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Weekly Data Centre News – 23rd October 2026

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Reports

Microsoft: British bosses bullish on AI, but less than half the workforce confident in UK’s ability to become leading AI economy | Microsoft research. Read here.

Turner & Townsend: Data centre construction cost index 2026-27. Read here.

UN Environment Programme: Data Centres and AI Services Sector Brief. Read here.

JLL: U.S. Industrial Market Dynamics, Q3 2026. Read here.

Colliers: Data Center Snapshot, Iberian Region | April 2026 – Sept 2026. Read here.

Europe

Nebius secures $3.5 billion financing facility with Citi. Read here.

Heim Datacenter partners with Omnes Capital to build a European data center platform. Read here.

Polar Expands Partnership with Crusoe in Norway with New 40MW AI Infrastructure Development. Read here.

Microsoft still committed to £22bn UK investment despite data centre withdrawal. Read here.

Microsoft pulls out of UK’s largest AI data centre. Read here.

Jensen Huang At GTC Berlin: Nvidia Showcases A Full Stack. Read here.

Amazon announces plan to invest €16 billion in Germany in 2027. Read here.

1GW data center proposed alongside solar farm in Norfolk, UK. Read here.

Era4 reveals details of hyperscale data center planned for former steelworks in Newport, Wales. Read here.

Plans submitted for AI data centre on Unilever Warrington site. Read here.

Questions over £12m data centre bid under hotel. Read here.

The developer of a proposed data centre in Cardiff has said it is also seeking permission to build a gas power plant to get it up and running. Read here.

Local communities are being urged to have their say on the growing use of artificial intelligence and the expansion of data centres across Wales. Read here.

VINCI wins a contract for a data center in the Iberian Peninsula. Read here.

Segro lines up data centre prelet and adds £70 million of rents. Read here.

Half of OVHcloud capacity is available, AI model launching in early 2027, CEO says. Read here.

NorthC breaks ground on data center in Geneva, Switzerland. Read here.

atNorth tops out latest data center in Espoo, Finland. Read here.

Europe’s data centre boom puts power grids under financial strain, Moody’s warns. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

HUMAIN and DataVolt sign framework agreement with Nebius for large-scale campus in Saudi Arabia. Read here.

Oman, UK seal £1bn AI data centre deal, expand investment and security ties. Read here.

Israel to cap capacity of new data centers at 200MW – report. Read here.

APAC

NEXTDC: M3 Melbourne Power Delay & Revised FY27 Guidance. Read here.

Nvidia Moves to Back GPU Cloud Provider Firmus After Investors Balk at Its IPO. Read here.

DayOne Supports NVIDIA DSX POD Reference Design, Advancing Standardized Infrastructure for AI. Read here.

South Korean data centre builder tumbles 32% on trading debut. Read here.

DayOne Said to Weigh Options for US IPO After Data Center Rout. Read here.

GreenSquare SYD1 now operational following adaptive reuse of 1995 data centre. Read here.

Thailand moves to finalise data center rules amid trillion baht investment pipeline. Read here.

Aolani commits to 500MW of AI data centre capacity in Malaysia in 2027. Read here.

InterContinental Energy targets up to 300MW AI campus at WA renewable energy hub. Read here.

Thailand moves to finalise data center rules amid trillion baht investment pipeline. Read here.

Aolani inks Malaysia deal for 500MW AI capacity; projects 580MW commitment by 2027. Read here.

SC Capital and NeoAI cloud partner on South Korea AI data center project. Read here.

Keppel DC REIT Closes $1.1B Tokyo Data Centre Buy. Read here.

SK Group’s data center unit seeks funding for $350 bln AI buildout – Bloomberg. Read here.

Gingerah seeks anchor tenant for up to 1GW data centre in Western Australia. Read here.

North America

Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second $45bn deal – report. Read here.

Nvidia Backs $164.5 Billion Of AI Data Centers To Keep GPUs Selling. Read here.

Google Cloud and NVIDIA expand co-engineering collaboration to scale infrastructure for the agentic era. Read here.

Google are working with Voltus to build a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant. Read here.

Blackstone Announces $8.7 Billion Final Close for Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V. Read here.

