Global

DataCentreIndex

2025

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Contents

Foreword03

ExecutiveSummary04

Introduction&Methodology05

KeyDefinitions06

SectionI:GlobalGrowth07

SectionII:RegionalGrowth12

RegionalLiveSupplyGrowth13

RegionalPipelineSupplyGrowth15

RegionalEarlyStageSupplyGrowth18

GlobalLiveSupplyGrowthProjections20

SectionIII:AmericasRegionalFocus22

RegionalSupplyGrowth23

QualifiedSupplyProjections25

AmericasGrowthIndex26

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Foreword

The2025editionoftheGlobalDataCentreIndex,clearlyshowsthreekeytrends—demand

isstrongerthanever,investorappetitefordigitalinfrastructureisincreasing,buttheindustryfacesaseriouschallengeinitsabilitytomeetbothcurrentandfuturedemand.

Thelackofavailablepowerforeverlargerdatacentreschemesispossiblythemosttalked-aboutchallengeinthedatacentresector.Thisyear,ourresearchprovidestangibleevidencethatalackofavailablecapacitywithinthegridhasstartedtohaveanimpactontherate

ofdevelopment.

Ourdatashowsthatanacceleratingcommitmenttodevelopnewdatacentrecapacityisnot

coincidingwithanincreaseinprojectsunderconstruction.Thistrend,firstobservedinthe

APACregionin2023,cannowbeseenintheUnitedStates,whereahithertouninhibitedrateofincreaseinconstructionbegantoflattenoutinmid-2024.

Theslowdownintherateofconstructioncommencingisincompletecontrasttodemand,

withrecordglobaltake-upincreasingby30%on2023figuresforatotalof12,975MWacrossbothcolocationandself-buildschemes.Publiccloudremainsthelargestuserofspacewith

52%ofknowntake-up.WhileAIhasbeendiscussedasamajordriverofdemandfordigital

infrastructure,dedicatedAIdeploymentonlyaccountedfor11%oftake-up.DemandfromAItake-upishoweverincreasingrapidlyandhasroughlydoubledeachyearsince2022.

Thereareseveralpossibleoutcomesforthesector.Excessdemandandaconstrainedsupply

pipelinewillintheshorttermmostlikelyleadtocontinuedincreasesincolocationrentswhichwehavealreadyobservedinEMEAandAmericasregions,andwhichwepredictwillalsofollowontoAPACinthenearfuture.

AspecialthankstotheanalystsofDCBytewhopatientlyreviewedseven-and-a-halfthousanddatacentreschemesoverthepastyeartoproducethisreport.Ihopeyoufinditasinformativeaswehave.

EdGalvin

FounderandChiefEvangelist

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ExecutiveSummary

Thefundamentaldriverofthedatacentresector,demandforITcapacity,hasneverbeenstronger.Buttheverysuccessofthe

industryplacesanewchallengeforitsparticipantstosolvetheemergingsupplychallenge.

Theabilityofdeveloperstobringtomarketenoughsupplytokeeppacewithdemandisshowingclearsignsofchallengeinourlatestanalysis.

?LiveSupplygrewby26GWfrom2019to2024,a30%increaseintherateofgrowthseenfrom2018to2023.Since2019,newcapacitydeliveredeachyearhasincreasedby2.2x.

?Therateofnewschemescommencingconstructionbetween2019and2024hasincreasedby4x,generallytrendingwiththeincreaseinlivecapacity.Inthepast18months,however,growthoftheUnderConstructionpipelinehasslowed.

?Newcommittedschemesin2024,haveincreasedby3.7xsince2019andisfaroutpacing

thegrowthinLiveandUnderConstructioncapacity.That,combinedwiththetrendsintheUnderConstructionpipeline,illustratesthecurrentbottlenecktheindustryisexperiencingineffortstobringfuturecapacitytomarket.

Attheendof2024,thedistributionofnewlivesupplygrowthhasfavouredtheUnitedStateswith62%ofITpowerbeingbuiltintheregionin2024comparedto50%in2023.Before2023,thedistributionofnewITcapacityacrossEMEA,APACandAmericasregionsremainedbroadlyproportionalat25%,25%and50%respectively.

Onthedemandside,take-upofallcapacity(bothself-buildandcolocation)jumpedby29.8%comparedto2023andcontinuesanunbrokenchainofyear-on-yearincreasessince2015.Theabilityfortheindustrytoservicesuchdemandisbecomingstrained,withspaceincreasingly

soldfurtherupthedevelopmentpipeline.

