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Data Center Readiness

Data center readiness across Europe

The EU-27 ranked on data center readiness across eleven dimensions of the operating environment.

Top Performers

Improvement Opportunity

Readiness across Europe

Composite data center readiness tier by country. Greener = more ready.

How the index reads

All 27 EU member states ranked on greenfield data-centre readiness. The rank-based composite is the headline; the geometric-mean composite is a non-compensatory robustness check that punishes any single severe bottleneck, exposing “spiky” profiles that look strong on average but are crippled on one dimension.

Where Europe is most divided

Spread of the 27 countries’ scores within each dimension (0–100). The widest bands are where readiness most separates the field; the narrowest are broadly shared.

Regulatory Complexity97
Electricity Cost96
Investment Incentives96
Grid Reliability96
Grid Connection90
Digital Infrastructure89
Community89
Natural Hazard84
Water Stress79
Grid Capacity79
Workforce64

Rank vs. geometric-mean composite

Spearman ρ = 0.82
Rank-based composite →Geometric-mean composite →

Points near the diagonal agree under both methods. 11 of 27 countries are missing at least one indicator in some dimension.

Readiness is a moving target.

Grid queues clear, moratoria lift, and weights are recalibrated with every release. The Index is built to be reproducible and auditable, so each ranking reflects the operating environment as it stands today, not last year's footprint. See exactly how it's built, scored and sourced.

Explore the methodology