Take-up of European data centre capacity set to grow at record rate in 2025

Take-up of data centre capacity in Europe is set to grow at a record rate in 2025, according to new research from CBRE.

The company expects take-up of colocation data centre capacity to grow to 855MW in European markets in 2025 – a 22% increase on the 699MW of take-up recorded in 2024.

If CBRE’s projection is accurate, it will set a new data centre take-up record for Europe and will represent the highest year-on-year growth of take-up in Europe since 2021. Almost half (46%) of annual take-up in 2025 is expected to be in London and Frankfurt, the two largest colocation data centre markets of Europe.

Supply remains constrained and demand for colocation data centre space is expected to exceed new supply in Europe for the third straight year in 2025.

Kevin Restivo, head of European data centre research at CBRE said: ‘We expect a buoyant year of take-up despite limited leasing activity in Q1. Hyperscaler and AI requirements have led to greater demand that will manifest itself in record take-up this year. Data centres form the backbone of cloud regions and artificial intelligence infrastructure in Europe, and we strongly believe the European colocation data centre space market is poised for continued heady growth.”