Maintained observatory · Sos Enattos / Nuoro
Sardinia is an active candidate for the European gravitational-wave observatory; ET-SUnLab is under construction and the final host-site decision is expected by 2027.
The current Regione Sardegna Einstein Telescope page gives December 2026 as the expected decision month; the page shows no publication date in this review.
Si prevede che la decisione finale sulla candidatura sarà presa dagli organismi competenti nel mese di dicembre 2026.
The current Einstein Telescope Italia Q&A page gives 2027 as the expected final site-selection year; the page shows no publication date in this review.
The final choice of the site (or sites) where the experiment will be installed is expected in 2027.
Construction of the ET-SUnLab enabling research laboratory at Sos Enattos formally started after the works-delivery document was signed on 23 September 2026.
On 23 September 2026 the works-delivery document was signed, formally starting construction of ET-SUnLab at Sos Enattos.
The ET-SUnLab report records approximately €10 million from Regione Sardegna and approximately €10 million shared by INFN, INAF and INGV.
Funding is approximately €10 million from Regione Sardegna and approximately €10 million shared by INFN, INAF and INGV.
ET-SUnLab has an intermediate operational target of 4 September 2027 and a final completion target of 14 June 2028.
The intermediate target is 4 September 2027 and the final completion target is 14 June 2028.
The Italian candidacy portal gives an optimistic scientific-operations horizon around 2035, dependent on construction and funding.
It gives an optimistic scientific-operations horizon around 2035, dependent on construction and funding.
Monitor construction, fit-out, laboratory technology, geophysical systems, and future services around the ET-SUnLab centre at Sos Enattos.
Track the 2027 host-site decision, candidate comparison, and the associated Sardinian scientific and infrastructure programme.
MITI explicitly involves businesses in co-design and prototype development for multimessenger and ET-enabling technologies.
FABER/MEET, CCGET, SAR-GRAV, and ET-SUnLab create a continuing geophysical, seismic, and low-noise research surface at Sos Enattos.