Western Europe Data Center Market Portfolio: Facility, Capacity, Investment and Colocation Pricing Analysis, 2026-2031

AI-driven cloud expansion is fueling data center growth across Western Europe, creating opportunities in colocation, construction, infrastructure and real estate


Dublin, Sept. 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Western Europe Existing & Upcoming Data Center Portfolio" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Western Europe Data Center Market Portfolio Database provides an in-depth Excel-based analysis of the region's colocation data center landscape. Covering 1,048 existing facilities and 390 upcoming projects, the database delivers actionable intelligence on data center capacity, white-floor space, investment activity, development pipelines and retail and wholesale colocation pricing.

The geographic coverage includes the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The database is designed to support data center operators, investors, developers, infrastructure providers, consultants and government agencies evaluating opportunities across established and emerging Western European data center markets.

Western Europe Data Center Market Highlights

  • Western Europe has more than 1,048 operational data centers, with the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Netherlands accounting for a significant share of regional capacity.
  • The United Kingdom leads the existing market with more than 1.8 GW of power capacity. Major operators include VIRTUS Data Centres, Equinix, Digital Realty, Ark Data Centres and Vantage Data Centers.
  • Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google continue to expand data center campuses across Western Europe to address growing cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure requirements.
  • Digital Realty, Equinix, NTT DATA, EdgeConneX and Vantage Data Centers are among the region's leading data center operators by deployed and planned capacity.
  • The development pipeline comprises 390 facilities, creating opportunities for construction contractors, power and cooling suppliers, investors, real estate firms and other data center infrastructure providers.

Database Coverage

The Western Europe data center database includes existing and upcoming white-floor space, current IT load capacity for 2026 and projected capacity additions from 2026 through 2031. It also provides retail colocation pricing for quarter-rack, half-rack and full-rack cabinets, along with wholesale colocation pricing per kW.

Existing Data Centers: 1,048 Facilities

Each operational facility profile includes a market snapshot and key property, capacity and infrastructure information. Data points covered include:

  • Region, country and city
  • Facility address
  • Operator or owner
  • Data center and campus name
  • White-floor area
  • IT load capacity
  • Rack capacity
  • Year of operation
  • Tier design standard
  • Power and cooling redundancy

This facility-level intelligence enables users to compare established data center portfolios, assess operator presence, evaluate available capacity and identify competitive concentrations across Western Europe.

Upcoming Data Centers: 390 Facilities

The development pipeline analysis provides investment and project-level intelligence for announced, planned, under-construction and recently opened facilities. Coverage includes:

  • Investment snapshot
  • Region, country and city
  • Investor or developer
  • Planned white-floor area
  • Planned IT load capacity
  • Total investment value
  • Electrical infrastructure investment
  • Mechanical infrastructure investment
  • General construction services investment
  • Announcement year
  • Project status
  • Actual or expected opening year

The pipeline data supports analysis of future capacity growth, capital expenditure, market entry opportunities and demand for electrical, mechanical and construction services through 2031.

Target Audience

  • Data center real estate investment trusts
  • Data center owners, operators and developers
  • Construction contractors and engineering firms
  • Electrical, mechanical, power and cooling infrastructure providers
  • New market entrants
  • Consulting, advisory and research firms
  • Corporate organizations and government agencies
  • Institutional investors and real estate stakeholders

By consolidating facility-level, capacity, pricing and investment data into a structured Excel database, this product helps stakeholders benchmark the Western Europe data center market, evaluate competitive positioning, monitor hyperscale and colocation expansion, identify investment opportunities and plan market strategies for 2026-2031.

Key Topics Covered

1. About the Database
2. Scope & Assumptions
3. Definitions
4. Snapshot: Existing & Upcoming Data Center Facility
5. Existing Data Center Database
6. Upcoming Data Center Facility
7. Existing vs. Upcoming Capacity (Infographics)
8. Colocation Pricing