CBRE Expands Critical Infrastructure Capabilities in Europe and Asia Pacific with Onnec Acquisition. Read here.

EverWind plans US$ 7 billion Nova Scotia data center campus with Anthropic as tenant. Read here.

400MW data center eyed at old Navy cyber site in San Diego, California. Read here.

Lowndes County Commission sued over approval of hyperscale data center. Read here.

Data center developer goes back to the drawing board for the sixth time. Read here.

Soluna, Applied Digital plan 50-MW wind-powered data centre in Texas. Read here.

Stack files for second building at Lancaster campus, Texas. Read here.

Google explores data center site in Roanoke County, Virginia. Read here.

Canadian government eyes up to US$ 1.3 billion for 60 MW data center. Read here.

LightEdge eyes data center project outside Des Moines, Iowa. Read here.

Alcoa sells New York aluminum smelter to data center developer for $315 million. Read here.

NiSource announces long-term agreement with Microsoft. Read here.

San Francisco shopping mall targeted for potential data center. Read here.

Microsoft files for data center campus in Floyd County, Georgia. Read here.

Other interesting articles

DCD Studio: The data center workforce challenge with Andy Davis, Data eXec. Watch here.

Datacenters 2027: The Year of Acceleration, +50GW in a single year. Read here.

Ken Griffin Says AI Is “Almost Certainly” A Bubble As Corporate America Opens Its Anthropic And OpenAI Bills. Read here.

Don’t let data centres become a national pariah. One day, they might save us all. Read here.

BlackRock’s Fink Sees Inflation Risk in Slow Data-Center Buildout. Watch here.

Data centres: Opposing them and developing them are not the only two choices. Read here.

Where does all the hardware go? The hidden environmental footprint of AI data centres. Read here.

Most Americans say AI is bad for society, oppose more data centers: ABC/Post/Ipsos poll. Read here.

The data centre water myth: why AI infrastructure doesn’t have to be thirsty. Read here.

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Weekly Data Centre News – 16th October 2026

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Reports

The Data Centre Boom Has a Workforce Problem. Read here.

The data centre boom is creating enormous opportunities, but who’s going to build, run and maintain all this infrastructure?

This week’s feature looks at the workforce challenge facing the industry, covering skills shortages, talent retention and why we need to do a much better job of attracting people into the sector. I shared a few thoughts with Techerati on where we are, what needs to change and why the robots might be coming sooner than we think.

Europe

SWI Group announces €800 million institutional capital increase at a €6.1 billion final valuation to accelerate the expansion of its transatlantic AI infrastructure and compute platform. Read here.

Nscale’s Flagship Data Center Hit by Delays Ahead of IPO. Watch here.

AI cloud company Nebius has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Volt for data center capacity in the Netherlands. Read here.

Cypher Capital tests investor interest in European data centre land fund. Read here.

VivoPower starts construction at 42MW Mo i Rana data center in Norway. Read here.

AI data centre plans near Menai Strait (Wales) face growing opposition. Read here.

Plans for a huge data centre in Norwich should be blocked as it could harm neighbouring nature sites, an MP and a broadcaster both said. Read here.

Plans for 1.2 GW Drax data centre rejected by government. Read here.

Plans have been drawn up for a huge new data centre and one of the UK’s largest solar farm’s near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. Read here.

How Will Croatia Actually Benefit From the €50 billion Data Centre? Read here.

Echelon to establish Ireland’s first green energy park at data centre campus in Wicklow. Read here.

Castleforge and Galaxy seek investor for Redhill data centre expansion. Read here.

Canterbury approves landfill-powered AI data centre for Era4. Read here.

Planning permission for major data centre development in Co Waterford refused. Read here.

Foresight Signed a Non-Binding Term Sheet to Acquire 50.01% in a 270MW Capacity European Data Center Development Company. Read here.

Uncertainty over data center development in Trzebnica, Poland. Read here.

Council rejects 80MW data center in northern Italy. Read here.

March against hyperscale data centres set for Edinburgh. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Humain tenders 100MW Riyadh AI data centre. Read here.

APAC

Iren targets 900MW data center campus in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Read here.

