New foreign investments in Poland: Revolut, Valeo and Switch Datacenters expand their operations

Three recently announced projects illustrate the changing profile of foreign investments in Poland. Revolut plans to recruit more than 300 employees for technology, data analytics and operational teams. Valeo is expanding its e-mobility research centre in Silesia and intends to hire more than 100 engineers. Switch Datacenters is preparing an AI data centre near Warsaw, with the first phase expected to cost between EUR 600 million and EUR 1 billion. Poland is therefore attracting specialist talent, research and development projects, and capital-intensive digital infrastructure.

What do the Revolut, Valeo and Switch Datacenters investments have in common?

The Revolut, Valeo and Switch Datacenters projects suggest that foreign investment in Poland is increasingly covering higher-value functions rather than being limited to traditional manufacturing or the delivery of basic business processes.

The companies operate in different sectors, but their decisions share a common theme. Poland is expected to serve as a technology development location, a competence centre and an infrastructure base for an economy increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence.

Why is Revolut increasing its workforce in Poland?

Revolut has announced that it will open a new office on the 32nd floor of Warsaw’s Rondo 1 office tower in autumn 2026. However, the planned expansion of its Polish teams is considerably more significant than the office space itself.

Over the following 12 months, the company intends to create more than 300 roles in engineering, data analytics, operations, sales and services. Revolut currently employs more than 1,300 people in Poland, including employees based in Warsaw and Kraków.

The new positions will not be limited to the capital. Revolut is maintaining its remote-working model, allowing some employees to work from different regions of Poland. The Warsaw office will primarily provide a place for teams that need to meet and collaborate in person.

For Revolut, Poland is not only a source of specialist talent but also one of its largest customer markets. According to company data, more than 5.5 million customers in Poland used its services in July 2026. This made Poland Revolut’s fourth-largest market worldwide and its largest in Central and Eastern Europe.

Revolut’s decision therefore combines two factors that are important to foreign investors: access to a large domestic market and the ability to build teams that perform functions for a global organisation.

Is Valeo moving its research and development operations to Poland?

Valeo is developing its Czechowice-Dziedzice plant into a European competence centre for e-mobility. The company plans to recruit more than 100 engineers, who will join an existing local team of approximately 200 specialists.

The centre will work on high-voltage electric powertrains, electric motors, eAxle systems, hydraulic components and smart actuators. Its activities will also include design, simulation, prototyping, testing and validation of solutions for electric and hybrid vehicles.

Valeo is transferring some projects and research and development capabilities previously located at other European sites, including facilities in Germany, to Czechowice-Dziedzice. This will strengthen the Polish plant’s position within the group, but it does not mean that Valeo is relocating all its German research operations to Poland.

From the perspective of the Polish economy, the most important development is the changing function of the local plant. Czechowice-Dziedzice will not only manufacture components but will also participate in their design and technological development.

Engineering, testing and R&D activities generate greater added value. They also make an investment more durable because the local facility becomes part of the product development process rather than functioning solely as a manufacturing site.

What is Switch Datacenters planning to build near Warsaw?

The third project concerns the infrastructure required for the development of cloud computing and artificial intelligence systems. Dutch company Switch Datacenters plans to build a data centre in Mory, near Ożarów Mazowiecki.

According to information published in July 2026, the first phase of the investment is expected to provide approximately 50 MW of IT capacity. Its value is estimated at between EUR 600 million and EUR 1 billion. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2027, with the first customers expected to be served in 2028.

After 2030, the campus could be expanded to more than 100 MW, subject to demand, energy availability and the necessary permits. The investor has announced that it will use a dry cooling system that does not require continuous water consumption. The project is also expected to include waste heat recovery and the use of renewable energy.

Such solutions are particularly important for AI infrastructure. Systems used to train and operate artificial intelligence models require substantial computing capacity, which translates into high energy demand and the need for effective cooling.

What could restrict the development of data centres in Poland?

For data centres, the price of land is not the main location criterion. Access to sufficient power capacity, grid connection conditions, security of supply, fibre-optic infrastructure and efficient administrative procedures are considerably more important.

Acceptance by local communities is another relevant factor. Residents of areas in which such facilities are planned frequently raise concerns about noise, backup generators, water consumption and the broader impact of the investment on the surrounding area.

The dry cooling system announced by Switch Datacenters addresses some of these concerns but does not resolve every issue. Investors must still communicate the facility’s actual energy requirements, the measures used to limit noise and its expected impact on local infrastructure.

What connects these three new investments in Poland?

Revolut, Valeo and Switch Datacenters represent three interconnected layers of the technology economy.

The first is specialist talent responsible for developing and operating digital products. The second is research and development, through which designs, prototypes and industrial technologies are created in Poland. The third is computing infrastructure, without which cloud solutions and advanced AI systems cannot operate.

This does not mean that lower operating costs are no longer relevant. However, technology investments increasingly depend on access to experienced employees, infrastructure quality, the reliability of the energy system and the ability to expand operations gradually.

Poland can provide all these elements, although their availability differs between regions. Warsaw and Kraków are important labour markets for the financial and digital sectors. Silesia has an established industrial and engineering base. The area surrounding Warsaw, meanwhile, accounts for the largest share of Poland’s data centre market.

Is Poland becoming more than a manufacturing location?

It is too early to conclude that traditional manufacturing has lost its significance. It remains one of the main pillars of foreign investment in Poland. However, the scope of responsibilities assigned to Polish facilities and teams is changing.

Manufacturing operations are increasingly being supplemented by design, testing, data analytics, software development and the management of international processes. As a result, Polish locations can participate in a larger part of the value chain.

Valeo illustrates the transition from component manufacturing to the development of e-mobility technologies. Revolut uses Poland both as a consumer market and as a global talent base. Switch Datacenters, in turn, is preparing infrastructure that could support the next wave of digital services.

What do these projects mean for foreign investors?

The three investments confirm that Poland can simultaneously function as a large sales market, a competence centre, an R&D base and a location for strategic infrastructure.

For companies considering entering the Polish market, this means that the location must be matched to the nature of the project. Access to employees, electricity, land, technical universities and local suppliers may be more important than wage levels alone.

Revolut, Valeo and Switch Datacenters are not participating in a single investment programme, but together their projects indicate the direction in which the Polish investment market is developing. Investments that leave behind not only jobs but also knowledge, responsibility for product development and long-term technological capabilities will generate the greatest value for the Polish economy.