AI ecosystem

Serbia’s Kragujevac data centre and AI buildout hinge on power contracts

Serbia is positioning itself as a Southeast European platform for data centres, AI compute and sovereign cloud, with the green-electricity element requiring careful structuring. The country has operating digital infrastructure, a large ICT export base, an expanding AI ecosystem and regional telecom depth. Its power system is also larger than in most Western Balkan markets. The main constraint is that Serbia’s electricity generation remains heavily coal-based. A green data-centre strategy tied to additional renewables, battery storage and long-term power purchase…