?SoldLiveSupplyhasincreasedby2.3xsince2019whiletheamountofcapacitysoldwhileunderconstructionhasincreasedby2.8x.Spacesoldbeforeconstructionsawthesteepestgrowth,increasingbyastaggering33x.

?Rentshaveconsequentlyincreasedinthemostdevelopedmarketsglobally,buthasnotsurfacedasauniversaltrend,withAPACyettobefullyimpactedbythis.

TheAmericasremainthegloballeadingregiononallaccountsofsupply,with87%oftotal

trackedcapacitywithintheUnitedStates.ThemarketnowwitnessestheimpactofgenerativeAIandhigh-performancecomputingdemandneeds,stackedonthecontinuingsurgein

hyperscaleandcloudactivity.

?Supplychallenges—particularlypowerconstraints—intheprimarymarketsacrossNorthAmericaareleadingtosignificantgrowthinformerlyalternativemarkets.

?IndexedgrowthratespointtostandoutmarketsincludingAlberta,IndianaandBogota.

Alberta’srapidgrowthhasbeendrivenlargelybyasinglelargescaleproject,indicativeofincreasingoccurrencesofgigawattlevelschemesannouncedglobally.

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Introduction

TheGlobalIndexprovidesdata-driveninsightsintothecurrentdatacentremarketlandscape.Thequantitativeandqualitativeinsightsare

amassedfromtrackingover7,500individualdatacentresacrosstheglobe.

SectionIexamineshowglobalsupplyand

demandhavegrownoverthepastfiveyears.

SectionIIprovidesinsightintoregional

dynamicsviaanalysesofsupplycategoriesintheAmericas,AsiaPacific(APAC)andEurope,MiddleEast,andAfrica(EMEA).

SectionIIIisaregionalfocusontheAmericas,withtheregionnotedasthegloballeaderonallaccountsofsupply.

Methodology

DCByteadoptsabottom-upapproachin

generatingmarket-levelanalyticsbuiltfromcoverageofeachindividualfacility.Auniquerangeofsourcesareused,rangingfrom

satelliteobservationimagerytoparsing

officialearningsreleasesandpublicplanningdocuments,speakingwithstakeholders,

andphysicalonsiteinspections.Alldata

collectedandpresentedinthispublicationistothebestofDCByte’sknowledge

andexperience.

TheGlobalIndextracksgrowthoverafive-yeartimelinefrom2019to2024.Supplyanddemandareanalysedatagloballevel,alongwithsupplygrowthacrossthethreemajor

regions:Americas,APAC,andEMEA.The

reportalsoincludesafocusedanalysisof

theAmericas,featuringacomparativeindexhighlightinggrowthacrosskeymarkets,

basedondatacapturedinFebruary2025.

Notes:

*DataforMainlandChinaisreferential,andonlybasedonkeyoperatorsinthemajormetros.

*CoverageofRussiahashaltedsincetheRussia-Ukrainewar.Newdevelopmentssince,ifany,willnothavebeencapturedinthedata.

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KeyDefinitions

LiveSupply

DeterminedITpowerthatisoperationalwhetheritisletornot.

UnderConstruction(U/C)Supply

UnderConstructionSupplyistheestimatedITpowerthatiscurrentlyhavingthemechanicalandelectricalplantinstalledtosupportit.

CommittedSupply

CommittedSupplyistheestimatedITLoad

thatwearehighlyconfidentwillbeadded

toamarket’soverallsupply.Thissupplyhas

therequiredelements(government,land,

power,etc.)secured,orwillbedevelopedbyanoperatorwithastrongandreliabletrack

record.CommittedSupplycouldtaketheformofadatacentreschemewhichhasyettostartconstruction,oritmayrefertoshellspacein

anexistingdatacentre.Thedifferencebeingthatshellspacecantypicallybefittedout

in3-6months,whileaschemethathasyettostartconstructionmighttake1-2years.

CommittedSupplydoesnotmeansoldspace.

PipelineSupply

PipelineSupplyisthesumofUnderConstructionandCommittedSupply.

QualifiedSupply

QualifiedSupplyisthesumofLive,UnderConstruction,andCommittedSupply.

