Technology companies wanting to strengthen their presence in as many countries as possible by forming a network of data centers on each continent looking for the right countries to develop their data centers.
Within this framework they have a specific range of factors to consider advising a country to invest in it. These factors are:
1. The degree of development of telecommunications networks.
2. The rental price of fiber optics.
3. The cost of energy corresponding to 30% of the operating costs of a data center.
4. The political stability that you see in an investment target country.
5. The average annual temperature. In countries with a much higher average temperature, the need for refrigeration of machinery and, by extension, energy consumption is much greater. According to these elements, colder countries appear to have a comparative advantage over warmer regions.
6. The level of cyber-security.
7. Labour costs.
8. The ease of finding highly qualified human resources.
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The EU, and always based on its digital policy and the green transition of its economy, has stipulated that data centers on its territory should become energy neutral by 2030.
This decision is because data centers account for 6%-9% of global energy consumption and more than 2% of all carbon dioxide emissions.
Within this framework, the EU requires the installation of photovoltaic systems to significantly reduce energy costs by making investments of this type greener and ecological.
The company Savills (https://en.savills-aguirrenewman.es/research_articles/) (Savills Tech Cities) which acts as a consulting firm for digital technology companies, has compiled an indicator showing which EU member country is most attractive for setting up a data center.
The Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and France account for 74% of investments in data centres and as a result have a high degree of cloud penetration.
