Markets
Data centre markets
Country profiles built from primary sources: what is being built, by whom, the grid and planning context, and the policies that shape cooling and power choices. Figures are tracked public coverage, never national totals unless a source says so.
Germany
Germany is the largest data centre market in continental Europe, centred on Frankfurt/Rhein-Main. The federal data centre strategy adopted in March 2026 cites Borderstep estimates of about 2,980 MW IT connected load and roughly 21 TWh of consumption in 2025, about 4% of gross electricity use, and aims to at least double capacity by 2030. The Energy Efficiency Act (EnEfG) sets PUE, renewable electricity and waste heat reuse duties, and an amendment is in parliament.
2 tracked project records, 7 cloud regions, 6 policies. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Ireland
Ireland has the highest data centre share of national electricity use among the focus countries. The CSO reports data centres used 23% of metered electricity in 2025 (7,663 GWh), up from 5% in 2015. After a de facto pause on new Dublin grid connections, the CRU adopted a new large energy user connection policy in 2025 requiring on-site or nearby dispatchable generation, and the system operators published the new connection processes in May 2026.
3 tracked project records, 2 cloud regions, 5 policies. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Malaysia
Malaysia, led by Johor, has become one of Asia's fastest-growing data centre markets. The Johor state government reported 65 projects in May 2026, 20 operating with about 920 MW of actual electricity use, and 5,628 MW of approved capacity across 28 projects. The federal Data Centre Task Force approved 27 projects worth RM225.97 billion up to July 2026, and MIDA issued a sustainable data centre guideline in 2024.
3 tracked project records, 4 cloud regions, 1 policy. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is scaling data centre capacity from a small base as part of its AI and digital strategy. The Ministry of Communications and IT reported operational capacity rising from 68 MW in 2021 to 440 MW in 2025 and 467 MW in the first quarter of 2026. CST regulates data centre services. Large new projects include DataVolt's Oxagon campus in NEOM, HUMAIN partnerships, and new Azure (November 2026) and AWS (December 2026 target) regions.
2 tracked project records, 5 cloud regions, 1 policy. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
Singapore
Singapore is a mature, land and power constrained hub that rations new capacity. IMDA reported over 1.4 GW of data centre capacity across more than 70 data centres when it launched the Green Data Centre Roadmap in May 2024, aiming for at least 300 MW more in the near term. In August 2026 EDB and IMDA provisionally allocated 200 MW under DC-CFA2 to Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and STT GDC, 50 MW each, on Jurong Island.
4 tracked project records, 5 cloud regions, 2 policies. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
United Kingdom
The UK is Europe's largest colocation market by the government's own estimate, heavily concentrated in London. DSIT estimated about 1.6 GW of maximum rated IT load in colocation data centres in Great Britain in autumn 2024, with 1,048 MW in London. Data centres were added to the NSIP regime in England from January 2026, Ofgem is consulting on connection reforms after demand applications surged, and grid timing is now the main constraint, as the Loughton case shows.
4 tracked project records, 6 cloud regions, 2 policies. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
United States
The US is the largest data centre market and the centre of AI campus construction. A Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report for DOE found data centres used about 176 TWh in 2023, 4.4% of US electricity, and could reach 325 to 580 TWh, or 6.7% to 12%, by 2028. Tracked projects include Microsoft's Fairwater campus in Wisconsin, Meta's 5 GW Richland Parish site and the 1.2 GW Abilene campus in Texas.
6 tracked project records, 28 cloud regions, 0 policies. Checked 18 Oct 2026.
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