Catching Up With Data Center Construction Constraints
Data Center Knowledge, March 3rd, 2023
Contributing editor Bill Kleyman explores the world of data center construction and how organizations are adapting to challenges to bring infrastructure to market faster.
These last three years have been a masterclass in better understanding data center supply, demand, and construction challenges. A pandemic threw everything for a loop as demand for connected infrastructure skyrocketed, and that demand hasn't slowed down. In a recent post here on DCK, we learned that in the U.S. market alone, demand-measured by power consumption to reflect the number of servers a data center can house-is expected to reach 35 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, up from 17 GW in 2022, according to McKinsey analysis (see image below). The United States accounts for roughly 40% of the global market.