CommScope ’ s Belgium office
Across Europe , the data centre market is continuing to boom . Increasing AI adoption has led to surging energy demands , with McKinsey suggesting in 2024 that data centre energy use could triple by 2030 .
Such a demand for power comes with its own set of challenges for the European data centre industry . Limited sources of reliable power , sustainability concerns and insufficient upstream infrastructure for power access are among the primary hurdles facing the industry .
Lewis White , Vice President , Enterprise Infrastructure – Europe at CommScope explains that the advancement of AI is impacting the data centre industry in Europe at a fast pace .
“ Generative AI ( Gen AI ) requires lots of processing connectivity within the data centre ,” he explains . “ Therefore , power will be a barrier to progress for AI . Either we ’ re going to have to get smarter in how we provide power or we ’ re going to have to use less power .”
136 February 2025