Unveiling the Global Data Center Layout: The United States Leads Far Ahead, While Europe Emerges as the Core Hub for AI Infrastructure

Foreign media: The United States occupies 43% of the global share with 4,088 data centers, leading far ahead; Germany (507) and the UK (506) are nearly tied for second place, differing by just one; China ranks fourth with 369, followed closely by France (346). Canada, India, and Australia each have over 270 data centers.

The European FLAP-D corridor (Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Dublin) remains the core hub for global cloud computing and AI infrastructure.

As AI expands, data center construction is accelerating toward end users to reduce latency. Future site selection will face land and resource constraints, prompting some developers to explore innovative solutions such as community-benefiting models or even space-based data centers.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1861160138496011/

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