The Belgium data center market size will witness investments of USD 2.81 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 5.31%. The country has a presence of local and global colocation data centers operators such as LCL Datacenters, EdgeConneX, and Digital Realty, among others. The operators invest huge amounts in development and expansion. For instance, LCL Datacenters invested around USD 1.4 million in its LCL Antwerp data center over the span of 5 years.

The Belgium data center market is an emerging market attracting the focus of global colocation operators such as EdgeConneX to invest in the country and expand their data center presence. New colocation operator KevlinX entered the country and announced the development of a large-scale data center campus. Cloud providers such as Google and Microsoft will continue to invest in the region with self-built data centers and colocating. For instance, Google purchased 50 hectares of land for data center development in Ecopôle eco-business park in Wallonia.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Belgium is one of the emerging destinations in Western Europe for data center development. The country offers a geographical advantage as it is situated in the middle of the FLAP market and continuously attracts foreign investments.
• The capital Brussels hosts the maximum number of data centers in the country. The city has around 82% of Belgium's total existing data center space. The capital provides great connectivity, a highly digital economy, and a hub for innovation, research, and development.
• Organizations across the country are migrating their workloads to the cloud and contributing towards meeting the digitalization goals of the country, driving the need for colocation data centers and decreasing the share of enterprise data centers.
• Steps are being taken to create a model for energy decentralization, while data center operators nationwide plan to be carbon-neutral in their operations. KevlinX, EdgeConneX, and LCL Datacenters are a part of the Carbon Neutral Data Central Pact.
• The country is connected to other parts of the world with submarine cables. It has a presence of four operational submarine cables, such as SeaMeWe-3, Concerto, Pan European Crossing, and Tangerine, while one submarine cable is in the pipeline.

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH?

• Market size available in the investment, area, power capacity, and Belgium colocation market revenue.
• An assessment of the data center investment in Belgium by colocation and enterprise operators.
• Investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across the locations in the country.
• A detailed study of the existing Belgium data center industry landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about industry size during the forecast period.
• Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in Belgium
  • Facilities Covered (Existing): 25
  • Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 04
  • Coverage: 11+ Locations
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (Area)
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
• Data center colocation market in Belgium
  • Colocation Market Revenue & Forecast (2022-2028)
  • Wholesale vs. Retail Colocation Revenue (2022-2028)
  • Retail Colocation Pricing
  • Wholesale Colocation Pricing
• Belgium market investments are classified into IT, power, cooling, and general construction services with sizing and forecast.
• A comprehensive analysis of the latest trends, growth rate, potential opportunities, growth restraints, and prospects for the industry.
• Business overview and product offerings of prominent IT infrastructure providers, construction contractors, support infrastructure providers, and investors operating in the industry.
• A transparent research methodology and the analysis of the demand and supply aspects of the industry.

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

• Some key investors in the Belgium data center market include AtlasEdge, Digital Realty, Datacenter United, Etix Everywhere, Google, LCL Datacenters, and Proximus.
• The Belgium data center market has witnessed investments from some new market entrants, such as KevlinX and EdgeConneX.
• The construction contractors in the country have both global and local presence and are supplying to major operators present in the market. For instance, AECOM, Artelia, Lascent, Logi-tek, ISG, Mercury, M-J Wood Group Kft, Perseuz, PM Group, and RKD, among others.

EXISTING VS. UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

• Existing Facilities in the region (Area and Power Capacity)
  • Brussels
  • Other Cities (Aalst, Antwerp, Gent, Hasselt, St. Ghislain, Leuven, Liege, Wallonia, Zaventem, and Zele.​)
• List of Upcoming Facilities in the region (Area and Power Capacity)

REPORT COVERAGE:

This report analyses the Belgium data center market share. It elaboratively analyses the existing and upcoming facilities and investments in IT, electrical, mechanical infrastructure, general construction, and tier standards. It discusses market sizing and investment estimation for different segments. The segmentation includes:

• IT Infrastructure
  • Servers
  • Storage Systems
  • Network Infrastructure
• Electrical Infrastructure
  • UPS Systems
  • Generators
  • Transfer Switches & Switchgears
  • PDUs
  • Other Electrical Infrastructure
• Mechanical Infrastructure
  • Cooling Systems
  • Rack Cabinets
  • Other Mechanical Infrastructure
• Cooling Systems
  • CRAC & CRAH Units
  • Chiller Units
  • Cooling Towers, Condensers & Dry Coolers
  • Economizers & Evaporative Coolers
  • Other Cooling Units
• General Construction
  • Core & Shell Development
  • Installation & commissioning Services
  • Engineering & Building Design
  • Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
  • Physical Security
  • DCIM
• Tier Standard
  • Tier I & Tier II
  • Tier III
  • Tier IV
• Geography
  • Brussels
  • Other Cities

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

• IT Infrastructure Providers: Atos, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Extreme Networks, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Huawei Technologies, IBM, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, MiTAC Holdings, and NetApp.
• Data Center Construction Contractors & Sub-Contractors: AECOM, Artelia, Lascent, Logi-tek, ISG, Mercury, M-J Wood Group Kft, Perseusz, PM Group, and RKD.
• Support Infrastructure Providers:3M, ABB, Airedale International Air Conditioning, Alfa Laval, Carrier, Caterpillar, Cummins, Delta Electronics, Daikin Applied, Eaton, ebm-papst, Johnson Controls, Legrand, Mitsubishi Electric, Rittal, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Socomec, STULZ, Trane, Vertiv, and ZIEHL-ABEGG.
• Data Center Investors: AtlasEdge, Digital Realty, Datacenter United, Etix Everywhere, Google, LCL Datacenters, Microsoft, and Proximus.
• New Entrants: KevlinX and EdgeConneX.