EarlyStage(ES)Supply

EarlyStageSupplyistheITLoadthathasbeenannouncedorspeculated,buthasyettosecurealloftherequiredelements(government,land,power,etc.)fordevelopment.Wedonotholdfullconfidenceinthedevelopmentpotential

ofthissupplyanditmayrequireamajorclientprecommitmentfordevelopmenttotakeplace.

TotalSupply

TotalSupplyisthesumofallfoursupplycategories:Live,UnderConstruction,

Committed,andEarlyStageSupply.

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SectionI:

GlobalGrowth

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Globaldatacentregrowthhasscalednewheightsoverthepastfiveyears.Whiledatacentresupplyhasacceleratedsignificantly,demandhasoutpacedthisgrowthateverystageofdevelopment.

Thisisthekeyfindingofourindexofaddedsupplyanddemandeachyearfrom2019to2024.

GlobalSupplyIndex(2019=100)

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600

ITGW

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690

402

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201920202021202220232024

LiveUnderConstructionCommitted

TheexponentialgrowthinsupplyisspreadunevenlyacrossthecategoriesofLive,Under

ConstructionandCommitted.Newlivesupplyhasdoubled,butthisgrowthrateisfarhigherinthepipelinecategories.UnderConstructioncapacityhasincreasedfourfoldwhilecommitted

schemeshaveincreasedsevenfold.Thegapinpipelinecapacitygrowthversusnewlivecapacitygrowthreflectsgrowingsupplyconstraints.Moreover,theaccelerationofcommittedprojects

versusschemeshavingshovelsinthegroundfurtherunderscoresthesechallenges.Lengtheningdevelopmenttimelineshavebeendrivenbypermittingdelays,supplychaindisruptionsandlandandpowerconstraints.

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GlobalDemandIndex(2019=100)

1000

ITGW(Log10)

100

10

0

201920202021202220232024

3302

284

232

LiveUnderConstructionCommitted

Theanalysisofdemandshowsasimilarpicturetosupply.While

demandforlivecapacityhasdoubled,pre-leasedemandhassurged

withpre-leasedunderconstructioncapacitygrowingthreefold,whilstpre-leasesofcommittedcapacityhavegrownby33times.

Demandcontinuestooutpacesupply.In2024,theindexoftrackedsupplyshoweda1,000

pointincrease,whereasdemandindexesrosebyoverthreetimestherate,increasingby3,000points.Thisreinforcesawideningsupply-demandgap.

Thestarkdifferentialsinunderconstructionandcommittedpre-leaseshighlightanother

industrytrendofleasestructuresindatacentreoperationshavingreshapedovertheyears.

Spaceisbeingreservedfurtherinadvance,shiftingfromtraditionalanchortenancymodelstocustomercommitmentssignedwellbeforeconstructioncommences.

Thisconsequentshiftindemandexceedingsupplyhasledtorentinflation,mostevidentintheUnitedStatesandEurope,theMiddleEastandAfrica(EMEA).Colocationrentsintheseregionshaverisenbyover30%inthelast24months,drivenbytheacceleratedtake-upofcapacity

relativetothelowerrateofincreaseincapacitycomingonline.ThistrendismostnotableinthemostdevelopeddatacentremarketsandnottheAsiaPacific(APAC)region,whererentinflationhasremainedrelativelystable,withthestronggrowthofLiveSupplycapacityoutpacingthatoftheotherregions.

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YearlyGrowthinGlobalLeasedCapacity

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Asthisrapidexpansioncontinues,questionsofoversupplyarisingfrompotentiallyslowingdemandhaveemerged.Ourtrendanalysisondemand—byaccountofvolumeandincreasinglyadvanced

pre-leases—indicatesotherwise.Onallaccounts,demandhas

undoubtedlyexceededsupply,andcanbeexpectedtocontinueonthistrajectorywithaddeddemanddriversalongsideincreasing

supplybottlenecks.

DiscussionsonAIasakeydemanddriverhaveproliferatedindustryconversations,following

thelandmarkavailabilityofChatGPTtothegeneralpublicinNovember2022,andother

generativeAIplatformssince.WhileAIholdsthepotentialtotipthescalestowardsbeingthedominantabsorberofdatacentrecapacity,ourdatasupportsthatitisstillintheinfancystagesofimpactingglobaldatacentredemand.

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TopThreeUsesofGlobalDemand

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75%

ITGW

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25%

0%

31%

33%

37%

41%

45%

39%

11%

12%

6%

9%

6%

8%

3%

11%

11%

49%

52%

50%

55%

41%

50%

201920202021202220232024

Others,FinancialInstitutions,

PublicSectors,MSP/SaaSetc.

