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Trump Allies and a Billion-Dollar Bosnia Plan: Gas Pipeline, Data Center and Mostar Airport

From Delo · () Slovenian

Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • AAFS Infrastructure and Energy plans a data center in Mostar with 100 megawatts of capacity and an estimated value of about €530 million.
  • The company has also announced investments in a gas pipeline, three gas-fired power plants and airport projects in Sarajevo and Mostar, bringing the wider package above €2 billion.
  • Plans for the Mostar projects have drawn opposition from some residents, while their implementation still depends on financing, permits, procedures and local consent.

A 100-megawatt data center worth about €530 million is at the center of AAFS Infrastructure and Energy’s plans for Mostar. If completed, it would rank among the largest technology infrastructure projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The project forms part of a broader investment plan. AAFS has previously announced about €1.5 billion in spending on a gas pipeline, three gas-fired power plants and projects at the airports in Sarajevo and Mostar. With the newly outlined plans, the package would exceed €2 billion, or about $2.3 billion.

Mostar holds a particularly prominent place in the proposal. Alongside the data center, AAFS wants to increase its investment in Mostar Airport. Company representative Amer Bekan said the planned investment would rise from €50 million to €100 million. The money would fund a maintenance, repair and overhaul center for smaller and narrow-body aircraft.

The two Mostar projects, the data center and the airport investment, would together be worth about €630 million under the plans currently described. The data center’s 100-megawatt capacity would create substantial energy demands, tying its construction to electricity availability, reliable supply and supporting infrastructure.

The plans have already met resistance. Some Mostar residents launched an online petition titled “Stop the construction of the data center in Mostar!” AAFS is reportedly seeking financing through U.S. development institutions, including the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, as well as international funds.

The company has been linked to people in U.S. President Donald Trump’s political circle. Its reported founders include Jesse Binnall, a former Trump lawyer, and Joseph Flynn, the brother of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. For now, the projects remain announced investments. Their realization will depend on funding, permits, procedures and local approvals, with opposition emerging before construction has begun.

Stop the construction of the data center in Mostar!

· Mostar residentsTitle of an online petition opposing the proposed data center.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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