NTT to build first data center for Anthropic in Japan. Read here.

Hillhouse Investment, a Singapore-based global alternative asset management firm, has launched TeraNova DC, a new data center platform in India. Read here.

SC Capital Takes Equity Stake in Korean AI Data Centre in $445M Financing Round. Read here.

Colt DCS and RMZ Begin Construction of Third Data Centre in Mumbai to Support Growing AI Demand. Read here.

EdgeConneX Enters Australia in Partnership with Stockland, with Hyperscale Data Center Campuses Planned in Sydney and Melbourne. Read here.

Bitdeer AI Expands Malaysia Campus with New 60MW A103 Facility, Closing in on Up-to-350MW Global Capacity Target. Read here.

Malaysia approves 27 data center projects with US$ 55.4 billion investment. Read here.

Princeton Digital Group seeks US$1.2 billion loan to fund Johor data center: Report. Read here.

A chemical company turned presumptive data center operator is set to build a 500MW hyperscale facility in Maharashtra, India. Read here.

CapitaLand India Trust unveils US$203.2 million Chennai data centre. Read here.

Indian Clean Power Firms Brace for Data-Center Demand Surge. Read here.

AirTrunk nears deal to sell its Johor data centers for US$1 billion: Report. Read here.

SoftBank eyes possible AI data center project in Borneo. Read here.

CapitaLand to launch 53MW data center in Chennai, India, before the end of the year. Read here.

North America

Microsoft unveiled its latest custom chip: Maia 300. Read here.

BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns a data center moratorium could trigger a recession. Read here.

Fermi Signs Credit Support Agreement with AMD and Announces Partnership. Read here.

Gorilla Advances U.S. Market Entry with Proposed 36 MW Data Centre Acquisition and 100+ MW AI Infrastructure Expansion Plan. Read here.

AI data centers are coming for federal land. They’re roiling the Nevada governor’s race. Read here.

Energy firm AEP plans $4 billion investment to power Google’s data center in Wyoming. Read here.

Meta named as company behind 3,000 acre data center project in Mason County, Kentucky. Read here.

Soluna files to build 112MW data center building in Willacy, Texas. Read here.

Plymouth Township data center proposal sparks contentious zoning hearing. Read here.

Amazon pitches 600-acre data center development in Butler County at open house. Read here.

Manchester Group Pitches Massive Data Center at NAVWAR Site. Read here.

Big Watt, PowerHouse secure approval for hyperscale data center campus in Texas. Read here.

Five-building data center campus proposed in Metter, Georgia. Read here.

Johnson County data center offers residents $1,000 yearly payments. What’s the catch? Read more.

South America

How Latin America Is Climbing the High-Tech Value Chain. Read here.

Uruguay signs multi billion dollar deal for 500 MW data center park. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Why Data Centers Have Become Military Targets. Read here.

Data Centre Titans: The Data Centre Boom Has a Workforce Problem – Andy Davis | DataX Connect. Read here.

Investor appetite for data centre IPOs is reaching its limit. Read here.

Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities. Read here.

The Rate Hike Lands Where the Lease and the Loan Disagree. Read here.

The next big challenge for data centres isn’t more power. Read here.

Building an AI data center costs billions. Defending it is another story. Read here.

The impact of data-centre discontent. Read here.

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Data Centre Employee Benefits: What Professionals Want in Europe and the US in 2026

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Data centre employee benefits aren’t valued in the same way in every market. In Europe, 30.3% of respondents want equity added to their package. In the US, 38.1% selected a car or fuel allowance.

Two markets. The same industry, survey and year. But the most requested benefit is completely different.

That matters if you’re building packages across Europe and the US. What makes an offer more attractive in Frankfurt or Dublin may not have the same value in Virginia.

Our 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey doesn’t suggest adding one benefit to every package. It shows why understanding local priorities matters.

What data centre employee benefits do people want most?

In Europe, stocks, shares or equity were the most requested addition to respondents’ packages, selected by 30.3%.

In the US, 38.1% chose a car or fuel allowance.

Neither represents a majority, but each was the most common preference in its market.

