Italy is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
Sifted highlights 16 Italian and Spanish startups with 200%+ one-year revenue growth, presenting a data-driven leaderboard of high-growth Southern European companies (data quality is questionable in the provided text).
Lombardy passes a regional law that hikes data center construction charges up to 200% in green areas and 100% in rural areas to curb expansion, while promoting reuse of disused industrial sites and mapping energy availability for projects.
Italy cancels the Boeing KC-46 order in favor of six Airbus A330 MRTT tankers worth ~€1.39 billion, signaling a shift to a European defense supply chain within NATO interoperability.
EU-backed move in Italy to require Meta to pay publishers for news content could herald broader platform licensing costs in the bloc.
Algorithmiq raises €18m in a Series B and relocates HQ from Helsinki to Milan, supported by an IBM collaboration demonstrating quantum advantage.
Spain has moved to the cheapest tier of European power markets as wind and solar shrink gas’s price-setting role, driving wholesale prices to about €44/MWh in early 2026, but retail bills and regulatory costs complicate the bottom-line.
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