MARKET INSIGHTS

Belgium data center market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 7% from 2022 to 2027 and is expected to cross $2.5 billion by 2027. Belgium is a fast-growing market among Western European countries, aided by government digitalization initiatives, tax incentives, adoption of advanced technologies, and trade routes with major markets such as the UK. The Belgian Government is actively working towards bringing in digital investment, including initiatives such as Digital AmBEtion. The Government has partnered with Microsoft to digitalize the public and private sectors in the country. The market has witnessed the announcement of data centers by new entrants such as EdgeConneX in Brussels for a colocation data center and cloud service provider Microsoft in Wallonia for a cloud region. Major cities for data center deployment include Wallonia and Brussels, which have witnessed over 50% of total investments by operators such as Microsoft, EdgeConneX, and Interxion. The Data Protection Authority of Belgium has announced joining the European Cloud Code of Conduct to support safe cloud storage in the country and drive cloud storage demand in the market. The Government of Belgium supports the growth of AI in the country through initiatives such as launching a national artificial intelligence strategy that will further aid the data center market.

BELGIUM DATA CENTER MARKET OUTLOOK

Belgium data center market size will witness investments of USD 2,765.4 million by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 7.40% during 2022-2027

• The presence of global cloud service provider Google and the recent announcement by Microsoft for a cloud region in Belgium will further attract other global cloud service providers to invest in the market.
• Belgium is also among prominent locations in the Western Europe data center market, working towards significant adoption of renewable energy, with the availability of renewable energy sources such as solar energy, biomass, geothermal, and wind energy.
• Belgium has taken initiatives to curb carbon emissions in the country by adopting renewable energy initiatives such as Belgium's National Energy and Climate Plan 2030.
• Data center operators in the country, such as LCL Data Centers and kevlinX have joined the European Climate Neutral Data Center Pact to adopt sustainable energy resource usage.

• The market in Belgium is also well connected to major locations such as UK and Netherlands via submarine cables such as BT North Sea connecting Belgium.

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH?

• Market size available in the investment, area, power capacity, and the Belgium colocation market revenue.
• An assessment of the data center investment in Belgium by colocation, hyperscale, and enterprise operators.
• Data center investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across cities.
• During the forecast period, a detailed study of the existing Belgium market landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about the Belgium data center market size.
• Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party facilities in Belgium
  • Facilities Covered (Existing): 19
  • Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 06
  • Coverage: 2+ Cities
  • Existing vs Upcoming (Area)
  • Existing vs Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
• Data center colocation market in Belgium
  • Market Revenue & Forecast (2021-2027)
  • Retail Colocation Pricing
• The Belgium data center landscape market investments are classified as IT, power, cooling, and general construction services with sizing and forecasting.
• 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 market.

VENDOR ANALYSIS

• Some of the key investors in the market include LCL Data Centers, KevlinX, Google, Microsoft, Datacenter United, Digital Realty (Interxion), EdgeConneX, Datazone, DCstar, Unix Solutions, and Etix Everywhere.
• Investments from colocation and cloud data center investors are rising in the market. In March 2021, Interxion announced the construction of its third facility, BRU3, in Brussels. Google is expanding its cloud data center in Saint-Ghislain.
• The Belgium market is witnessing the growing adoption of network switches with a capacity of 100GbE and above provided by vendors such as Juniper Networks.
• The presence of several global support infrastructure vendors such as Schneider Electric, Rittal, STULZ, and Vertiv is growing the competition among vendors and increasing the bargaining power of buyers in the market.
• The Belgium market is dominated by local construction contractors such as MJ Wood Group, which has provided electrical sub-contracting services to Google data center construction, and Persuesz for construction services for the data center.

EXISTING VS UPCOMING DATA CENTERS

• Existing Facilities in the region(Area and Power Capacity)
  • Brussels
  • Other Cities
• 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
  • Switches & Switchgears
  • PDUs
  • Other Electrical Infrastructure
• Mechanical Infrastructure
  • Cooling Systems
  • Rack Cabinets
  • Other Mechanical Infrastructure
• General Construction
  • Core & Shell Development
  • Installation & commissioning Services
  • Engineering & Building Design
  • Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
  • Physical Security
  • Data Center Infrastructure Management (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, IBM, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, MiTAC Holdings, NetApp.
• DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS & SUB-CONTRACTORS: AECOM, Artelia, Lascent, Logi-tek, ISG, MJ Wood Group, Persuesz, PM Group, 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, EdgeConneX, Etix Everywhere, Google, Digital Realty, LCL Data Centers and Microsoft.