Arcadis announced the release of its Data Center Location Index 2021, which lists the most favorable markets for localization. Sweden and Norway are in the top five, just after the United States, Singapore and Japan. Denmark is ranked 6th, Finland 8th. The UK, the Netherlands and Ireland rank significantly lower, at respectivly place 13, 19, 28
If you want to get to know the Nordic markets up close, you're in luck. Datacenter Forum will resume it's annual Datacenter events in the fall. Here are the dates:
Datacenter Forum Oslo 5th October 2021
Datacenter Forum Copenhagen 14th October 2021
Datacenter Forum Helsinki 4th November 2021
Datacenter Forum Stockholm 2nd December 2021
“This is of course great news and further highlights why we believe so strongly that Sweden is just the right place to be right now. Not only is there an abundance of green energy and lots of available land, we have great energy security, it is easy to do business and we have best-in-class broadband connections," says Christoffer Svanberg, Chief Communications Officer at Node Pole.
The Arcadis Data Center Location Index 2021 includes 50 markets across six continents ranking optimal places to build data centers in the world. The index is based on each market’s performance across eight key criteria: GDP per capita, dealing with construction permits, price of electricity, energy security, cybersecurity, domestic market size, the number of mobile broadband subscriptions and mean download speed. Using the above-mentioned criteria, Arcadis data specialists divided these into supply and demand criteria and then both were combined with equal weighting (50/50). The individual criteria weightings were determined based on their assessment of the relative importance of each factor. Weightings are set so that all factors have a material effect on the final index ranking. The final index value is a sum of weighted scores which have been collated from publicly available sources.
The purpose of the index is to provide insights that can be used to guide the decision-making process about where to establish a new facility. Selecting the best location is a critical factor that helps determine how well a data center investment will perform, as well as making sure the undertaking will be resilient and sustainable in a particular community. Additionally, the report outlines a roadmap for the process of building a new data center and commentary on the significant current issues impacting the industry including climate change, the effects of COVID19, and the growth of hyperscalers.
Arcadis partners with clients across the entire data center construction process, delivering due diligence, project management, cost management, design, stakeholder engagement, and digital capabilities to help companies optimize the planning, building, operations and maintenance of a new facility. “Arcadis has the global scale and expertise to help accelerate the building of data center infrastructure that supports our digital lives. We help clients make the best location choices and other decisions that result in a solid, sustainable investment that benefits all stakeholders including the community,” says Peter Oosterveer, Arcadis CEO.
