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Data centres and AI in Malta, ranked against Europe and the US
Malta ranks 5th of 29 European countries for highest share of people using generative AI (46.5%, 2025); its weakest is 31st of 31 for highest clean-power share (16.5%, 2025). Its data centres reported 1 MW of IT capacity to the EU for 2023 (1 of an estimated 8 sites). It hosts no EU AI Factory (role: Antenna). Sources: Eurostat, Ember, EuroHPC, TOP500, Epoch AI; data as of 2026-10-12.
Updated 12 October 2026 · data build 2026-10-10 · how we know · corrections
Where Malta ranks among 31 European countries
Rank 1 = best on the measure's own terms (cheapest, lowest carbon, highest share, most). Each rank is among the European countries with a figure, so the "of" number differs. Malta is an EU member. Measured
No figure for Malta on: Wholesale power, last 12 months; Data centres' share of electricity; TOP500 supercomputing power; GPU-cluster compute (Epoch AI).
Download CSV ↓Source: Eurostat nrg_pc_205 · Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0) · Eurostat isoc_eb_ai · Eurostat isoc_ai_iaiu · EuroHPC JU (via eu_ai_factories) · Eurostat Comext DS-045409 · EU EED data-centre dashboard (via eu_dc_capacity) · as of 2026-10-12 · Compiled by StackPath
Malta against the EU-27 average and the US
Same measure, same source family, nearest year. A dash means no comparable figure, not zero. Measured
| Measure | Malta | EU-27 | US | Ireland |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big-user electricity price | €0.097/kWh H1 202612% below EU | €0.110/kWh H2 2025 | €0.076/kWh 2025 | €0.165/kWh H1 2026 |
| Grid carbon intensity | 483 g/kWh 20252.3× EU | 211 g/kWh 2025 | 384 g/kWh 2025 | 263 g/kWh 2025 |
| Clean power share | 16.5% 2025−54.5 pts vs EU | 71% 2025 | 43% 2025 | 47.7% 2025 |
| Data centres' share of electricity | no figure | 3% 2024 | 4.4% 2023 | 23.2% 2025 |
| Businesses using AI | 21.5% 2025+1.6 pts vs EU | 19.9% 2025 | – | 19.6% 2025 |
| People using generative AI | 46.5% 2025+13.8 pts vs EU | 32.7% 2025 | – | 44.9% 2025 |
| Electricity use per person | 5.7 MWh 20257% below EU | 6.2 MWh 2025 | 13.3 MWh 2025 | 6.8 MWh 2025 |
| Supercomputing per million people | no figure | 10.2 PF 2026/06 | 20.6 PF 2026/06 | 1.2 PF 2026/06 |
| GPU compute per million people | no figure | 177 H100e 2025-07 | 3,660 H100e 2025-07 | – |
Source: Eurostat nrg_pc_205, isoc_eb_ai, isoc_ai_iaiu · Ember · EIA via eu_power_prices · LBNL via US DOE (US data-centre share) · Ember Grids for data centres (Europe share) · TOP500 · Epoch AI GPU clusters · World Bank population · as of 2026-10-12 · Compiled by StackPath
Power: 17% clean generation, €0.097/kWh for the largest users
Generation mix in 2025 (Ember); big-user prices exclude VAT (Eurostat band IG, 150 GWh a year or more; Malta uses band IF, 70–150 GWh, as IG is confidential or empty). Measured
Share of generation by source, 2025. Darker bars are fossil. Demand 3.3 TWh; generation 2.2 TWh; net imports 1 TWh. Carbon intensity 483 gCO2e/kWh (EU-27: 211; US: 384).
Taxes and levies (excluding VAT) were 1.6% of the big-user price in Eurostat's latest year-end comparison.
Source: Ember yearly electricity data (CC BY 4.0) · Eurostat nrg_pc_205 · Compiled by StackPath
Data centres: 1 MW of IT capacity reported to the EU
Electricity share, capacity reported under the EU Energy Efficiency Directive (EED, the EU's data-centre reporting law), grid requests, restrictions and energy rules. Reported
- Reported to the EU (EED): 1 MW of IT capacity at 1 site for 2023, of an estimated 8 sites that should report; average PUE (power usage effectiveness: total power ÷ IT power) 1.4. Coverage is partial, so this is a floor.
On top of national rules, 7 EU-level rules apply to data centres in every member state (EED reporting, the rating scheme and heat-reuse rules).
