UK Data Center Market - Investment Analysis, Growth Forecast, and Opportunities 2026-2031 | AI and Cloud Demand Accelerate Hyperscale, Colocation, and High-Density Capacity
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UK Data Center Market Forecast to Record 22.12% CAGR from 2025 to 2031
The UK data center market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 22.12% from 2025 to 2031, supported by rising demand for cloud services, artificial intelligence infrastructure, high-performance computing, colocation capacity, and secure digital platforms. The report provides detailed analysis of market investment, data center area, power capacity, colocation revenue, infrastructure development, competitive activity, and regional expansion across the country.
UK Data Center Market Highlights
Research Scope and Strategic Value
The report evaluates UK data center market size by investment, facility area, power capacity, and colocation revenue. It assesses investments by colocation, hyperscale, and enterprise operators and examines capacity development across Greater London, Berkshire, Greater Manchester, and other counties.
Competitive and Vendor Landscape
The UK data center market includes global cloud platforms, established colocation operators, infrastructure suppliers, construction specialists, and new investors. Alibaba Group, Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, and OVHcloud are expanding services to meet rising cloud and AI infrastructure requirements. In September 2025, Google opened a new data center in Hertfordshire to strengthen its UK cloud infrastructure.
Colocation providers account for a significant share of market investment. Leading participants include Ark Data Centres, AtlasEdge, Colt Data Centre Services, CyrusOne, Datum Datacentres, Digital Realty, Equinix, Global Switch, Green Mountain, Iron Mountain, Kao Data, NTT DATA, Telehouse, Vantage Data Centers, VIRTUS Data Centres, and Yondr Group.
New entrants are also pursuing development opportunities across the UK. Notable companies include Ada Infrastructure, Apatura, CloudHQ, Corscale Data Centers, Deep Green, Digital Reef, Drax Group, Greystoke, Latos Data Centres, Nscale, QTS Data Centers, SineQN, Valore Group, Wilton International, and Wycombe Film Studios.
The support infrastructure ecosystem includes ABB, Airedale, Caterpillar, Cummins, Eaton, Hitachi Energy, Honeywell, Legrand, Mitsubishi Electric, Schneider Electric, Siemens, STULZ, Trane, Vertiv, Submer, and other power and cooling technology suppliers. IT infrastructure providers covered include Arista Networks, Atos, Broadcom, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei Technologies, IBM, Lenovo, NetApp, and NVIDIA.
Construction and engineering capacity is supported by companies such as AECOM, Arup, AtkinsRealis, BladeRoom Data Centres, Future-tech, JCA Engineering, Kirby Group Engineering, Laing O'Rourke, Mace, Mercury, Ramboll, RED Engineering Design, Skanska, STO Building Group, Turner & Townsend, and McLaren Construction Group.
Market Segmentation
Key Questions Addressed
Key Attributes:
Key Topics Covered:
Chapter 1: Existing & Upcoming Third-Party Data Centers in the UK
Chapter 2: Investment Opportunities in the UK
Chapter 3: Data Center Colocation Market in the UK
Chapter 4: Market Dynamics
Chapter 5: Market Segmentation
Chapter 6: Tier Standards Investment
Chapter 7: Geography Segmentation
Chapter 8: Key Market Participants
Chapter 9: Appendix
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
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