Powered land in Romania, checked and ready to lease.
Grounded Power finds industrial sites in Romania with real grid capacity (1–50+ MW) and leases them to AI, data centre and high-performance compute operators. We start from the power, not from hope.
Sites with existing grid connections · Exclusive owner mandates · Romania, in the EU
The problem
Compute isn't the bottleneck. Power is.
Grid queues in Western Europe now stretch for years. Projects stall halfway through construction while operators wait for megawatts. Meanwhile Romania has former factories, power plants and mines that already have substations, high-voltage lines and land ready to reuse.
What we do
We turn idle industrial sites into compute-ready capacity.
We find them.
Sites screened against Transelectrica and local grid data, with owners contacted directly. You won't find most of them online.
We check them.
Grid status, connection approvals, zoning, title and access, all checked before you see a site.
We secure them.
We hold exclusive mandates with owners on lease-only terms, so you deal with one counterparty and a clear timeline.
How it works
From brief to signed lease in four steps.
01
Brief.
Tell us your MW range, timeline, region and tenure.
02
Feasibility shortlist.
A ranked report on 8–10 sites, a view of grid capacity, and our top 3.
03
Search and checks.
Owner negotiations, documents and site visits with us on the ground.
04
Lease.
Terms agreed and documents ready for your legal team.
Pricing
Clear fees. Paid when it works.
You should know what this costs before the first call, so we publish our prices. Operators pay a success fee only when a lease is signed. For the first 12 months of a lease, we receive 10% of the monthly rent, paid by the operator out of the rent it already pays. Landowners pay nothing upfront and nothing out of pocket. The feasibility report is credited in full when you sign.
Success fee
For operators. Only on a signed lease.
Charged band by band on the capacity you lease:
- £5,000 per MW for the first 10 MW
- £3,000 per MW from 10 to 30 MW
- £1,500 per MW above 30 MW
Capped at £150,000. No minimum fee. No lease, no fee.
Rent share
10% of monthly rent, first 12 months only.
Paid by the operator directly to Grounded Power, out of the rent. Never on top of it.
It is a share of the rent, not of the property's value or sale price. Landowners pay nothing upfront, and nothing at all if no lease is signed.
Example: rent of £20,000 a month. The operator pays £18,000 to the landowner and £2,000 to us, for 12 months. From month 13, the full £20,000 goes to the landowner.
Phase 1 & extra services
Fixed prices. No hidden extras.
- Phase 1 feasibility report: £5,000 — required for every project. Credited in full against the success fee.
- Site visits: £1,000 per day on site, all-inclusive (travel, accommodation and expenses). Travel days are not charged. Minimum 3 invoiced days.
- Drone, LiDAR and survey partners: at cost plus 10%, itemised on your invoice.
Estimate your fees
Move the slider. See every pound before you commit.
Estimate only. Final terms are set out in the signed lease and our written agreements. Prices exclude VAT where applicable.
If no lease is signed
Phase 1 feasibility report
£5,000
Your maximum downside
£5,000
If the lease is signed
Success fee
10 MW × £5,000
£50,000
Phase 1 feasibility report
Credited in full when you sign.
£5,000
Site visits
£0
Total if the lease is signed
£50,000
Rent share, first 12 months
From month 13, the landowner keeps 100% of the rent.
Not an extra cost to the operator. It comes out of the rent the operator already pays.
- No lease, no success fee.
- Every fee agreed in writing before we start.
- Paid by both sides, and both sides are told.
Why Romania
EU jurisdiction. Spare power. Lower costs.
- Inside the EU, with GDPR and EU law
- A large existing high-voltage grid and a strong share of hydro and nuclear power
- Industrial land and labour costs well below Western Europe
- Fast fibre and access to markets in Central and Eastern Europe
Generation mix, 2025
Two-thirds low-carbon. Anchored by hydro and nuclear.
Romania's electricity comes mainly from hydropower, run largely by state-owned Hidroelectrica, and from the two CANDU reactors at Cernavodă, which together produce about one fifth of the country's power. Wind and solar are the fastest-growing sources: solar output rose from 3.4 TWh in 2024 to 5.0 TWh in 2025.
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Nuclear, Cernavodă
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Solar, up from 6.5% in 2024
Ember
- Hydro12.1 TWh · 24.3%
- Nuclear10.2 TWh · 20.5%
- Wind5.97 TWh · 12%
- Solar4.96 TWh · 10%
- Bioenergy0.48 TWh · 1%
- Gas8.45 TWh · 17%
- Coal7.56 TWh · 15.2%
- Other fossil0.08 TWh · 0.2%
Source: Ember Yearly Electricity Data, 2025. Shares may not total exactly 100% because of rounding.
Connectivity
Fibre-grade connectivity, among the fastest in the EU.
Romania's median fixed broadband speed ranks 3rd in the EU and 15th worldwide, more than twice the global median. That matters for data centre and edge workloads.
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Fixed median download
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Global rank (fixed)
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EU rank (fixed)
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Global median speed
Global median 129.7 Mbps
Source: Ookla Speedtest Global Index, median country speeds, September 2026. Medians of user-initiated tests; rankings change monthly.
Site map
Available sites across Romania.
A selection of anonymised sites with available power, land and buildings. Full site details are shared under NDA after a feasibility engagement.
High power (20 MW+)
| Region | Power | Land | Buildings | Readiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prahova | 20–30 MWHigh power | 10–15 ha | 8,000–10,000 m² | D · Not yet qualified |
| Dolj | 40–50 MWHigh power | 20–30 ha | 15,000–20,000 m² | D · Not yet qualified |
| Hunedoara | 10–20 MW | 5–10 ha | 3,000–5,000 m² | D · Not yet qualified |
| Brașov | 5–10 MW | 2–5 ha | 4,000–6,000 m² | D · Not yet qualified |
| Constanța | 1–5 MW | 1–2 ha | 1,500–2,500 m² | D · Not yet qualified |
| Prahova | 20–50High power | 10–20 | — | C · Early stage |
Locations anonymised · details under NDA
For operators
Fewer site tours. Better sites.
Every site we put forward has been checked for grid capacity, ownership and lease terms before you see it. No brochures dressed up as data.
For landowners
Your idle site has a power connection. That's worth something now.
We bring vetted international tenants, check their funding before any introduction, and negotiate long-term leases. You keep ownership, and there's no upfront fee.
Why Grounded Power
On the ground in Romania. Accountable to you.
Local access
relationships with owners, local authorities and grid operators
Buyer checks
we confirm a tenant's funding before we introduce them to an owner
Discretion
NDAs, data shared in stages, and confidential site reports
Aligned fees
retainers are deducted from our success fee when you sign
Get in touch
Megawatts don't wait. Neither should you.
Tell us what you need and we'll tell you what's real.