Source: EU EED data-centre dashboard · Compiled by StackPath
Compute: no EU AI Factory and no TOP500 system in Malta
Public AI Factories (EuroHPC), gigafactory bids, the TOP500 supercomputer list and Epoch AI's database of GPU clusters (in H100-equivalents: compute expressed as a number of Nvidia H100 chips). Measured
- EuroHPC role: Antenna (CALYPSO, selected, linked to Pharos).
- GPU clusters (Epoch AI): none recorded for Malta (Epoch's database is partial; absence means none recorded).
Source: EuroHPC JU via eu_ai_factories · TOP500 June 2026 · Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0) · StackPath eu_compute (announced clusters) · Compiled by StackPath
AI use: 47% of people used generative AI in 2025 (EU: 33%)
Eurostat's surveys of businesses (10+ employees, any AI technology) and of people aged 16–74 (generative AI tools in the last three months), plus AI labs headquartered here. Measured
Share of businesses with 10 or more employees using at least one AI technology (Eurostat isoc_eb_ai; survey years only). Malta: 21.5% in 2025, 12th of 28.
Share of people aged 16–74 who used generative AI tools in the three months before the 2025 survey. There is no comparable official US series.
Source: Eurostat isoc_eb_ai · Eurostat isoc_ai_iaiu · StackPath eu_ai_labs (Epoch AI, company releases) · Compiled by StackPath
Servers: 0% of the EU's server imports from outside the EU land in Malta
Customs flows (Eurostat Comext), not machines installed: ports of entry such as the Netherlands count goods that move on. Measured
- Servers (HS 847150) from outside the EU, 2025-08 to 2026-07: €2.1m, 20th of 27 member states.
- All compute kit (servers, parts, network gear, chips) from outside the EU, last 12 months: €9.3m (0% of the EU total, rank 27); servers up 60% on the previous 12 months.
Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409 · StackPath eu_hardware_imports · Compiled by StackPath
What our data does not show for Malta
Gaps, not zeros: a missing row means no public figure we could check, or that the series does not cover this country.
- No official or estimated figure for data centres' share of electricity.
- No published data-centre grid-queue figure.
- No current hyperscaler investment pledge in our tracker.
- No EU AI Factory and no public AI gigafactory bid.
- No Chips Act fab or pilot line in our ledger.
- No AI lab or AI-chip startup in our European tables.
Deeper pages and other countries
Each layer has its own page with the full European table.
- The country scorecard (18 largest markets)
- Electricity prices for data centres
- Data-centre capacity and electricity use
- Data-centre grid queues
- Restrictions and moratoriums
- Data-centre energy rules
- Hyperscaler pledges vs builds
- Sovereign cloud
- Neoclouds
- EU AI Factories and gigafactories
- AI compute in Europe
- Chips Act fabs
- AI chip startups
- European AI labs
- Server imports
- The global AI compute race
All 31 country profiles
Our reading. Against Ireland, Malta pays 41% less for big-user power and runs a more carbon-intensive grid (483 vs 263 gCO2e/kWh). Where data centres and AI compute go also depends on grid access, land, fibre, tax and customers, which these measures do not capture. Our reading
Questions people ask
- How much do large electricity users pay in Malta?
- Eurostat's average for users of 70–150 GWh a year in Malta was €0.097/kWh in H1 2026, excluding VAT: 7th cheapest of 26 European countries with a figure. The EU-27 average was €0.110 (H2 2025); US industrial users paid about €0.076 in 2025 (EIA, all industrial users).
- How much electricity do data centres use in Malta?
- Malta publishes no national total. Its data centres reported 1 MW of IT capacity to the EU's database for 2023 (1 of an estimated 8 sites), a floor rather than a total.
- Does Malta host an EU AI Factory?
- No. Its role in the EuroHPC programme: Antenna.
- How many people and businesses in Malta use AI?
- 46.5% of people aged 16–74 used generative AI tools in the three months before the 2025 survey (EU-27: 32.7%). 21.5% of businesses with 10 or more employees used at least one AI technology in 2025 (EU-27: 19.9%). Source: Eurostat.
- How does Malta compare with Ireland?
- Big-user power: €0.097 vs Ireland's €0.165/kWh; grid carbon: 483 vs 263 gCO2e/kWh; data centres' share of electricity: no figure vs 23.2%; people using generative AI: 46.5% vs 44.9%.