MARKET OUTLOOK

Portugal data center market size was valued at USD 931.2 million and is expected to reach USD 1.3 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.02% during 2022-2027.

• The Portugal data center market has started receiving investments over the last two to three years due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, favorable government policies for data center development; crowded FLAPD markets; and increased opportunities for service operators as the market is underpenetrated with not many operators.
• Small and micro data centers have traditionally dominated the Portugal data center market; however, the country is also witnessing hyperscale investments.
• Lisbon is one of the most preferred locations for data center investments as around half of the data center facilities in Portugal are in the city.
• The Ministry of Economic and Digital Transition in Portugal has implemented Phase 2 of the Indústria 4.0 to promote digitalization in the country and initiate strategies for artificial intelligence and advanced computing.
• The government is helping its citizens to upgrade their skills. Therefore, it launched INCoDe.2030. This initiative improves and strengthens information and communication technology skills.
• The Portugal Government aims to meet 80% of its power demand via 100% clean energy sources by 2030. The Sines 4.0 data center campus currently being built has access to renewable energy through several local grids. Also, the project will use stored renewable energy

KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT

• Ar Telecom, Pioneer Point Partners & Davidson Kempner Capital Management, Merlin Properties & Edged Energy, and NOS are colocation data center operators expected to develop data centers in the country during the forecast period.
• Increasing cloud connectivity will boost the digital economy of the country and will lead to higher demand for high-bandwidth networking and processing infrastructure. For instance, CloudZone has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate cloud services and improve the digital economy of Portugal.
• Colocation facilities expect to witness an increase in the adoption of flexible design, which supports 42U to 47U rack cabinets. In 2021, Ar Telecom planned to build a data center in Lisbon with around 150 racks.
• In Portugal, Madeira International Business center and Santa Maria Island are free to trade zones where the data center investors can invest as the operators can get various tax exemptions and various incentives.
• In February 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it is planning to launch local edge zones in 32 cities across 26 countries worldwide, including Lisbon.

WHY SHOULD YOU BUY THIS RESEARCH REPORT?

• Portugal data center market size is available in the investment, area, power capacity, and the Portugal colocation market revenue.
• An assessment of the data center investment in Portugal by colocation, hyperscale, and enterprise operators.
• Data center investments in the area (square feet) and power capacity (MW) across cities.
• A detailed study of the existing Portugal data center market landscape, an in-depth industry analysis, and insightful predictions about the Portuguese data center market size during the forecast period.
• Snapshot of existing and upcoming third-party data center facilities in Portugal
  • Facilities Covered (Existing): 16
  • Facilities Identified (Upcoming): 03
  • Coverage: 7 Cities
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (Data Center Area)
  • Existing vs. Upcoming (IT Load Capacity)
• Data center colocation market in Portugal
  • Market Revenue & Forecast (2021-2027)
  • Retail Colocation Pricing
• The Portugal data center landscape 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 aspect of the market.

PORTUGAL DATA CENTER MARKET VENDOR ANALYSIS

• Some of the key investors in the Portugal data center industry are Equinix, NOS Sistemas, WebTuga, Altice Portugal, and Ar Telecom in 2021.
• In Portugal, WebTuga data center facilities have been deployed with Dell Technologies’ M1000 chassis with support blade servers with ¼ space and 510 processing core with 10U and 2,048 colors in single racks.
• Investments from colocation and cloud data center investors are rising in the market. In April 2021, Altice Portugal, Microsoft, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) deployed a hybrid cloud Azure Stack Hub which will provide services via Altice’s Covilha data center
• In Portugal, in terms of data center construction, Start Campus is building Sines 4.0 data center. It is one of the major upcoming investments in the Portugal data center market.
• The market has a presence of construction companies such as Grupo Iberian, O/M, ARSMAGNA, CAP DC, and Artelia. ARSMAGNA is the company involved in constructing Portugal Telecom’s Covilha data center facility.

REPORT COVERAGE:

This report analyses the Portugal 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
• By Cooling Systems
  • CRAC & CRAH Units
  • Chiller Units
  • Cooling Towers, Condensers, and Dry Coolers
  • Economizers and Evaporative Coolers
  • Other Cooling units
• General Construction
  • Building Development
  • Installation & commissioning Services
  • Building Design
  • Fire Detection & Suppression Systems
  • Physical Security
  • Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)
• Tier Standard
  • Tier I & Tier II
  • Tier III
  • Tier IV

VENDOR LANDSCAPE

• IT INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS: Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Lenovo, Oracle, NEC Corporation and Pure Storage.
• DATA CENTER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS & SUB-CONTRACTORS: ARSMAGNA, CAP DC, O/M, Proef, Quark, J.AGOSTINHO SILVA ENGENHARIA, SOMA PARALELA
• SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS: ABB, Caterpillar, Daikin Applied, emb-papst, Johnson Controls, Legrand, and Siemens.
• DATA CENTER INVESTORS:  Altice Portugal, Ar Telecom, Equinix, NOS Sistemas, WebTuga, and REN.