Italgas plans new Turin innovation hub
Italgas is planning a new €35 million innovation campus at its subsidiary Italgas Reti’s headquarters on the Corso Regina Margherita street in Turin.
The new campus with a staff of about 250 when at full capacity is planned to address the creation of the networks, generation plants and technologies of the future, with activities including the testing of materials, calibration of measuring instruments and new digital skills for training.
Research and development will focus on methane, biomethane and green hydrogen and their contribution to the process of decarbonisation, with partnerships and collaborations planned with academic institutions and universities in Italy and abroad.
The campus also is planned to host the group’s Cyber Range, within which the cybersecurity and resilience features of the new generation digital equipment and systems will be developed and tested.
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The development follows previous renovations of Italgas’s buildings in the Largo Regio Parco area of Turin and is part of a plan to renew its offices throughout Italy.
“For the area of Corso Regina Margherita, a new phase begins,” says CEO of Italgas, Paolo Gallo.
“We are proud to be able to carry out a project that further projects the city into the energy future of the country and at the same time contributes to the revitalisation of such an important area for the urban fabric.”
The project will involve the overall redevelopment of the area that covers about 44,000m2 through the renovation of the existing buildings and the modernisation of the external areas, as well as the construction of a new building for the innovation hub.
In addition, over 9,000m2 of new green spaces and pedestrian and cycle paths are planned within the site and extending into adjacent public areas.
While Italgas is now headquartered in Milan, the company had its origins in Turin in 1837 and is planning investments in the city and metropolitan area of €530 million ($574 million) over the next decade.
