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Will King , Managing Director , DC Byte
providers ( London ’ s was dominated by colocation and Copenhagen ’ s by self- build ). Interestingly , 2021 also marked the first time that colocation surpassed self-build development in Dublin in a single year , with 146MW vs . 108MW of new announced supply .
This can be partly explained by the fact that although Dublin has traditionally been a self-build dominated market with the three leading public cloud operators operating most capacity , hyperscalers have increasingly turned to large wholesale leases or build to suit agreements as power becomes more constrained . London has seen all major public cloud providers secure sites for self-build development in 2021 . As the most significant data centre hub in Europe , it has historically seen most of the development via colocation operators .
However , the increasing number of new hyperscale self-build facilities looks set to change London ’ s market composition in the coming years .
Frankfurt has a substantial amount of phased power but it has been widely
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