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EXPO Real 2026: AI fuels German data centre demand as expansion faces barriers

Data centres emerged as one of the main themes at EXPO Real on Monday, with AI driving demand for facilities in Germany.

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Finnish data centre petition tops 77,000 signatures after Google’s €13bn pledge

Location risks rise as global data centre investment accelerates

Cushman & Wakefield: Helsinki data centre market nearly triples to 1.15GW

Merlin sees 70% chance Spain will soften data centre rules

US states push back against data centre boom as local opposition grows

Lidl owner unveils plans for €5.6bn 240MW German data centre

Data Center Capital develops €500m German edge data centre portfolio

Savills: Oslo and Porto lead Europe’s next data centre wave

Tritax Big Box clears final legal hurdle for 107MW UK data centre

Turner & Townsend: European labour shortages threaten data centre delivery

CBRE: AI demand drives 19% growth in FLAP data centre capacity

Tritax’s second data centre scheme takes UK pipeline past 230 MW

Data4 to invest €5bn in 700MW French data centre campus

JLL: Germany’s data centre capacity set to nearly quadruple as growth shifts beyond Frankfurt

Ardian and Verne plan €5bn AI infrastructure campus in France

French data centre industry calls on government to cut red tape and capture €109bn AI boom

CEE Summit: data centres boom to attract new investors

CBRE: European data centre capacity costs set for 12% rise in 2026

Phoenix Group partners with DC Max on $8bn European AI data centre push

Frankfurt’s dominance of data centre market in Germany threatened by power issues

German data centres, domestic capital too slow to get on board

Data centres in Europe: strong demand but supply constraints

How AI is redrawing Europe’s data centre map

Jason Mitchell

Ridge and Partners’ Rennie Dalrymple: Power and planning constraints reshape UK data centre development

Jason Mitchell

‘We are only just seeing the start of data centre growth in Africa’: Knight Frank’s Oscar Matthews

Jason Mitchell

MSCI: Data centres outperformed all asset types but future remains uncertain

ESR Europe sees stronger relative opportunities in continental Europe than the UK

Jason Mitchell

Savills: Data centre expansion to drive 786,130 sq m of new logistics demand across Europe

Colliers: Iberian data centre developers shift to speculative builds as AI demand surges

Jefferies: Norway tops Europe’s data centre map as power constraints stall growth in core markets

French court backs CyrusOne data centre in phased development ruling

Europe’s data centre pipeline grows with €6bn Denmark campus and Mistral’s Paris AI cluster
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Europe’s data centre market has transformed during the past 12 months

Thomas Veith, Global Real Estate Leader, PwC

GXO launches logistics hub for Benelux data centre supply chains

SEGRO advances UK data centre projects in Slough and London

Gauging the climate threats to data centre investments

Guest View

Amazon to invest €33.7bn in Spanish data centres through 2035

CPP Investments and Equinix to acquire Nordic data centre platform for $4bn

Poland leads new wave of European data centre investment

GIC weighs €1bn sale of 80% stake in European data centre JV

Briefing: AI is redefining Europe’s data centre investment case and risk calculations

UNCTAD: Land markets split as data centres hit $270bn and industrial investment weakens
Data centres have moved decisively beyond their origins as a niche real estate play and are now being reshaped as critical infrastructure assets, deeply intertwined with energy systems, geopolitics and national economic strategy. 

PwC: Data centres are”permanent critical infrastructure”, not just a short-term boom

Oaktree secures €1.9bn financing to expand European data centre platform

Drax submits plans for data centre at North Yorkshire power station

Data centre boom creates a carbon dilemma for investors

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Brookfield and Qatar reveal $20bn plan to build global AI infrastructure

€1.8bn data-centre pipeline advances in Finland and Germany

Global Infrastructure Partners and ACS agree €2bn data centre joint venture

Savills: AI accelerates data centre growth across Europe and the Gulf

How data centres went from niche to mainstream

Jason Mitchell

As designers, we’re preparing the UK for a data centre revolution

Guest View

European data centre boom drives £422bn funding need, led by London, Paris and Frankfurt

Global data centre boom meets growing resistance across the US, the UK and Europe

Global capital drives €5bn data centre boom across the UK and Germany

Digital Realty takes delivery of Greece’s largest data centre

Aareal Bank makes €160m debut in data centres with Goodman deal

XDS launches Gulf data centre rollout with the UAE’s first immersion-cooled AI facility

Arjun and Interogo take 30% stakes in Data4 data centre portfolio across Europe

European data centre capacity surges past 24 GW as growth spreads beyond core hubs

Australia’s IFM Investors to acquire Swiss data centre operator Green from InfraVia

Singapore-listed trust makes €50m data centre play across Europe

Brookfield to invest $10bn in Swedish AI data centre hub

Record take-up of data centre capacity in Europe in ’25: CBRE

Prologis to build €6.4bn data centres in France in major logistics push

UK pension fund pledges £250m to data centre megaproject

BlackChamber raises $2bn to expand hyperscale data centre platform

Data centre deal values rise 7.5% pa as demand escalates

PGIM raises $2 billion at global data centre fund’s final close

New Segro JV plans £1bn data centre in London’s Park Royal

Azora to invest €2bn in data centre development in Aragon

Data centre hotspots blur as AI raises space and power needs

Regulatory frameworks drive data-centre demand

Paul Strohm

Planning victory a green light for Patrizia data centre site sale

US markets struggle to meet surging energy demand for data centres

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Europe’s data centre vacancy rate in single figures by year end: CBRE

US tech firms to invest £6.3 bln to build new data centres in UK

Invesco Real Estate acquires its first data centre in Europe

Data centre vacancy rate decline likely for fifth year

Ex-CBRE Dilekli to aid Nexspace’s DACH data centre expansion

Power seals €11m data centre land transaction for Activum

CBRE: AI driving investment in data centres across Europe

Ada to develop 201 MW data centre campus in East London

2024’s hottest CRE sectors

Courtney Fingar

Building boom underway in 2nd tier data centre cities

Tishman Speyer targets data centres and acquires first site

PGIM buys Munich data centre site as demand rises by 30% pa

Energy efficiency crucial to digital infrastructure growth

PwC: assessing the impact of ongoing digital transformation

Data centre supply struggles to keep pace with demand: CBRE

Boom time for data centres in Italy: 83 hubs, €15 bn invested

Outlook 2024: Logistics and data centres are investors’ pick

Blackstone and Digital Realty form $7bn data centre JV

London docks data centre go-ahead after planning victory

Principal manage-to-core fund pays €10m for two data centres

Power restrictions hinder some markets’ data centre growth

CapMan Infra invests in data centres in northern Europe

AXA IM Alts agrees sale of Data4 platform to Brookfield

Stoneweg sale kicks off €600m Thor Madrid data campus

Hines & Compass hit European data centres market via Milan

P3 to develop one of Europe’s largest data centre campuses

Colliers: Iberian peninsula the new digital hub of Europe

Principal’s European data centre fund raises initial €155m

Higher margins reward those willing to explore niche sector

Paul Strohm

Data centre operator Supernap expands its capacity in Milan

Expo Real: Industry will add to covid boost for data centres

Google to invest €1 billion in two data centres in Germany

GTR chooses Segro’s Slough estate for data centre campus

Data4 investing €620 million in new data centres in Europe

Data centre rankings heat up as Covid increases demand

New partnership to develop data centres in the Nordics

Axa IMRA Tokyo buy lifts global data centre portfolio to €1bn

More sale & leasebacks help data centre investors: Savills

Increase in data centre investment ‘monumental’ : KF

Beard to head KF’s Europe and Asia data centres push