The survey asked people what they wanted, rather than why. We should therefore be careful not to make assumptions about what sits behind each answer.

What the findings do show is that a better package means something different depending on where someone works.

Europe: Equity and long-term reward

Equity differs from many traditional benefits. Its value is linked to what the business becomes over time rather than something people can use immediately.

Almost one in three European respondents said they wanted stocks, shares or equity. Only 16% currently receive it, meaning close to twice as many want equity as have it within their existing package.

We can’t tell from the survey why people chose it or which roles generated the most demand. However, it gives employers a reason to examine how long-term contribution is recognised.

Equity won’t be practical for every organisation. Where shares aren’t an option, employers can still consider whether their package offers any meaningful form of longer-term reward.

The relevant question isn’t whether you can offer equity. It’s whether people can share in the value they help create.

US: Car and fuel support

The leading US request is more immediate. A car or fuel allowance can reduce the constant cost of travelling to work or between sites.

A total of 38.1% of US respondents selected this as the benefit they would most like added.

The survey also found that 62.6% already receive some form of travel allowance covering flights, car or fuel. However, these figures aren’t directly comparable. Travel allowance is a broader category and may cover business flights or other expenses rather than everyday driving.

We also don’t know whether respondents selected car or fuel support because their existing allowance is insufficient, because they don’t receive the specific help they need or for another reason.

What the result shows is that practical travel support remains a priority, even where broader allowances are relatively common.

For employers, that raises a useful question: how much does carrying out the role cost the person doing it?

Where regular driving or site travel is unavoidable, covering that expense may be more valuable than adding a benefit with little effect on someone’s working life.

The wider benefits packages also differ

The European and US preferences sit within two different benefits environments.

US respondents reported receiving an average of 14.2 days of annual leave, compared with 25.8 days among European respondents. Employer-provided pensions were reported by 13% in the US and 57% in Europe.

These differences don’t explain why car and fuel allowances came out on top in the US.

They do provide useful context. People consider the complete package, including salary, bonus, leave, retirement provision and the costs associated with doing the job.

Looking at one benefit without considering everything around it can give an incomplete picture.

Why data centre employee benefits should reflect the market

It would be easy to interpret the European preference as long-term ambition and the US preference as short-term financial pressure. Our data doesn’t support that conclusion.

A more useful interpretation is that respondents in different markets are identifying different gaps in their current packages.

For European employers, the finding raises questions about ownership and long-term reward. For US employers, it highlights the practical cost of travel.

Both preferences could be overlooked by a global benefits policy designed around what works in one location.

Consistency can be valuable, but it doesn’t have to mean offering everyone exactly the same package. Clear company-wide principles can still leave room for benefits that reflect local working patterns.

How to build more relevant benefits packages

1. Ask people what they value

Ask the people already working in your business which benefits they use, understand and would change.

Feedback from interviews and offer discussions can also reveal which parts of a package influence decisions. Collecting that information only helps if recurring themes are reviewed and acted on.

2. Look at what the job costs people

Consider the personal costs attached to each role, including commuting, travel between sites, parking, equipment or home-working arrangements.

Where work creates a regular expense, covering it may be more useful than adding an unrelated benefit.

3. Review who can access each benefit

Look at whether long-term incentives, enhanced leave or other valuable benefits are limited to particular seniority levels.

There may be a good reason. But it should be a deliberate decision rather than something inherited from an older policy.

4. Explain the value clearly

A benefit only strengthens an offer if people understand it.

With equity, explain how the scheme works, when ownership is earned, what happens if someone leaves and what value it could realistically provide.

The same applies to bonuses, pensions and allowances. Clear information helps people compare the whole package rather than focusing only on salary.

The bottom line

Few career decisions rest on one benefit alone. But what people ask for tells you something useful about what they value and believe is missing.

In Europe, equity is the most requested addition. In the US, it’s a car or fuel allowance.

The lesson for data centre employee benefits isn’t to add shares to every European offer and travel support to every American one. It’s to stop assuming that one package will have the same value everywhere.

Listen to what people in each market are asking for, understand the working reality behind it and build your package accordingly.

