Our Strategic Vision
€13 billion to lead the energy transition The 2026–2032 Strategic Plan “Lead. Innovate. In a changing world” accelerates the Group’s industrial growth: investments up 14.6%, agentic Artificial Intelligence at scale and digital networks ready to accommodate renewable gases.
Strategic Plan 2026–2032: Lead. Innovate. In a changing world
The 2026–2032 Strategic Plan “Lead. Innovate. In a changing world” accelerates the Group’s industrial growth: investments up 14.6%, agentic Artificial Intelligence at scale and digital networks ready to accommodate renewable gases.
With the 2026–2032 Strategic Plan we are allocating €13 billion of investments — 14.6% more than the previous Plan — to the development, digitalisation and repurposing of gas distribution networks in Italy and Greece. It is a commitment that strengthens our European leadership and makes Artificial Intelligence the core of our operating model, for an increasingly smart, widespread and flexible network, ready to accommodate renewable molecules.
Artificial Intelligence is an integral part of our operating model and is at the core of this Plan. The €13 billion of investments will make our network even smarter, more widespread and more flexible, ready to accommodate renewable molecules.
Paolo Gallo
CEO of Italgas
The three pillars of the Plan
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Scaling agentic Artificial Intelligence, a lever for innovation and process optimisation across all our activities.
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Development, digitalisation and repurposing of gas networks in Italy and Greece, to make them ready to integrate renewable sources and to seize the opportunities of the ATEM tenders.
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Applying AI to the water and energy efficiency sectors as well, to contribute to environmental sustainability and optimise the use of resources.
European gas distribution champion
The Plan strengthens our European leadership in gas distribution, consolidated by the integration of 2i Rete Gas. Gas distribution in Italy remains at the heart of the strategy, accounting for more than 82% of total investments, including tenders.
The ATEM tenders represent a significant opportunity to overcome the fragmentation that has historically held back the sector’s development: the Plan sets the goal of being awarded more than 100 tenders over the Plan period, further consolidating our market presence. On top of this come cost synergies and efficiencies of €280 million by 2032, compared with the 2023 combined cost base, of which €100 million driven by AI-enabled productivity gains.
Innovation, sustainability and people at the centre
Digital transformation is at the heart of the Plan. The roll-out of Nimbus, our new “H₂ ready” smart meter that replaces the traditional meter and can measure hydrogen blends above 20%, has already passed 200,000 installed units in Italy, while agentic AI systems are being scaled across the entire organisation.
The context in which we operate
We operate in a context marked by geopolitical instability and a structural acceleration in energy demand, driven in part by AI. In this scenario, energy security relies on the resilience and reach of networks.
Gas remains a key resource for the transition, but with a profoundly transformed composition: alongside natural gas, our networks accommodate renewable molecules such as biomethane, hydrogen and synthetic methane — essential carriers for decarbonising consumption and strengthening energy security.
Gas infrastructure, increasingly digitalised and flexible, thus becomes the linchpin of the transition, able to integrate new sources and adapt to evolving scenarios. We anticipated this transformation: the first in the world with a fully digital network, today ready to become an “H₂ ready” system.
This is the trajectory the Plan confirms and accelerates: leading the innovation of energy infrastructure, in a changing world.