AI

SocialMedia

PublicCloud

Ouranalysishighlightsthatpubliccloudcontinuestoserveasthebedrockofdatacentredemand,drivingapproximately50%of

capacitytake-upinrecentyears.Bycomparison,AI—whilegrowingrapidly—constituted11%oftheknowntake-upusecasesin2024.

Theacceleratingpaceofpre-leaseactivitypittedagainstincreasingsupplybottleneckssuggeststhatdemandwillcontinuetooutstripavailableinfrastructure.Lookingahead,theindustry’s

biggestchallengewillbeinnovationinsustainablesolutionstothemostpressingsupply-side

challenges—particularlypowerresourcingformaturemarkets—todelivercapacityatthespeedofdemand.

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SectionII:

RegionalGrowth

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RegionalLiveSupplyGrowth

RegionalLiveSupplyGrowth

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15

ITGW

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AmericasAPACEMEA

TheAmericasremainsthedominanthubofdatacentregrowth

globally,maintainingamarketshareofLiveSupplyequallingtherestoftheworldcombinedfrom2019to2024.

Overthepast12months,91%ofnewlyaddedlivesupplyhascomefromtheUnitedStates

(US),withtheremaining8%and2%split

acrossCanadaandLatinAmerica(LATAM)

respectively.TheconsistencyofthiscontinuedexpansionisattributabletotheabundanceandsubsequentemergenceofalternativemarketsintheUS,astraditionalprimarymarketshavefacedvariouslimitations.

SincethebeginningofthespikedocumentedinQ32022,regionalsupplygrowthhas

repeatedafairlyconsistentcycle.First,

stakeholdersidentifyamarketascapable

ofmeetingdemand.Thisgarnersmore

widespreadattentionandinvestment,

eventuallysnowballingintoasignificantrun

onnewdatacentreschemesforseveral

years.Thispersistsuntiltheidentifiedmarket

26.3

GWgrowth

17.6%CAGR

from2019-2024globally

becomescongestedandconstrainedbypoweravailability.Atthispoint,operatorsshifttheirfocustoalternative,typicallyuntappedmarketscapableofmeetingdemandatafasterrate.

ThistrendhasbeenevidencedintheevolutionofmarketslikeAtlanta,Columbus,Phoenix,andothertop-tiermarketsthatwereonceconsideredsecondarytomajormetropolitanareasand

traditionaltechhubslikeNewYork,NorthernVirginia,SiliconValleyandChicago.Recently,

withevenfewermajormetroslefttoturnto,thenextphaseinthedevelopmentcyclehasseendevelopersincreasinglytargetingtertiarymarketslikeIowa,NorthCarolina,andIndiana.

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TheemergenceofAI,anditslackoflatency

dependencycontinuestofuelthistrend.ThishashelpedtheAmericascontinuetobring

significantnewsupplyonline,withLiveSupplyintheregionrecordingan18.8%five-year

CompoundAnnualGrowthRate(CAGR).

Despitepowerconstraintsobservedinthevariousaforementionedmarkets,therateofLiveSupplyintroductionhascontinuedtoincrease.

APAConceagainexperiencedthestrongestgrowthinLiveSupplyat19.3%from2019

to2024.Alongsidepersistentgrowthinthe

developedmarketsofAustralia,China,Japan,andSingapore,emergingmarketssuchas

IndiaandMalaysiacontributedapproximately900MWand450MWrespectivelyofthe

7.5GWofLiveITgrowthduringthisperiod.

Beyondthepandemic’saccelerationof

digitalisation,overarchingfactorswhich

havesinceinfluencedtheregion’scontinual

growth,includetheemergenceofdigital

policies,particularlyinthenewlybooming

markets—suchasIndia’sDigitalIndiainitiativeandMalaysia’sDigitalEconomyBlueprint—andthegrowingpopularityofdatacentresasa

profitableandresilientalternativeassetclassforinvestmentsintheregion.TheacquisitionofAPACplatformAirTrunkin2024recordsasthelargestdatacentretransactionglobally,

withtheplatformvaluedatoverUS$16billion.

