报告：英国数据中心市场增速落后欧洲
咨询公司Kearney指出，英国目前是欧洲第二大数据中心市场，但预计从现在到2030年需求年增速仅17.6%，在欧洲仅高于德国（16.2%），远低于爱尔兰（36%）、芬兰（37.6%）和挪威（36.8%）。报告认为症结不在需求不足，而在于电价、地价与电网接入速度：英国等西欧典型站点成本约为225万欧元/MW，北欧则可低至60万欧元/MW。Kearney欧洲数据中心负责人Christoph Neunkirchen表示，电力和土地已稀缺到新增产能必须匹配那些真正需要靠近用户、客户和司法辖区的负载，“其他一切都会去更容易建设的地方”。
若成本与并网瓶颈持续，面向AI负载的新增数据中心容量可能更多流向北欧等地，而非英国政府计划到2030年实现的6GW AI数据中心容量目标所在地。
- UK annual data center growth anticipated to be less than half seen in Ireland, Finland and Norway
- Nordic sites are costing €600k per MW, Western European sites are costing €2.25m/MW
- UK needs to tackle energy prices, land prices and grid connection speeds
Consultancy firm Kearney has branded the UK as one of Europe's slowest-growing data center markets, despite the government's positive narrative, and it could all be down to regulation.
At present, the UK is said to be Europe's second-largest data center market, however demand is only expected to grow by 17.6% annually between now and 2030, putting it second-last only to Germany (16.2%).
On the flip side, Ireland is slated to see an annual growth rate of 36% – around double the UK's.
UK data center market could be on the decline
Kearney doesn't blame a lack of demand for the slower-than-average growth, but rather its poor ability to accommodate new infrastructure efficiently and affordably.
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