UK Data Center Colocation Market - Supply & Demand Analysis 2025-2030

The U.K. data center colocation market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.94% from 2024 to 2030.

The U.K. data center colocation market is witnessing significant growth, driven by several growth factors, such as a rapid surge in digital transformation, adoption of cloud services and emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and big data. Government initiatives such as Project Gigabit, which aims to expand gigabit-capable broadband, accelerate digital adoption across key sectors like healthcare, finance and manufacturing in the U.K.

The U.K. is one of the well-established data center colocation markets in the European region that hosts approximately 239 existing colocation data center facilities as of December 2024, of which around 73 are in Greater London County and approximately 37 data centers are in Berkshire County. The country is also witnessing around 71 new upcoming data center facilities that are currently in planning, announced and development stages.

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

• A transparent research methodology and insights on the colocation demand and supply aspect of the market.
• Market size available in terms of utilized white floor area, IT power capacity and racks.
• Market size available in terms of Core & Shell Vs Installed Vs Utilized IT Power Capacity along with the occupancy %.
• The study of the existing U.K. data center market landscape, and insightful predictions about the U.K. data center market size during the forecast period.
• An analysis on the current and future colocation demand in the UK by several industries.
• The study on the sustainability status in the UK.
• Analysis on current and future cloud operations in the U.K.
• The snapshot of upcoming submarine cables and existing cloud-on-ramps services in the U.K.
• Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in the U.K.
  • Facilities Covered (Existing): 239
  • Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 71
  • Coverage: 35+ Cities
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (White Floor Area)
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
• Data center colocation market in the U.K.
  • Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2024-2030)
  • Retail Colocation Revenue (2024-2030)
  • Wholesale Colocation Revenue (2024-2030)
  • Retail Colocation Pricing along with Addons
  • Wholesale Colocation Pricing along with the pricing trends.
• An analysis on the latest trends, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the colocation data center industry in the U.K.
• Competitive landscape including market share analysis by the colocation operators based on IT power capacity and revenue.
• Vendor landscape of each existing and upcoming colocation operators based on existing/ upcoming count of data centers, white floor area, IT power capacity and data center location.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• Data center Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
• Data center Construction Contractors
• Data center Infrastructure Providers
• New Entrants
• Consultants/Consultancies/Advisory Firms
• Corporate and Government Agencies

THE REPORT INCLUDES:

• Colocation Supply (MW, Area, Rack Capacity)
• Colocation Demand (MW, Area, Rack Capacity) and by End-User (Cloud/IT, BFSI, etc.)
• Colocation Revenue (Retail & Wholesale Colocation Services)
• Competitive Scenario (Share Analysis by Revenue & MW Capacity)

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

Existing Colocation Operators

• Virtus Data Centres
• Equinix
• Ark Data Centres
• Vantage Data Centers
• NTT Data
• CyrusOne
• Yondr Group
• Colt Data Centre Services
• Global Switch
• KAO Data
• Iron Mountain
• Pure Data Centres Group
• Echelon Data Centres
• Datum Datacentres
• Green Mountain AS- Data Centres
• AtlasEdge
• Lunar Digital
• SUB1 DATA CENTRES
• Digital Realty
• CapitaLand
• DataVita
• nLighten
• Rackspace Technology
• Castleforge & Galaxy Data Centers
• Redcentric
• Edgecore Digital Infrastructure
• Pulsant
• ServerChoice
• CentersquareDC
• Lumen Technologies
• Custodian Data Centres
• Serverfarm
• Stellium Data Centres - The Data Meridian
• Keppel Data Centres
• Global Technical Realty
• Telehouse
• Others

New Operators

• Ada Infrastructure
• Alandale Group of Companies
• Anglesey Group
• Greystoke
• Teesworks
• Digital Reef
• QTS Data Centers
• SWI Group
• DC01UK
• SEGRO Plc
• Tritax Group
• Corscale Data Centers
• Patrizia SE
• Pinewood Group
• CloudHQ, LLC
• Elite UK REIT
• SineQN
• Wycombe Film Studios
• Link Park Heathrow LLP
• Nscale
• Valore Group
• Latos Data Centres
• Wilton International
• Deep Green
• Blackpool Council
• Digital Land & Development
• Western Bio-Energy
• Northtree Investment Management
• Lasercharm
• Yotta Data Center (Media Datacentre)

KEY QUESTIONS ANSWERED:

1. What factors are driving the U.K. data center colocation market?

2. How much MW of IT power capacity is likely to be utilized in the UK by 2030?

3. Who are the new entrants in the U.K. data center industry?

4. What is the count of existing and upcoming colocation data center facilities in the UK?