• TIM’s plan sets emissions milestones for 2030, 2040 and 2050 across network operations, renewable electricity, data centres and suppliers
  • About €550 million is already included in its industrial roadmap, so delivery will depend on completed upgrades and measured results

The fact

TIM published its Climate Transition Plan on 3 August 2026, setting emissions targets for 2030, 2040 and 2050. The plan covers its businesses in Italy and Brazil, including the emissions linked to its own operations and supply chain. TIM says suppliers account for more than 90% of its total carbon footprint.

The company plans to reduce energy use across its networks, continue buying renewable electricity and introduce stricter environmental requirements for suppliers. It also intends to move more traffic onto 5G and upgrade data-centre cooling and energy-management systems. TIM has allocated about €550 million to this work through its existing industrial plan. The figure does not represent a separate new investment programme. The board has approved the plan, which TIM says will be reviewed as technology, regulation and operating conditions change.

The assessment

The €550 million is spread across TIM’s existing investment programme, so its impact will depend on routine decisions across networks, data centres and procurement. Retiring older equipment, upgrading sites, replacing cooling systems and tightening supplier requirements will matter more than the headline figure alone.

5G may reduce the energy used for each unit of traffic, but total electricity demand can still rise as data volumes grow. TIM will therefore need to publish both absolute consumption and traffic-adjusted figures. The same applies to data centres: cooling efficiency should be measured alongside computing load, otherwise lower cooling demand could be mistaken for lower overall power use.

For BTW readers, the supply chain is central to the plan. Suppliers account for more than 90% of TIM’s reported footprint, so progress will depend on stronger emissions data and procurement rules that influence which equipment the company buys and how it is produced.

What to watch

TIM’s annual reports should show how much of the €550 million has been deployed and what changed after network and data-centre upgrades. Useful measures include total network electricity use, energy consumed per unit of traffic, cooling efficiency and the share of supplier spending covered by verified emissions data. Separate figures for Italy and Brazil would make the results easier to assess.