Switzerland is a multilingual, landlocked country located in between Germany, France and Italy. Switzerland maintained a stance of neutrality from 1815 up until 2002, when it joined the United Nations. Switzerland has a population of over 8.40 million and an internet literacy rate of 89% (7.31 million internet users).
Data Center & Telecommunications Economy
The total GDP of Switzerland is over US $679 billion and with a contribution of 4.5% from the digital economy, Switzerland’s data center industry is thriving. Besides its data centers, the nationa’s digital economy includes 3.30 million fixed line telephone subscriptions and 10.81 million mobile telephone subscriptions.
Data Center Markets
Switzerland contains several data center clusters throughout the country providing plenty of colocation opportunities. The primary colocation data center markets in Switzerland are:
There are 105 Swiss data centers, the majority of these colocation facilities are located in and around Zurich. Large carrier neutral Swiss data centers feature rich ecosystems and state of the art equipment, ensuring maximum uptime and connectivity to over 229 service providers.
Also, being a landlocked country, Switzerland doesn’t have any direct access to submarine cables. Instead, the country relies on transferring international traffic through other technologies and its surrounding neighbours.
Energy Distribution
Switzerland has very good coverage of the energy sector, which is an important attribute for any data center market. The nation is energized by 80% renewable or green sources, with the remaining provided by fossil or nuclear fuels. This gives Swiss 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 1.17 and 1.50, with the average PUE for Swiss data centers sitting at 1.31. Switzerland's colocation facilities provide over 145.34 MW of power and has a range of rack power options from 0.90 kW to 2.70 kW.