Beyond the Established Hubs: Where Is the Next Wave of Data Centre Growth?
WEBINAR | 22 SEPTEMBER 2026
DC Byte’s EMEA experts and guest speakers examine where hyperscalers and investors are looking next, what makes these markets attractive, and the key opportunities and risks organisations should consider before entering them.
If you missed our latest webinar, or you attended and want to recap, the webinar recording is now available to download and watch.
The discussion covers:
- Which emerging markets are experiencing the fastest data centre growth
- The factors that make a market attractive to operators, investors, and suppliers
- Where hyperscalers are investing next and why
- How power availability, connectivity, and supporting infrastructure influence market selection
- Which markets remain undervalued despite strong underlying fundamentals
- What businesses should evaluate before expanding into a new market
Why Watch
Real Market Intelligence
DC Byte tracks capacity pipelines, leasing activity and infrastructure development across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, providing insight into where new supply is emerging.
Strategic Market Outlook
Understand how hyperscale demand, power constraints and infrastructure investment are shaping the future of the EMEA data centre ecosystem
Hear from Our Experts and Guests
The session included expert insight from DC Byte and guest speakers, covering everything from power constraints to community engagement.
Webinar Agenda
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Meet Your Speakers
Scott Roots, Sales Leader – EMEA, DC Byte
Scott Roots leads DC Byte’s commercial operations across the EMEA region, supporting operators, investors, and suppliers with strategic market intelligence across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Scott has vast experience in the data centre industry with almost twenty years of experience having worked across the region selling equipment and consultancy. He is a regular speaker and panel host around the EMEA event circuit.
Christian Tshishiku – Senior Analyst – EMEA, DC Byte
Christian has been with DC Byte for over 5 years. Specialising in the African and DACH regions, he has developed an in-depth understanding of these diverse markets, leveraging his multilingual capabilities to provide a nuanced and comprehensive analysis.
In his tenure at DC Byte, Christian has published insightful spotlight reports on Africa’s and Germany’s data centre industries, highlighting key trends, market dynamics, and growth opportunities.
Alex Burgoyne – Head of Data Centre valuations at Knight Frank
Head of Data Centre valuations at Knight Frank with over 15 years of valuation experience. A focus on EMEA and APAC valuations benefitting from the support of Knight Franks global property platform.
Valuation work includes phased development appraisals, financing reports, sale and full/partial leaseback analysis, M&A support, fund valuation and purchase reports. Qualifications include MRICS, MRICS Registered Valuer and DC Pro accreditation.
Who This Webinar is For
- Data centre operators and developers
- Cloud and hyperscale providers
- Investors and financial institutions
- Technology vendors and suppliers
- Utilities and energy providers
- Consultants and advisors
- Enterprise infrastructure and strategy teams
Market Intelligence
This webinar is part of DC Byte’s Regional Market Intelligence Series, providing regular insights into the global digital infrastructure landscape.
About DC Byte
DC Byte provides market intelligence used by operators, investors, hyperscalers and infrastructure partners across the global data centre industry. Our platform tracks the EMEA data centre market in real time, giving organisations clear visibility into capacity growth, hyperscale expansion and digital infrastructure investment trends across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Our analysts monitor data centre capacity pipelines, AI-driven demand and power availability constraints to help industry stakeholders understand where new developments are emerging and which markets are attracting the most investment.
The DC Byte platform tracks:
• 135+ global data centre markets
• 500+ GW of IT capacity
• 8,500+ data centre assets worldwide
These insights help organisations understand how hyperscale demand, AI infrastructure growth, and regulatory pressures are reshaping the EMEA digital infrastructure landscape.
