French data centres set to continue to see more capacity growth

ENGLAND, UK: A new report published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd (TCL) called Data Centre Pricing France 2014 to 2019, finds that French Data Centre capacity is growing throughout France in all segments, continuing a trend for the construction of new high specification Data Centre facilities.

According to the TCL survey, for the four year period since 2010, new French Data Centre raised floor space has increased by over 130,000 square metres. "For the next five-year period TCL forecasts that new space will continue to grow from a total of over 360,000 up to over 464,000 square metres," with over 20,000 square metres of new space to be added every year.

Average French Data Centre rack space is also forecast to grow from the present rate of Euro 821 per month to Euro 853 per month by the end of 2019. Prices will continue to be stable despite the introduction of new Data Centre space across France.

The French Data Centre market has a number of pricing tiers, with regional Data Centre facilities having rack space rates as low as Euro 500 per month, and colocation facilities (typically owned by Carrier Based Data Centres) also having particularly low pricing outside the Paris area.