Europe Data Center Physical Security Market Trends

Market Trends of Europe Data Center Physical Security Industry

IT and Telecom to Hold Significant Share

• In Europe, players in the telecommunications industry are affected by shrinking revenues and profitability, as well as the effects of regulatory pricing intervention and consolidation. The rapidly increasing 4G penetration and the upcoming 5G wave are adhering telecom vendors to invest in the data center market. Swedish network provider Net4Mobility, a joint venture between local carriers Tele2 and Telenor, announced plans to connect 90% of the nation's population to its 5G network by the end of 2023.
• The impending expansion of hyperscalers for AI-related data centers in the IT and telecom space may create challenges for enterprises, especially in the case of security. Increasing AI-related data centers in countries such as Germany is expected to create a major demand for physical security solutions.
• In the Netherlands, in the telecom industry, the implementation of 5G is projected to impact data traffic positively. By 2026, the country's 3.5G Hz (5G) rollout is anticipated to be complete. By 2030, 60% of the Dutch population will be covered by the 3.5 GHz 5G network, up from 33% in 2023. This trend may greatly encourage the usage of VOD (video on demand). Such instances in the market are expected to create more need for data centers, resulting in rising demand for data center physical security solutions in the coming years.
• The Spanish government allocated EUR 84 million (USD 90.81 million) for the expansion and improvement of the Central Government Private Cloud (SARA Cloud) initiative. The use of the cloud facilitates the development of new business models, enabling companies of all sizes and industries to innovate and gain a competitive edge. The above-mentioned factors indicate a major market demand for physical security solutions.

United Kingdom to Register Significant Growth

• According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), as of 2023, there were 5.51 million small businesses in the United Kingdom, accounting for 99.2% of the total business in the region. SMEs accounted for three-fifths of the employment and around half of the Kingdom's private sector turnover. A growing shift toward hyperscale data centers to efficiently support robust, scalable applications is anticipated to propel the data center security market in the United Kingdom.
• With data center providers increasing their digital infrastructure, the demand for physical security is expected to increase. In October 2021, Equinix Inc., a digital infrastructure company, announced its plans to build a new international business exchange (IBX) data center in Salford, Manchester. Equinix also announced a total investment of USD 165 million and an additional USD 1 billion in digital infrastructure in the United Kingdom.
• Brexit brought uncertainties among cloud providers in terms of storage and retrieval of customer data. European companies that are associated with the UK data center market are migrating workloads to the United Kingdom and other EU countries. In 2020, the increase in demand for cloud services led to the launch of 10 new services by Microsoft, AWS, and others. Such factors are expected to increase the cloud infrastructure, leading to the demand for physical security solutions.
• In December 2023, the UK government launched a new consultation, i.e., 'Protecting and enhancing the security and resilience of UK data infrastructure,' to source views on proposed regulations to improve the security and resilience of data infrastructure, including data centers. This is expected to increase the number of new players in the market regarding DC physical security solutions.