Only a minority of European data centers support AI

According to a recent report, only 20% of data centers in Europe and the Middle East are currently equipped to adequately support the growing workloads related to artificial intelligence. This situation, coupled with the difficulty in finding suitable land and qualified personnel, could significantly slow down the growth of computing capacity in the region.

The demand for infrastructure to accelerate AI processing is increasing rapidly, but the availability of data centers equipped to handle these specific needs is not keeping pace. The shortage of specialized skills and limitations of the electrical grid represent further obstacles to the rapid expansion of the sector.

For those evaluating on-premise deployments, there are trade-offs to consider carefully. AI-RADAR offers analytical frameworks on /llm-onpremise to evaluate these aspects.