Frenetic data centre growth ‘could come crashing down’ if constraints aren’t addressed

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

14 November 2025

The frenetic pace of growth in data centre construction “could come crashing down” if key constraints aren’t addressed.

That’s one of the key messages from a report on the global data centre market from insurance firm Allianz Commercial.

The high demand for computing power for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing has sparked a global building boom for data centre facilities. One study by McKinsey estimated that as…

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