Ryan Rich unveils $13.5 billion Project Pantheon data center campus in Croatia
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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 28
Ryan Rich unveils $13.5 billion Project Pantheon data center campus in Croatia
8 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 28
Project Pantheon will feature a 1-gigawatt campus on 310 acres near Dubrovnik, offering 800 megawatts of usable IT load—enough to power Baltimore.
Pantheon Atlas LLC’s investment marks the largest private investment in Croatian history and aims to provide resilient, AI-optimized infrastructure for European defense, intelligence, and commercial users.
Driven by rising energy demand, EU data sovereignty rules, and Gulf region instability, the project positions Croatia as a secure, cost-effective hub for critical digital infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe.
What is the true environmental cost of building a massive data center near a historic city like Dubrovnik?
Can Croatia's strained energy grid support a 1-gigawatt AI campus without causing national power shortages?
Does this massive AI hub in the Balkans create a strategic asset or a high-value geopolitical target?
How will this US-led facility protect European data from American surveillance laws like the CLOUD Act?
Why build critical US AI infrastructure abroad when domestic permitting is supposedly being accelerated at home?