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Azure have established their presence in Poland since the COVID-19 pandemic, including Microsoft’ s own built data centre campus in Warsaw. The company has further strengthened their commitment to the region with its February 2025 announcement of a € 720 million( US $ 753.96m) investment to develop data centre infrastructure in Poland.
PLDCA’ s market analytics partners project data centre capacity will reach 500MW by 2030 and 1200MW by 2034, positioning Poland as a strong European Tier 2 location.
“ The market has experienced explosive growth in recent years, having quickly developed from telco and retail colocation to a strong European Tier 2 market contender,” Piotr explains.“ When combined with the passion and skills demonstrated by the companies associated with PLDCA, it’ s a truly inspiring initiative to lead. Our ambition for proving the market worth to the data centre community is very strong.”
The market divides between local operators including Atman, Beyond. pl, 3S / Play and Polcom, alongside international providers such as Data4 Group, Equinix, EdgeConneX, Vantage Data Centers, T-Mobile and Orange.
Currently, the city of Warsaw hosts 80 % of the country’ s data centre capacity, with Poznan and Krakow emerging as secondary locations.
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