Network charges for Türkiye's largest power users are 15% of the EU level, Eurostat shows

Network charges are the smallest part of what Türkiye's largest electricity users pay, and the part where the gap with Europe is widest. Consumers using 70,000 to 149,999 megawatt-hours a year in Türkiye paid €0.0027 per kilowatt-hour for network costs in 2025, against an EU average of €0.0179, according to Eurostat's breakdown of electricity price components updated on 16 October. That is 15 per cent of the EU level. The energy and supply component was €0.0632 against €0.0920, or 69 per cent, and taxes, fees, levies and charges other than VAT were €0.0136 against €0.0387, or 35 per cent.

The breakdown matters for data-centre investors because the three parts behave differently. Energy prices move with fuel, the wholesale market and the currency. Network charges are set through regulation and recover the cost of the grid, including the reinforcement that large new loads can need. Taxes and levies are a policy choice. A low total price that rests mainly on low network charges carries a different risk from one that rests on cheap generation.

The components, 2025

Euro per kWh, annual 2025, consumption band 70,000 to 149,999 MWh a year.

Method: every value in the table comes from Eurostat's dataset of electricity price components for non-household consumers (nrg_pc_205_c), annual data for 2025, in euro per kWh, for the 70,000 to 149,999 MWh band, as updated on 16 October 2026. The four columns are Eurostat's own component headings. A small residual category, other components and allowances, is left out of the table and discussed in the text; it is negative for Bulgaria. Georgia reports to Eurostat but its values for this band are recorded as zero, so it is excluded. Shares and cost estimates in the text are Corridor Signal calculations from the table.

Where Türkiye's advantage comes from

Excluding VAT, the components add up to about €0.0801 per kWh for Türkiye and €0.1493 for the EU in 2025, once Eurostat's small residual items are included. The gap of about €0.0692 splits roughly 42 per cent from energy and supply, 22 per cent from network costs and 36 per cent from taxes, fees and levies, on a Corridor Signal calculation. Lower energy costs are the largest single reason Türkiye's large users pay less, but more than half of the gap comes from the two regulated parts of the bill.

The structure of the Turkish bill is also different. Network costs make up about 3 per cent of the pre-VAT price for Türkiye's largest users, against about 12 per cent for the EU average and about 16 per cent in Germany and Ireland. Energy and supply make up about 79 per cent in Türkiye against 62 per cent for the EU. Bulgaria is the European case closest to Türkiye on network charges, at €0.0084, and its energy component is the highest share of any country in the table, after an allowance of minus €0.0087 that Eurostat records under other items.

For a data centre with 10 MW of IT load and a power usage effectiveness of 1.4, which uses about 122,640 MWh a year, the 2025 network component would come to about €0.33 million a year in Türkiye, €2.20 million at the EU average and €3.61 million in Germany. Taxes, fees and levies would add about €1.67 million in Türkiye and €4.75 million at the EU average. These are illustrations based on band averages, not quotes for a specific site.

The 2024 figures show the direction of travel. Türkiye's network component rose from €0.0019 to €0.0027 per kWh between 2024 and 2025, while its energy and supply component fell from €0.0726 to €0.0632 and its taxes, fees and levies fell from €0.0155 to €0.0136, according to the same dataset. The EU average network charge also rose, from €0.0162 to €0.0179. In both cases the regulated network share edged up while energy costs eased, a pattern worth watching as grid investment needs grow.

What could change

Each component carries its own risk. On the energy side, Türkiye's large-user price fell sharply in the first half of 2026 in both lira and euro, according to Eurostat's semi-annual series, which shows how quickly that component moves. On the network side, a low charge today says little about what a new connection for tens of megawatts will cost, or how long it will take, because connection costs for new sites are not part of these averages.

The tax line is the one governments control directly. In Germany it is the second-largest part of the bill for large users, at €0.0589 per kWh, while in Türkiye it is €0.0136. Changes to levies or charges for large consumers would show up in this column first. For investors comparing the corridor with established European hubs, the useful reading of the table is not only that Türkiye's total is low, but that its total is low for reasons that sit mostly with the regulator and the treasury rather than with the market alone.

Eurostat's next annual release of components will show whether the 2026 fall in Türkiye's total price came from energy, from the network or from taxes. Until then, the 2025 structure is the most recent official picture of what a large Turkish user's kilowatt-hour contains.