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • 3U Telecom
  • Access Managed Services (OOSHA)
  • ACS Group
  • Ada Infrastructure
  • Adam Ecotech (CVC DIF)
  • Advanced MedioMatrix
  • AIMES
  • AiOnX
  • Aire Networks
  • Aixit
  • AlphaCloud
  • Alpine DC
  • ANS Group (UKFast)
  • Apatura
  • Applico Digital Labs
  • Apto & Dromeus Capital
  • Aptum
  • AQ Compute
  • AQL Data Center
  • Ar Telecom
  • Area Project Solutions
  • Ark Data Centres
  • Aroundtown
  • Arrow Business Communications
  • Arsys
  • Art Data Centres
  • Artfiles
  • Aruba
  • Asanti (Daisy Group)
  • ASCO TLC (Acantho)
  • ASK4
  • ASP Server
  • Atlantic Data Infrastructure (ADI)
  • Atlantic Hub
  • Atlas Edge
  • Atom86
  • Avaio
  • Azora
  • Bancadati SA
  • BICS
  • BIT
  • bitNAP
  • Blue
  • Blue Box
  • Bluestar Datacenter
  • Box2bit
  • BrainServe
  • brightsolid
  • Broadcasting Center Europe
  • BT BLUE
  • BT Ireland
  • BT Italia
  • Bytesnet (Eurofiber Cloud Infra)
  • Caineal
  • Caldera21 (CDLAN )
  • CapitaLand
  • Carrier Colo
  • Castleforge and Galaxy DC
  • Catella (Trinity DC)
  • CCS Leeds
  • CDROM
  • CELESTE
  • Cellnex
  • Centersquare (Cyxtera Technologies)
  • Centrilogic
  • Centron
  • China Mobile International (CMI)
  • CIV
  • Civicos Networking
  • CKW
  • Claranet
  • Clearstream Technology
  • Cloud Innovation Limited
  • CloudHQ
  • CloudRock
  • Cogent Communications
  • ColoBale
  • ColoHouse
  • Colt Data Centre Services
  • Comarch
  • Compass Datacenters
  • Comtrance
  • Comvive Servidores SL
  • Contabo
  • Convergenze S.p.A.
  • Cork Internet eXchange
  • Corscale
  • CSI PIEMONTE
  • Custodian Data Centres
  • CyrusOne
  • Daisy Corporate Services
  • D-ALiX (ITER Group)
  • DARZ
  • Data Castle
  • Data Center Partners (DCP)
  • Data Facilities Data Centers (DFDC)
  • Data Felix
  • Data11
  • Data4 Group
  • DataBank
  • Datacenter Groningen (Weserve)
  • Datacenter United
  • DataCenter Winterthur
  • Datacenter.com
  • Datacentreplus
  • Datagrex
  • DATANET.CO.UK
  • DataOne
  • dataR
  • DataVita
  • DATAWIRE
  • Datum
  • Datum Datacentres
  • DC01UK
  • dc2scale
  • DDCL Tutis Point
  • Decima
  • DECSIS
  • DEEP
  • Deep Green
  • Denv-R
  • Digital Realty
  • Digital Reef
  • Digital Space
  • DLD (Salford) Ltd
  • DOKOM 21
  • DTiX
  • Echelon Data Centers
  • Echelon Data Centres
  • EdgeConneX
  • EdgeCore
  • Edged Energy & Merlin Properties
  • Edgenex
  • EID LLP
  • Eircom
  • Elasticity Limited
  • Elite UK REIT Management Pte. Ltd
  • Elmec Informatica
  • Elsham Tech Park Ltd
  • EMC HostCo
  • Energia Data Centre
  • EngineNode
  • Eni & G42
  • Eni
  • envia TEL
  • Eolas
  • Epsilon Telecommunications
  • Equinix
  • Espaciorack
  • Espanix
  • Etix Everywhere
  • EURA DC
  • Eurofiber Cloud Infra
  • EVF Data Center
  • Evroc
  • E-Werk Mittelbaden & Leitwerk (Baden Cloud JV)
  • EXE.IT SRL SB
  • Extendo Datacenter
  • Fastnet
  • Fastweb
  • Fibernet
  • Fibra Medios Telecom
  • Fibre23
  • FirstColo
  • Foliateam
  • Form8tion Data Centers
  • Free Pro
  • Friktoria
  • Fujitsu
  • Fulcrum Data Systems
  • fullsave
  • GIB-Solutions
  • Global Service Provider
  • Global Switch
  • Global Technical Realty (GTR)
  • Goodman
  • GRASS-MERKUR
  • Great Grey Investments
  • Green Computing
  • Green Datacenter
  • Green Mountain & KMW
  • Greenhouse Datacenters
  • GreenScale
  • Gridjet Data Centres
  • Groupe Asten
  • Grupalia Internet S.A
  • Grupo Trevenque
  • GTP 3 Data Center
  • GTT Communications
  • Gyro Centre
  • Helveticdata (BRIOD SA Group)
  • Hetzner Online
  • HiHo
  • Hispaweb
  • hosTELyon
  • Hostmein IKE
  • hosttech
  • Humber Tech Park
  • Ibercom
  • IBO
  • Icade
  • IDS&Unitelm srl
  • iGenius
  • ikoula
  • Iliad Group & InfraVia
  • InAsset (RETELIT)
  • Indectron
  • Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) and Serverfarm
  • Indra
  • INFOMANIAK
  • Ingenostrum
  • Intercity Technology
  • Interconnect
  • IOMART
  • Ionos (Fasthosts)
  • IP House
  • Ipcore Datacenters
  • IPHH (Internet Port Hamburg)
  • IPTP Networks
  • Irideos
  • Iron Mountain
  • ISPpro Internet
  • IT Gate
  • Italia Telecom Sparkle
  • ITB2 Datacenters
  • ITENOS
  • Itility
  • Itnet
  • ITPS
  • IWB
  • Jaguar Network
  • JCD Group
  • K2 Data Centres
  • Kao Data
  • Keppel Data Centres
  • KEVLINX
  • Kwere II
  • LabGroup
  • Lancom
  • Latos Data Center
  • LCL Data Centers
  • LDeX
  • LEW (Lechwerke AG - E.ON)
  • Lidl (Schwarz Group)
  • Lincoln Rackhouse
  • Link Park Heathrow
  • Lumen Technologies
  • Lunar Digital
  • LuxConnect
  • Maincubes
  • Mainova WebHouse
  • Malaga Data Center
  • MAXNOD
  • Merlin Properties +Edged Energy
  • MGX/Bpifrance/Mistral AI/NVIDIA
  • MigSolv
  • MIX
  • MK NETZDIENSTE
  • Moresi
  • myLoc managed IT (WIIT)
  • Nabiax
  • Naquadria
  • Nation Data Center
  • NDC-GARBE Data Centers
  • Nehos
  • NET-BUILD
  • Nethits` Telecom
  • Netiwan
  • NetTech DC
  • Netwise Hosting
  • NewTelco
  • Nexeren (XEFI
  • Formerly SHD Datacenter)
  • Nexica - Econocom Group
  • NIKHEF Hosting
  • Nixval
  • nLighten
  • Node4
  • Noovle (TIM)
  • Noris Network
  • NorthC
  • Norwich Research Park
  • NOS
  • Nostrum Group
  • NRB
  • NS3
  • Nscale
  • NTS Workspace
  • NTT Global Data Centers
  • OPCore (Scaleway Datacenter)
  • Open Hub Med
  • Orange Business Services
  • Origin Power Services and Woodlands Investment Management Limited
  • Panattoni
  • Panservice
  • PATRIZIA
  • Penta Infra
  • Pfalzkom
  • PGIM Real Estate
  • Phocea DC
  • Planet IC
  • Playnet
  • PlusServer
  • Portugal Telecom (Altice)
  • Portus Data Centers
  • Prescient Data Centres
  • Previder
  • Prime Data Centers
  • Prologis
  • Proximus Datacenter
  • Pulsant
  • Pure Data Center & Segro
  • PYUR (HL KOMM)
  • QTS Realty Trust
  • Quetta Data Centers (AZORA)
  • QuickHost
  • Rack One
  • Rackspace Technology
  • ratiokontakt
  • Rechenzentrum Ostschweiz AG
  • Red Admiral DC Ltd
  • Redcentric
  • Redwire DC
  • REN
  • Safe Hosts Internet
  • Safenames Data Centre
  • Salt Ayre Leisure Centre
  • Sarenet
  • SDC Capital Partners
  • Seeweb
  • Segro
  • ServeCentric
  • ServerChoice
  • Serverfarm
  • ServerHouse
  • Serverius
  • Service Express (Blue Chip)
  • Sesterce
  • SFR Business
  • SilverEdge DC
  • Six Degrees
  • Smals
  • Smartdc
  • Solaria
  • Soltia Consulting SL
  • SpeedBone
  • ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (Virtus Data Center)
  • STACK Infrastructure (Safe Host)
  • STACKIT
  • Start Campus (Pioneer Point & Davidson Kempner)
  • Stellium Datacenters
  • Stoneshield (XDC Properties)
  • SUB1
  • Sungard Availability Services
  • SWISSCOLOCATION
  • Swisscom
  • Switch DataCenters
  • Synapsecom Telecoms
  • T5 Data Centers
  • TAS
  • TDF
  • Telecom Italia
  • Telecom Italia (TIM)
  • Telehouse
  • Telemaxx
  • Telstra
  • Templus
  • The Bunker (Cyberfort Group)
  • Thesee Datacenter
  • THG Hosting
  • Thrive
  • Tissat
  • TMR Telekommunikation Mittleres Ruhrgebiet
  • Towernet infrastructures SL
  • Tritax Big Box
  • Trusted-Colo
  • T-Systems
  • TWLKOM
  • Unidata
  • University of Trento
  • Covi Costruziono,Dedagroup
  • GPI & ISA
  • Unix-Solutions
  • Valencia Digital Port Connect (VDPC)
  • Valore Group
  • Vantage Data Centers
  • VDR Group & Colliers
  • Verne Global
  • Vianova
  • Viatel
  • VIRTUS Data Centres(ST Telemedia Global Data Centres)
  • Visual Online
  • Vitali
  • WIIT AG
  • Wildcard Networks
  • Wilton International
  • WRN Broadcast
  • XL360
  • Yondr
  • Zayo Group

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