The European Union (EU) has offered to build a data center for Moldova.

Proposed by the EU commissioner for enlargement, Marta Kos, during a visit to the country last week, the facility would help protect the personal data of Moldovan citizens from cyberattacks.

If accepted, the data center would be constructed with the assistance of the EU member state Sweden, reported Europa Libera.

No details have been released about when such a facility would be built, or its cost, location, or IT compute capacity.

DCD has approached the European Commission and the Moldovan government for comment.

Moldovan prime minister Vasile Tofan welcomed the offer. “We are advancing the preparatory work for the creation of a secure data center and strengthening the connection of the Republic of Moldova to the European artificial intelligence ecosystem,” he said.

The proposal was made as part of the first meeting of the High-Level Digital Connectivity Platform in Moldova’s capital, Chișinău, co-hosted by members of the European Commission and the Moldovan Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalisation.

The purpose of the summit, said the European Commission in a statement, was to invest up to €623 million ($689m) pledged by nations and private sector partners into strengthening digital connectivity between Europe and Central Asia by upgrading 5G networks, space-based connectivity and data center infrastructure in the Black Sea region, Turkey, and the southern Caucasus.

Though the cost of the hypothetical data center proposed by the EU for Moldova remains unknown, a recent independent estimate reported by Logos Press put the total sum required to build a government facility to consolidate public digital services at €50 million ($55m).

The EU’s proposal follows a major cyberattack on Moldova in October 2026, in which the personal data of an estimated 450,000 of the country’s citizens was exposed. The threat actor responsible remains unidentified.

Moldova remains a small data center market compared to its neighbors. Only six facilities are listed in the country, according to DataCenterMap, all located in the capital city of Chișinău.

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