How many data centres are in the UK?
The official count, why other counts differ, and where UK data centres cluster.
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Data centre guides and UK market data
Understand your options. Ask the right questions. Find infrastructure that fits your business.
Data Centre Finder’s guides help you understand colocation and explore the UK data centre market before you build a shortlist. Start with the topic that matches your question, then use the directory to compare individual facilities, locations and operators.
Colocation guides focus on the choices involved in housing your equipment: rack space, power, connectivity and the practical questions to raise with an operator. UK market data looks at published figures and the different definitions behind them. A directory listing, a building and a campus can represent different things, so check what a figure counts before comparing it with another source.
Open a published article below to read its explanation and supporting sources. Where a guide mentions a facility or location, follow the relevant directory links for the information recorded on that profile. The guides provide a starting point for your research; current prices, available space, power allocation and service arrangements still need confirming for your deployment.
If you already know what you need, browse the UK data centre directory or use the shortlist builder to choose the facilities you want to contact.
Colocation guides
Explore the questions involved in choosing colocation, from the space and power your equipment needs to connectivity and day-to-day access. Use these guides alongside individual facility profiles, and confirm the services, commercial terms and support arrangements that apply to your own deployment.
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UK market data
Explore published figures about UK data centres and learn what each source measures. Counts can differ because they cover different locations, types of site or stages of development. Check the scope, date and source notes before using a headline figure in a comparison or business decision.