 reports mentioning this name; the latest was dated 4 September 2026.