According to Savills latest research, the data centre industry in Europe is facing a huge labour and talent shortage which could limit the sector’s ability to grow, to operate existing data centres and develop new ones.
Two factors in particular are contributing to the deficit: a number of employees are about to reach retirement age, and many of the places of work are either remote or in unappealing locations. This could lead to limited available data centre power capacity and a reduced development pipeline in Europe, which in turn will impact both data centre occupiers and landlords.
