The French Republic, also known as Fifth Republic and France, is the largest country in the European Union and boasts the second largest population. France has a population of over 67.84 million, and an internet literacy rate of 85.6% (57.23 million internet users).
Data Center & Telecommunications Economy
The total GDP of France is over US $2.42 trillion and with a contribution of 4.2% from the digital economy, France’s data center industry is thriving. Besides France’s data centers, the digital economy includes 38.62 million fixed line telephone subscriptions and 70.42 million mobile telephone subscriptions.
Data Center Markets
France contains several data center clusters throughout the country providing plenty of colocation opportunities. The primary colocation data center markets in France are:
France doesn’t boast nearly as many submarine cables as the United Kingdom however it does enjoy cables landing on the coast of Brittany and along the North coast. There are 316 French data centers, the majority of these colocation facilities are located in and around Paris. Large carrier neutral French data centers feature rich ecosystems and state of the art equipment, ensuring maximum uptime and connectivity to over 2,078 service providers.
Energy Distribution
France has good coverage of the energy sector, which is an important attribute for any data center market. The nation is energized by 34% renewable or green sources, with the remaining provided by fossil or nuclear fuels. This gives French colocation facilities significant opportunities to take advantage of green energy. In addition to green energy, data center consumers enjoy a range of PUE scores between 1.20 and 1.90, with the average PUE for French data centers sitting at 1.36. French colocation facilities provide over 2877.00 MW of power and has a range of rack power options from 1.50 kW to 10.80 kW.