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Figures show that more than US $ 106bn of foreign direct investment ( FDI ) was committed to data centres worldwide ( Source : fDI Markets ) datacentremagazine . com 53

ERSECURITY

US $ 33.717bn

The data centre security market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 17.36 %, from US $ 15.145bn in 2024 to reach US $ 33.717bn by 2029 ( Source : Research and Markets )

New data centre investments to better support data centres in the UK brought the total investment to more than

£ 25bn

( US $ 32bn ) ( Source : GOV . UK )

US $ 4.88m

The average cost of a data breach was US $ 4.88m in 2024 , the highest average on record

( Source : IBM )

US $ 106bn +

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