Data Centre Trends 2025

3rd February 2025

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AI and Sustainability: The Driving Forces Behind Data Centre Innovation in 2025

The data centre industry is at a crossroads as AI-driven demand pushes power, sustainability, and workforce challenges to critical levels. Global construction consultancy, Soben, explores these pressing issues in its newly published Data Centre Trends 2025: Power, AI, and Progress report, revealing bold solutions to the complex problems reshaping the sector.

The report explores how AI-driven demand is fuelling unprecedented growth in hyperscale facilities and low-latency urban data centres, while sustainability goals are pushing the industry to adopt renewable energy hubs, nuclear power, and cutting-edge cooling technologies.

AI is reshaping the data centre industry at a pace no one anticipated,” said Scott Smyth, Soben’s Founder and CEO. “The 2025 trends report underscores the challenges this growth presents, but also the opportunities for innovation in power generation, cooling, and operational efficiency.

Sustainability remains a key priority, with operators turning their attention to renewable-rich regions like the Nordics and Scotland. The report highlights how governments in these regions are actively attracting data centre investment through streamlined planning processes, renewable energy commitments, and infrastructure upgrades—critical steps to support the industry’s growth and address global digital demands.

Collaboration and adaptability remain vital for overcoming the sector’s challenges and unlocking its potential. “The data centre industry is not only responding to change but leading it,” said Pieter Schaap, Soben’s Group Development Director. “This report demonstrates how bold thinking and innovative technologies are shaping the future.

To stay ahead in this dynamic environment, the Data Centre Trends 2025 report is essential reading for developers, operators, and stakeholders across the industry.

Access the report and explore the trends shaping the future of data centres at www.sobencc.com/DCTrends2025.

 

About Soben

Soben offers something different – world-class consultancy, combined with practical commercial experience. We support the world’s leading organisations, increasing certainty for their construction investments through cost, project, programme, and risk management consultancy. Our team of experts are currently working with the global leaders in hyperscale and colocation data centre development on some of the world’s largest, most complex schemes.

For more information visit: www.sobencc.com/discover

 

Enquiries:

Claire Jones, Group Marketing Director, Soben
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