Download the full 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey to explore the benefits professionals currently receive and want across Europe and the US, alongside our findings on salaries, bonuses and career plans.

Download the results of our 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey

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Weekly Data Centre News – 9th October 2026

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Reports

Heatmap: Exclusive: Data Center Cancellations Top $260 Billion in 2026. Read here.

Debunking the Biggest Data Center Myths. Read here.

Europe

atNorth to develop new data center in Salo, Finland. Read here.

Applied Digital Secures Up to 1 GW of Potential Power Capacity in Finland, Marking First International Development in the Nordics. Read here.

Sesterce Plans a €10 Billion AI Campus in Jämsä, Finland. Read here.

Housing or data centre? London’s land-use dilemma. Read here.

Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres. Read here.

Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres. Read here.

Plans to demolish Microsoft HQ to build £200m data centre in Reading. Read here.

AI data center planned for Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. Read here.

Work on major Wiltshire data centre starts after legal agreements signed. Read here.

Plans for data centre on outskirts of Norwich submitted. Read here.

1,000-year-old Scottish castle could be destroyed to make way for hyperscale data center. Read here.

Former Fawley Power Station outside Southampton could host data centers. Read here.

Fast-track permits turn Spain’s Aragon into a $70 billion data centre magnet. At what cost? Read here.

Wärtsilä to supply 282 MW onsite power solution for a U.S. data center as AI growth intensifies demand for reliable power. Read here.

Nordic sustainable data centre firm Asp eyes public market – report. Read here.

Spain, Portugal data centre boom spurs clean power, storage build. Read here.

Russia’s Yandex says it is unclear whether data centre can be restored after drone strike. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Continent 8 Technologies launches data center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read here.

Intro Group to invest $270m in Egypt’s Kemet Data Center. Read here.

FiveNines Group joins US$ 1.2 billion Nexus AI Factory project in Morocco. Read here.

APAC

DayOne Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering. Read here.

Nvidia-backed Firmus scraps $5 billion Australia IPO amid growing AI scrutiny. Read here.

Macquarie Capital invests in Zerra to support Asia-Pacific expansion. Read here.

CoreWeave Enters India, Expanding AI Cloud Platform With AdaniConneX. Read here.

Monash rejects Centuria data centre plans as Victoria tightens planning rules. Read here.

Blackstone-backed AirTrunk to invest $1 billion in Japan data centre campus. Read here.

KT Cloud to Build 50MW AI Data Center in South Korea’s Incheon Cheongna. Read here.

Trentar signs MoU for US$ 3.3 billion, 500 MW data center in Maharashtra. Read here.

SoftBank, Grab, PETROS ink deal to explore AI infrastructure in Sarawak, Malaysia. Read here.

Digital Realty breaks ground on 24 MW KIX15 data center in Osaka. Read here.

Stockland wins approval for 49MW, 10-storey Macquarie Park data centre. Read here.

Andhra Pradesh High Court lets Vizag hyperscale campus proceed at developer’s own risk. Read here.

North America

Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX Seek Blockbuster Debt Deals to Pay for AI Chips. Read here.

Oracle Announces $10 Million Partnership with the Nashville Symphony. Read here.

Goldman sees US data center growth intact despite opposition. Read here.

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce and Republic of Korea Announce Project Star, a $22.3B Energy Infrastructure Campus in Texas, being developed by Related Companies and NextEra Energy with Lewis Energy Group. Read here.

Google and Constellation Announce Landmark Agreement to Bring 890 MW of New Nuclear Capacity to PJM Grid as Part of Long-Term Power Deal. Read here.

Sabey Data Center Properties Secures Additional Investment from Ares to Support Continued Growth. Read here.

VEIR Raises $110 Million Series C to Accelerate Commercialization of Superconducting Power Delivery Technology for AI Data Centers. Read here.

Brookwood City Council backs $3.2 billion Applied Digital data center project. Read here.

AWS plans 36-building data center campus in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Read here.

Raleigh pauses data centers while it writes new rules. Read here.

New LandGate Analysis Identifies North Dakota as Emerging AI Data Center Hotspot Driven by Low Power Costs and Grid Capacity. Read here.

Former IBM research campus in Silicon Valley set to be acquired by data center firm. Read here.

