What is a data center?
What is behind the internet? How does a data center work? What benefits do we have from data centers? This short video produced by DDI, provides you with all the answers you need to better understand the machinery behind the internet!
Key market figures
The Danish data center market is a growing segment of the IT industry, largely driven by hyperscale workloads such as cloud computing. Below you will find some key figures from the latest Danish Data Center Market Report 2026, reflecting 2026 Q1 figures.
Why Denmark?
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Green energyList Item 3
Green energy makes up 75% of the Danish power supply, with new agreement in place the off shore wind capacity is about to be increased by at least 9GW.
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Reliable gridList Item 1
Denmark has one of the most developed grid and advanced district heating systems in the world.
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Reuse of waste heatList Item 4
In Denmark district heating warms 64% of all Danish homes giving data centers the chance to connect to the grid to use the excess heat generated.
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Good access to large-scale and low risk sites
The low population density makes it possible to create large scale sites.
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Mild Climate
The mild Danish climate not only allows for low energy cooling but also ensures the site does not take damage due to the climate.
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Connectivity
The countries low latency network gives you a high-speed connection to Central Europe, Ireland, the UK and the US. High-capacity power connections link Denmark with the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Germany, while a connection to the United Kingdom is in the pipeline.
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Mature ecosystem
The Danish data center industry has over the years developed into a mature ecosystem, with the likes of DDI, Invest in Denmark, and many other organisations actively working on creating optimal conditions for data center investments, research and development. Furthermore, the country is ripe with a wide range of data center operators and suppliers across the entire data center stack.