London is one of Europe’s leading data center locations and plays a central role for cloud services, colocation and digital infrastructures. Due to its strategic location and excellent network connectivity, London is a key market for global investors and technology companies. Companies such as Equinix, Digital Realty and Amazon Web Services (AWS) operate several state-of-the-art data centers here, while VIRTUS Data Centres, Global Switch and Vantage Data Centers are investing in new projects. London is showing enormous growth, particularly in the areas of interconnection, cloud computing and energy-efficient data center development.
The following ranking is based on our exclusive list of the 100 largest data center investors in Europe. The extensive database contains specialized data center companies, investment managers, cloud and hosting providers as well as telecommunications companies that actively invest in, own and manage data centers in Europe. Our list can be easily downloaded as an Excel file via our online store. In addition to general contact details and the names of the management, we also highlight the regional focus (Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Middle East, APAC) of the companies and provide the number of data centers, if publicly available.
List of the Top 10 Data Center Investors in London
The following table shows the top 10 data center investors in London who are heavily investing in the expansion and operation of data centers.
Country of Origin | Company | City | Investor Type | Number of Data Centers (2025) |
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USA | Digital Realty | Austin | Data Center Company | 300 |
USA | Equinix | Redwood City | Other | 260 |
USA | Vantage Data Centers | Denver | Data Center Company | 35 |
UK | Global Switch | London | Data Center Company | 13 |
UK | Telehouse Europe | London | Colocation & Cloud Provider | 12 |
UK | VIRTUS Data Centres | London | Data Center Company | 10 |
UK | Interxion | London | Carrier-neutral colocation provider | n/a |
USA | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Seattle | Cloud & Hosting Provider | n/a |
USA | Microsoft Azure | Redmond | Cloud & Hosting Provider | n/a |
UK | TelecityGroup | London | Data Center Company | n/a |
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