The Kingdom of Sweden, known simply as Sweden, is a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy located in Scandinavia, sharing borders with Norway and Finland. Sweden has a population of over 9.8 million and an internet literacy rate of 91.5% (9.04 million million internet users).
Data Center & Telecommunications Economy
The total GDP of Sweden is over US $496 billion and with a contribution of 6.5% from the digital economy, Sweden’s data center industry is thriving. Besides its data centers, Sweden’s digital economy includes over 2.39 million fixed line telephone subscriptions and 12.65 million mobile telephone subscriptions.
Data Center Markets
Sweden contains several data center clusters throughout the country providing plenty of colocation opportunities. The primary colocation data center markets in Sweden are:
Sweden has many submarine cables connecting the country with Denmark and the Baltic States. There are 95 Swedish data centers, the majority of these colocation facilities are located in and around Stockholm. Large carrier neutral Swedish data centers feature rich ecosystems and state of the art equipment, ensuring maximum uptime and connectivity to over 499 service providers.
Energy Distribution
Sweden has very good coverage of the energy sector, which is an important attribute for any data center market. The nation is energized by 74% renewable or green sources, with the remaining provided by fossil or nuclear fuels. This gives Swedish 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 1.07 and 1.70, with the average PUE for Swedish data centers sitting at 1.37. Swedish colocation facilities provide over 108.14 MW of power and has a range of rack power options from 3.00 kW to 10.00 kW.
Cloudscene Swedish Facts
- Total number of Swedish data centers: 95
- Total number of cloud service providers: 499
- Total number of network fabrics: 19
- Latest Swedish data center added: Solna
- Latest Swedish data centers service provider: Orange Business Services
- Number of certified colocation facilities in Sweden: 12