Annual market index report analyses global trends brought on by artificial intelligence boom, power availability and supply chain challenges
London, UK – 29/04/2025: DC Byte, the leading global market intelligence platform, has released its annual Global Data Centre Index Report. The 2025 edition provides a comprehensive view of global and regional growth patterns, offering analysis of current trends, structural challenges, and predictions for future market potential. Notably, the data presented provides tangible evidence that a lack of available capacity within the electric grid has begun to impact the rate of data centre development. Key highlights include a 30% increase in global take-up, with regional insights on the current bottleneck within pipeline projects commencing construction in the Americas, rising colocation rents in specific markets in EMEA and accelerating live supply growth across APAC driven by both developed and emerging markets.
This comprehensive report is the product of DC Byte’s dedicated research and analysis team of industry experts who have diligently tracked over 7,500 respective data centre schemes over the past year. Comprised of three sections, Section I examines how global supply and demand have grown over the past five years by indexing historical data from 2019 to 2024. Section II provides insight into regional dynamics via analyses of nuanced supply categories in the Americas, APAC, and EMEA regions. Section III is a regional spotlight on the Americas, with the region noted as the global leader on all accounts of supply.
This year’s Index also features five-year projections for Live Supply, modelling outcomes based on current growth trajectories and known infrastructure constraints. The report’s regional spotlight on the Americas highlights the growing disconnect between committed and under-construction capacity, the impact of power constraints on timelines, and the emergence of new high-growth markets such as Alberta, Indiana, and Columbus.
To download the 2025 Global Index Report, click here.
For more information, visit www.dcbyte.com.
About DC Byte: DC Byte is the leading provider of data centre market intelligence, offering extensive coverage on over 7,500+ data centres worldwide. Our meticulous, technology-led approach delivers consistent, unbiased research via our transformative Premiere Analytics Platform. Headquartered in London, DC Byte has strategic hub offices in Northern Virginia and Singapore, boasting the largest team of research analysts globally. We aim to provide customers with accurate, up-to-date insights to empower informed decisions and success in the data centre market.
Media Contact:
Dinah Anggreani
Phone: +65 9424 5648
Email: dinah.anggreani@dcbyte.com
“Demand for digital infrastructure has never been higher, but our data shows a widening gap between what’s needed and what’s being developed. It’s a global bottleneck, caused mostly by grid power constraints. In addition, we expect development pipelines to be further impacted by challenges to international supply chains if the US administration continues with its current tariff policy. Public Cloud, which is one of the most profitable services of many major tech companies, still ranks as the major consumer of data centre space, so the performance of the data centre sector is less affected by varying predictions about return on investment of the AI revolution in the near term. However, with demand from AI doubling every year since 2022 and public cloud increasing by around 20% per annum, data centre operators must find new ways to expand capacity to meet customer requirements to sustain current levels of growth.”
Ed Galvin, Founder and Chief Evangelist at DC Byte
