Internet warehouses
Most European data centres are in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, or France
⚡ For scale: a single mid-sized data centre draws around 10 MW around the clock —
roughly the electricity of 25,000 European homes , or 600,000 fridges humming at once.
The biggest hyperscale sites draw ten times that.
Number of data centres per 100 km cell
1 5 10 20 30+
◉ Highlight chokeholds
Dublin: ~80% of electricity supply is taken by data centres Amsterdam: ~33% of electricity supply is taken by data centres London: ~36% of electricity supply is taken by data centres Frankfurt: ~41% of electricity supply is taken by data centres
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Data centres shown
2,022
approximate, aggregated to a 100 km grid
By country
Germany 319
United Kingdom 290
France 226
Netherlands 142
Spain 102
Italy 101
Sweden 80
Poland 78
Ireland 75
Türkiye 56
Finland 46
Switzerland 43
1 data centre ≈ 600,000 fridges
A typical ~10 MW facility uses as much power as a small town — and Europe has
about 2,022 of them. Hover the map to see who hosts them.
Number of data centres per 100 km grid cell — counts approximate & illustrative ·
Energy comparison: ~10 MW average facility, EU household ≈ 3,500 kWh/yr, fridge ≈ 150 kWh/yr ·
Basemap & borders: Natural Earth · hover for details, click a country to isolate it