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The state of the European data center market
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Ivo Brook, Head of Content, BroadGroup
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DATA CENTER MARKETS NORDIC
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Country/DC’s
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Finland 25 42 45 45 46
Norway 40 45 43 43 48
Sweden 33 74 82 82 84
Iceland 6 7 8 8 10
Denmark 46 50 46 51 52
Estonia 9 11 16 16 13
Latvia 10 10 18
Lithuania 10 10 12
Total 159 229 260 265 283
Total Nordic Region Available
Power Third Party Data Centers %/Country
Source: BroadGroup
31%
32%
13%
19%
5%
TOTAL NORDIC REGION MW %/COUNTRY
Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Iceland
Available Customer
Power Source: BroadGroup
0
50
100
150
200
250
Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Iceland
3RD PARTY DATA CENTER MW
2016 2017 2018 2019
Observations on Energy
• Energy pricing and availability is a key USP for the Nordic countries as data center locations
• Energy pricing and taxation policies have proven key to attracting hyperscale projects
Key Developments:• Phase out of Danish PSO tax by 2022• Speculation of energy pricing increase in Iceland
Top 12 Players
MW/CountrySource: BroadGroup
New Projects –HPC, Bitcoin and
Blockchain
• Etix Jokkmokk-1 HPC Datacenter in Sweden was launched in Q3-18.• Etix Everywhere purchase of 55% Borealis Data Center, Iceland,
September 2018• Hive – formerly the Kolos Data Center development originally
announced in February 2018 on a new greenfield site at Narvik in north-west Norway. Currently on hold.
• Bitfury, announced in March 2018 that it was to invest USD $35 million in a new Data Centre in Norway
Data Center Provider Facility Country USDm
Telia Vilnius Lithuania 3.4
Equinix HE-6 Helsinki Finland 11
DEAC Riga Latvia 12
Interxion STO-5 Stockholm Sweden 12.3
Tieto IT Espoo Finland 20
Interxion CPH-2 Copenhagen Denmark 21.3
Lefdal Mine Datacenter Moloy Norway 31
Hydro66 Boden Sweden 66
EcoDataCenter Falun Sweden 87
Bulk Digital Oslo & Vannesla Norway 87
Bahnhof Elementica Stockholm Sweden 90
Telia Helsinki Finland 172
Hetzner Online Tuusula Finland 229
Total 842
Recent Investment - Third Party DC Investment
Hyper-scale provider Location Investment (USDm)
Google Hamina, Finland 917
Google Tavlov, Denmark 10
Facebook Lulea 1, Sweden 595
Facebook Lulea 2, Sweden 595
Facebook Lulea 3, Sweden 410
Facebook Odense, Denmark 100
Apple Viborg, Denmark 975
Apple Aabenoas, Denmark 920
AWS* Stockholm, Sweden 100
Total USD $4,622 million
*AWS do not disclose their development costs & the USD $100 million investment is estimated by BroadGroup
Recent Investment - Hyperscale
Connectivity
*Telegeography 2019
Connectivity Projects
International connectivity in the region is being enhanced by several key developments: • Investment by Norwegian sovereign funds in a cable between
Norway and the UK • Eastern Light linking countries across northern Europe • Havfrue/AEC-2 cable system is supported by Facebook, Google,
Aqua Comms and Bulk Infrastructure • Northeast Passage cable project - China’s Ministry of Industry and
Information Technology and state-owned China Telecom Corporation are among those participating in discussions about building a 10,500-kilometer (6,500 miles) fiber-optic link across the Arctic Circle
Key Conclusions
• The Nordic markets represent possibly the largest investment for data center development opportunities available globally.
• Cable investment to Asia could be a gamechanger• Investment in the Nordics has already exceeded USD 6.2 billion and
more is expected• Nordic markets are becoming hot spots for hyperscale data centers• Power remains top USP of the region • Bitcoin, Crypto and Blockchain driving new market segmentation