United Kingdom Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2025-2030

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• The UK is witnessing a rapid increase in digitalization driven by the continuous surge in technological advancements including 5G deployments, Cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data, and IoT. In March 2024, the Digital Development Strategy 2024-2030 was launched by FCDO to promote digital transformation, digital inclusion, digital responsibility, and digital sustainability across diverse sectors in the country.
• The UK government has introduced the Digital Economy Skills Action Plan 2023-2028 to boost the digital skills of the country’s workforce to address the concern of workforce shortage for technical roles in the country focusing on expanding access to digital skills training to individuals and improving collaboration between businesses, education and government sectors.
• Operators across the UK data center market are prioritizing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil as an alternative to diesel for fuelling their generators aligning with sustainability and carbon neutrality to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In December 2024, around 500 HVO-ready generators were deployed by AVK, a UK-based infrastructure provider in collaboration with Rolls Royce supporting sustainable energy solutions across the UK.
• The UK data center market growth is fuelled by government support to enhance digitalization across the country and the government is implementing several initiatives to promote this transformation. In September 2024, the government of the UK announced that the data center facilities would be considered as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), designating these facilities as the most crucial component such as energy, water, and other emergency services highlighting their importance in maintaining economic stability and national security.
• The construction of AI-ready data centers is increasing significantly in the UK data center market t with ample growth in AI workloads. In November 2024, Latos, a UK-based data center operator announced its plans for the development of around 40 data centers across the UK to respond to the rising demands of AI workloads by 2030.
• The government of the UK is expanding the power infrastructure of the country by focusing on grid development to provide uninterrupted power across the country. For instance, in November 2023, the government of the UK announced its plans to invest around USD 1 billion in green industries for the development of power infrastructure to reduce delays in grid connections.

The report includes the investment in the following areas:

• IT Infrastructure
  • Servers
  • Storage Systems
  • Network Infrastructure
• Electrical Infrastructure
  • UPS Systems
  • Generators
  • Transfer Switches & Switchgears
  • PDUs
  • Other Electrical Infrastructure
• Mechanical Infrastructure
  • Cooling Systems
  • Rack Cabinets
  • Other Mechanical Infrastructure
• Cooling Systems
  • CRAC & CRAH Units
  • Chiller Units
  • Cooling Towers, Condensers & Dry Coolers
  • Other Cooling Units
• General Construction
  • Core & Shell Development
  • Installation & Commissioning Services
  • Engineering & Building Design
  • Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
  • Physical Security
  • Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
• Tier Standard
  • Tier I & Tier II
  • Tier III
  • Tier IV
• Geography
  • Greater London
  • Other Counties

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH?

• Market size available in the investment, area, power capacity, and UK colocation market revenue.
• An assessment of the data center investment in the UK by colocation, hyperscale, and enterprise operators.
• Data center investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across counties in the country.
• A detailed study of the existing UK data center market landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about the UK data center market size during the forecast period.
• Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in the UK
  • Facilities Covered (Existing): 227
  • Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 39
  • Coverage: 34+ Counties
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (Data Center Area)
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
• Data center colocation market in the UK
  • Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2021-2030)
  • Retail vs Wholesale Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2021-2030)
  • Retail & Wholesale Colocation Pricing
• The UK data center landscape market investments are classified into IT, power, cooling, and general construction services with sizing and forecast.
• A comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, growth rate, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the industry.
• Business overview and product offerings of prominent IT infrastructure providers, construction contractors, support infrastructure providers, and investors operating in the industry.
• A transparent research methodology and the analysis of the demand and supply aspects of the industry.

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

• Some of the important colocation data center investors in UK data center market include Ark Data Centres, Colt Data Centre Services, CyrusOne, Datum, Digital Realty, Echelon Data Centres, Equinix, Global Switch, Green Mountain, Iron Mountain, Kao Data, nLighten, NTT DATA, Pure Data Centres, Telehouse, Vantage Data Centers, VIRTUS Data Centres, Yondr Group and others.
• The increasing demand and vast growth opportunities have attracted numerous new entrants to invest in the UK data center market, including several emerging players like Ada Infrastructure, CloudHQ, Digital Reef, Global Technical Realty, Humber Tech Park, J Mould Reading, SEGRO, Latos, QTS Data Centers, EdgeNebula and others.

EXISTING VS. UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

• Existing Facilities in the Region by Counties (Area and Power Capacity)
  • Greater London
  • Berkshire
  • Greater Manchester
  • Other Counties
• List of Upcoming Facilities in the Region by Counties (Area and Power Capacity)
  • Greater London
  • Berkshire
  • Greater Manchester
  • Other Counties

IT Infrastructure Providers

• Arista Networks
• Atos
• Broadcom
• Cisco Systems
• Dell Technologies
• Fujitsu
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Huawei Technologies
• IBM
• Juniper Networks
• NetApp

Data Center Construction Contractors & Sub-Contractors

• 2bm
• AECOM
• Arup
• ARC:MC
• AtkinsRéalis
• BladeRoom Data Centres
• Bouygues Construction
• Deerns
• Future-tech
• HDR Architecture
• INFINITI IT
• ISG
• JCA Engineering
• Kirby Group Engineering
• ACIES Civil and Structural
• Mace Group
• Mercury
• MiCiM
• StudioNWA
• Sweet Projects
• RED Engineering Design
• SPIE
• Skanska
• STO Building Group
• Sudlows
• TTSP
• Waldeck

Support Infrastructure Providers

• ABB
• Airedale
• Caterpillar
• Cummins
• Delta Electronics
• Eaton
• Kohler
• Legrand
• Mitsubishi Electric
• Pillar Power Systems
• Rittal
• Rolls-Royce
• Riello Elettronica Group
• Schneider Electric
• Siemens
• Socomec
• STULZ
• Vertiv
• AF Switchgear
• AVK

Data Center Investors

• Amazon Web Services
• Ark Data Centres
• Colt Data Centre Services
• CyrusOne
• Datum
• Digital Realty
• Echelon Data Centres
• Equinix
• Global Switch
• Google
• Green Mountain
• Iron Mountain
• Kao Data
• Microsoft
• nLighten
• NTT DATA
• Pure Data Centres
• Telehouse
• Vantage Data Centers
• VIRTUS Data Centres
• Yondr Group

New Entrants

• Ada Infrastructure
• CloudHQ
• Digital Reef
• Global Technical Realty
• Humber Tech Park
• J Mould Reading
• SEGRO
• Latos
• QTS Data Centers
• EdgeNebula

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