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IDC Data Center Construction Period
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Small to Medium Enterprise Data Centers (1–5 MW): 12–18 months from planning to commissioning. Building a modern data center is a complex, multi-year process that involves planning, engineering, infrastructure development, and specialized construction. The global data center sector will likely expand at a 14% CAGR through 2030, which will require energy innovations to alleviate grid constraints. Hyperscalers such as AWS, Microsoft and Google1 may need custom facilities that cater to specific requirements such as advanced cooling, high rack density or high-performance computing, in which case they would be a primary tenant with large capacity needs for such data centres. IDC's Datacenter Facilities Index offers quantitative insights into current and forecast worldwide datacenter installation patterns through 2029.