Emergingmarketshaveexperiencedrapid

growthinacceleratedpipelinedeliveryto

meetpreviouslyunderserveddemand.For

instance,theJohormarkethasexperienced

asurgeingrowth,duetoitsabilitytoserve

asaspillovermarketforSingapore,whenthelatterplacedamoratoriumonnewdatacentreconstructionin2019.Consequently,the

JohormarketobservedasteepgrowthinLiveSupplyataCAGRof145%from2019to2024.

Americas

18.8%CAGR

APAC

19.3%CAGR

EMEA

13.3%CAGR

EMEA’smeasuredgrowthinLiveSupplyat

13.3%from2019to2024,iscomparatively

slowerthantheAmericasandAPAC.Reasonsforthisincludepowerconstraints,particularlyingreenenergy,thelimitedavailabilityof

landwhichcandriveupcostsandslow

downdevelopment,andastricterregulatoryenvironment,amongstothers.Growthhas

beenfuelledbybothestablishedmarketsandemergingsubregions.Despiteconstraints,

establishedFLAP-DmarketsLondonand

Dublinhavecontinuedtoperform,each

adding598MWand540MWofLiveSupply,respectively.TheupcomingsecondarymarketofMadridhasaddedover240MWofthe

4.8GWofLiveITgrowthduringthisperiod.

Meanwhile,LiveSupplyinthegrowingMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA)marketsmorethantripledoverthefive-yearperiod,with

MENAcontributing7%ofEMEA’sLiveSupplyasof2024.ThesurgeinLiveSupplyinthe

MENAdatacentremarketcanlargelybe

attributedtotheregionoccupyingastrategicgeographiclocationaswellasarangeof

governmentinitiatives,digitaltransformation,increasedinternetusage,cloudadoptionandhyperscaleexpansion.

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RegionalPipelineSupplyGrowth

RegionalPipelineSupplyGrowth

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30

ITGW

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AmericasAPACEMEA

TheAmericascontinuetobethegloballeaderforfuturepipeline

capacity,recordingover30GWofgrowthinPipelineSupplybetween2019and2024.

ThesubstantialincreaseinbothCommitted

andUnderConstructiongrowthratesfrom

2022onwardistheproductofnumerous

factors,mostnotablytheAmericas—and

theUSspecifically—servingastheinitial

“l(fā)andingpoint”forAI-relateddemandand

thecontinuedwidespreadadoptionofcloud-basedservices.Inparticular,theriseof

Large-LanguageModeltraininghastriggeredahyperscale-ledarmsracetodevelop

infrastructurecapableofhandlingthesehighdensityworkloads.

Thishasledtoamarkedincreaseinlarge-scaledevelopments,fromhyperscaleself-builds,

tobuild-to-suitandwholesalecolocation

projectsofequalsize.TheUSmarketremainswellpositionedtofieldthebulkofthisrisingdemandduetoitsabundanceof“scalable”

landthatofferstheadvantageouscombination

50.3

GWgrowth

31.4%CAGR

from2019-2024globally

ofdevelopablelandandaccessiblepower.CampusescapableofdeployinghundredsofMWs

andincreasingly,upto1GW+ofITcapacityarenotyetbeingdevelopedelsewhereintheworldatthesamevolume,orprojectedspeedtomarket.Thishaspromptedsignificantactionfrom

stakeholdersacrosstheboard—fromregionalutilitiesclampingdownonpowercommitmentsinattemptstofreeup“strandedpower,”tostategovernmentsintroducingnewtaxincentivestoattractlarge-scaledevelopments,tothepassingoftheChipsandScienceActin2022aimedatfillingtheincreaseddemandforsemiconductorsdomestically,aswellasotherlegislativeefforts.

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Lookingahead,several

significantchallengesare

emergingforthemarket.Thecomparative2024growth

ratesofUnderConstruction

(+3.4GW)versusCommitted(+12.5GW)highlightagrowingdisconnect.InQ42024,UnderConstructiongrowthtrendeddownwardforthefirsttime

sinceQ32021,underscoringabottleneckintheAmericasforcapacitytransitioning

fromplanningtoconstructionandeventualdeployment.

Thisconstraintisdrivenby

RegionalUnderConstructionSupplyGrowth

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10

ITGW

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Q22019

Q32019

Q42019

Q12020

Q22020

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Q42020

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Q22022

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Q42022

Q12023

Q22023

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Q42024

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AmericasAPACEMEA

thewaveofnewmarketentrants,andgrowingpowersupplylimitations.Astherushonnew

developmentscontinuesacrosstheregion,securingpowerforthesesitesgrowsmorescarce

andcomplex,particularlyinnewlyrealisedtertiarymarketsorwithalternativepowersolutions“behindthemeter.”

