According to the Savills report, the rapidly growing European data center market is expected to generate additional demand for approximately 780,000 sqm of logistics space over the next three years, across the five major European markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Dublin (so-called FLAPD markets). According to DCByte, there are currently 231 data centers under construction across Europe.
According to the datacentermap.com database, there are currently approximately 55 data centers operating in the Czech Republic, including 27 in Prague. Although the Czech market is not yet considered one of Europe’s primary hyperscale locations, it continues to expand steadily, with several major next-generation projects currently in preparation. Among the most significant upcoming developments are the MasterDC AI Data Center in Kanice near Brno, scheduled for 2026, Prague Gateway DC in Prague-Zbraslav, expected to launch in 2027, and the Gi21 AI data center in northern Bohemia.
Over the past three years, several existing facilities have also expanded their capacities, including CRA Cukrák and CRA Žižkov DC Tower. In addition, TTC Teleport has recently strengthened the capacities of its TTC DC1 and TTC DC2 data centers in Prague.
“Today, the Czech data center market is primarily constrained by limited available power capacity, the absence of major hyperscale players, and lengthy permitting processes. As a result, we are currently seeing mainly expansions of existing data centers. After 2027, however, we expect the arrival of projects and sites prepared for the development of hyperscale data center,” says Ondřej Míček, Head of Industrial Agency at Savills.
At the same time, Europe is increasingly witnessing cases where former logistics facilities are being converted into data centers. This trend is driven not only by the rapid growth of digital infrastructure and artificial intelligence, but also by the fact that data centers are now often achieving higher investment yields than traditional industrial real estate. An equally important factor is the limited capacity of energy grids, which significantly influences the location of new projects.
According to Savills, every 1 MW of data center capacity requires approximately 670 – 980 sqm of logistics space supporting the data center supply chain, including storage for servers, spare parts, power modules, and other operational technologies. Across the FLAPD markets alone, the 950 MW of new capacity currently under development could therefore generate demand for nearly 786,000 sqm of additional logistics space.
The growing importance of the data center sector for logistics is also reflected in Dublin, where occupiers linked to the data center supply chain accounted for 10% of total take-up in the logistics market in 2025.
“Much of the commentary around the growth of the DC market is focused on land sales and power, yet very little has been written about the ripple effect into the logistics market. Whilst our analysis is at an early stage, it is interesting to observe that in markets which have seen exceptional growth in DCs, we are now seeing the suppliers to the DC community take traditional logistics warehouses. Taking an average of 827 sqm of logistics space per MW and extrapolating demand for the dominant European DC markets, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin (FLAPD), where 950 MW of space is currently under construction, we would estimate an additional 786,130 sqm of demand for logistics space. While this trend is in its early stages in Europe, we’re already seeing evidence of this in the UK, with DC power solutions and AI infrastructure firm AVK SEG leasing 13,000 sqm of logistics space in the North West of the UK,” says Kevin Mofid, Head of EMEA Logistics Research, Savills.
The growing importance of data centers will continue to influence the development of industrial and logistics real estate across Europe, and gradually also in the Czech Republic.
