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Warehouse fever and data centers on the city outskirts

Warehouse fever and data centers on the city outskirts

In his article for the weekly Polityka, Marcin Piątek describes how Poland is rapidly turning into Europe’s warehouse hub, with vast logistics and storage halls spreading across suburban landscapes.[file:3]

These complexes are increasingly integrated with e‑commerce, advanced manufacturing and large‑scale data centers, putting unprecedented pressure on local power and water infrastructure and sparking social resistance in places like Reguy near Warsaw.[file:1][file:3]

As Poland strengthens its role in European logistics, the debate on sustainability, resource use and social acceptance of such projects is only just beginning.[file:3]