Meanwhile,APAChas

observedsteadypipeline

growth,withanabsolute

volumegreaterthanthat

inEMEA.Theregionhas

notexperiencedthesurge

inpipelineobservedbythe

AmericasduetothelaginAI

demand,withcloudservices

remainingthelargestdriverfordemandfordatacentrespace.

TheAPACregiontrackeda

9.2GWincreaseinpipeline

capacitybetween2019and2024,withactivityfuelledby

RegionalCommittedSupplyGrowth

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20

ITGW

10

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Q22019

Q32019

Q42019

Q12020

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Q22021

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Q22023

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Q22024

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Q42024

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AmericasAPACEMEA

plannedprojectsspreadacrossestablishedandemergingmarkets.MirroringtheAmericas

region,thegrowthinpipelinecapacityisprimarilyaccountedforbysteadygrowthof

CommittedSupply.Marketleadersareleveragingtheexpertise,relationships,andtrackrecordstoexpandtheirfootprintsinexistingandnewmarkets.Applicationsformorepowerandnew

landacquisitionsaddtothepipelineinestablishedmarkets,whileinothersthishasbeen

achievedthroughpartnershipswithlargelocalconglomeratesorthroughtheacquisitionofpre-existingplatformsorassets.CommittedSupplygrowthisskewedtowardestablishedmarkets

whereclarityofpoliciesandregulationsmaketheprocessofmarketentrysmootherrelativetomorenascentmarkets.

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LargerdealsmeetingAIdemandhaveprimarilybeencapturedinmarketssuchasAustralia

andMalaysia,rangingbetween50MWto

250MW.Todate,totalAIdemandacrosstheAPACregionisestimatedtorangebetween

500MWto1GW.However,asdemandand

dealsizesgrow,thescaleofdevelopmentswillcontinuetoexpandtoaccommodatethem,asreflectedinthefuturepipeline.

EMEAhasexperiencedsteadygrowthin

PipelineSupply,trackingaCAGRof30%

from2019to2024.SimilartogrowthinLive

Supply,PipelineSupplygrowthissomewhat

limitedinEMEAcomparedtotheAmericas,

primarilyduetotheaforementionedfactorsofstricterregulationsandlimitationsinlandandpoweravailability.Despitethesechallenges,

continuedcloudadoptionandincreased

demandfordataanddigitalservicesare

expectedtodrivefurthergrowthintheEMEAmarket,supportedbythestrongpipelineof

projectsplannedforthefuture.Particularly

noteworthyistheNordicregionwhichis

attractingincreasinghyperscaleinterestin

datacentredevelopmentduetoitsavailabilityofrenewableenergy,goodconnectivity,and

supportivegovernmentpolicies;illustratively,citieslikeHelsinkiareseeingsignificant

growthintheirdatacentrepipelinewithlargerdealsrangingbetween50MWto80MW

beingcaptured.

TheGulfCooperationCouncil(GCC)

comprisingBahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,

SaudiArabia,andtheUnitedArabEmirates(UAE)hasemergedasakeydatacentre

subregion.InvestorandoperatorinteresthasdrivensignificantgrowthinPipelineSupply,whichhasexpandedbyover700MWfrom

2019to2024.

Americas

37.0%CAGR

APAC

21.8%CAGR

EMEA

30.0%CAGR

ExaminingUnderConstructionschemes

versusCommittedcapacityoverthepast12monthsrevealsastarkcontrast.Committedschemeshaveincreasedbynearly2.5GW,

whilstthevolumeofUnderConstructioncapacityhasremainedlargelyunchanged.

ThisincreaseinCommittedCapacityreflectsthebullishattitudeofdatacentreinvestors,operatorsanddevelopersinthesector

committingtofuturecapacityinanticipationofcontinuedgrowth.However,the

stabilisationofUnderConstructioncapacityhighlightstheimmensechallengeofbringingthatpoweronline,particularlyintermsof

powerconstraints.Thisobservationaligns

withthepersistentsupplybottlenecksnotedacrosstheAmericasandAPAC,reinforcing

abroaderpatternofchallengesimpactingcapacitygrowthworldwide.

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RegionalEarlyStageSupplyGrowth

RegionalEarlyStageSupplyGrowth

ITG