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The blueprint for powering data centres

Data centres in Europe face a dual challenge: immense power demand and pressing resilience expectations.  

Europe’s data centres are at a tipping point. Explosive demand from cloud and AI is driving unprecedented energy consumption, while grid constraints, rising costs, and net zero pressures create a complex energy challenge. Some operators are moving ahead and investing in onsite generation, advanced storage, heat reuse, and AI-driven energy management, to secure resilience and cut carbon without sacrificing uptime.

Yet many remain stalled by long grid connection delays, budgetary pressures, and fragmented strategies - leaving them vulnerable to rising costs and missed growth opportunities.

We surveyed 500 organisations across Europe, to reveal how the sector is turning energy from a critical risk into a strategic asset - and where others are at risk of being left behind.

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