TeraWulf Expands Contracted Power Capacity at its Muskie Data Campus to 1 GW. Read here.

Applied Digital Brings an Additional 75 MW of AI Infrastructure Online at Polaris Forge 1. Read here.

Axe Compute acquires full ownership of AI cluster in Columbus, Georgia. Read here.

Investment firm Forum Markets partners with Edge Node for US compute roll-out. Read here.

Developer behind Perry County data center proposes multi-million-dollar community agreement. Read here.

Other interesting articles

This week we looked at the future of data-centre design. Read here.

America’s data center fight is a preview of what’s to come for the rest of the world. Read here.

What made the unfriendly data centres fall on Slough? Read here.

A Data-Center Crunch is Coming. Read here.

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Gender Pay Gap in Data Centres 2026: What Changes at a Senior Level

Posted on by Emilia Perrin

Our 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey found that 46.4% of women in Europe feel their gender has negatively affected their pay or career, compared with 1.7% of men. In the US, the figures were 51.4% and 2.2%.

That difference is difficult to ignore.

The European salary data adds another layer. The gender pay gap in data centres is relatively narrow among our mid-level respondents but becomes considerably wider at senior level.

The survey can’t tell us why that happens. It also isn’t a like-for-like comparison of men and women doing exactly the same job. What it does give employers is a clearer idea of where to look more closely.

What does the European salary data show?

Among our mid-level European respondents, the average salary was £79,736 for men and £76,445 for women. That’s a difference of £3,291, or around 4%. Already highlighting the gender pay gap in data centres.

At senior level, the average was £106,210 for men and £82,871 for women. The difference increases to £23,339, or approximately 22%.

The mid-level figures are relatively close. At senior level, the difference is much larger.

That doesn’t prove that men and women doing the same work are being paid differently. These are averages across everyone within each seniority group, rather than a comparison of equivalent roles.

The results may be influenced by job type, location, experience, company type and the range of positions grouped within each level. They show the shape of the difference in our survey sample, not its cause.

Even with those limitations, the change between mid-level and senior-level pay is worth investigating.

Why career progression deserves attention

The figures don’t prove that promotion decisions are creating the senior-level salary difference. They do raise useful questions about progression.

Who gets access to high-profile work? Who receives training and development opportunities? Who is encouraged to apply for a more senior position? Are promotion requirements clear before a role becomes available?

By the time someone applies for a senior role, earlier decisions may already have influenced whether they have the experience, confidence and visibility needed to be considered.

This doesn’t mean lowering the standard for promotion. It means making the standard clearer and ensuring people have a fair opportunity to reach it.

Employers can start by setting out the experience required for each level, advertising development opportunities openly and explaining how promotion and pay decisions are made.

Women and men describe the data centre industry differently

The difference in how women and men responded is just as interesting as the salary figures.

In Europe, 46.4% of women said they feel their gender has negatively affected their pay or career. Only 1.7% of men said the same.

In the US, the figures were 51.4% for women and 2.2% for men.

These responses are based on personal experience and perception. They don’t, on their own, prove that discrimination has taken place.

That doesn’t make them unimportant.

When one group is far more likely to believe their gender has affected their career, employers have a reason to understand what sits behind that experience. It may relate to pay, progression, access to opportunities, recognition or a combination of factors.

The survey can identify the difference. Employers need their own conversations and workforce data to understand what may be causing it inside their business.

How employers can examine their gender pay gap in data centres

1. Compare pay by seniority and role

A single company-wide figure can hide where differences occur.

Look at pay by seniority, but also compare people doing similar work. Consider job title, location, experience, responsibilities and length of service wherever the sample allows.

2. Review the decisions made before promotion

Don’t look only at the final promotion panel.

Review who receives visible projects, training budgets, mentoring and opportunities to work with senior leaders. These experiences can affect who is ready to take the next step.

3. Make progression requirements clear

People should understand what is required to move into a more senior position and how those decisions will be made.

Clear criteria make progression easier to plan for and reduce the reliance on informal conversations or individual visibility.

4. Ask more useful questions

“Are you happy here?” is unlikely to tell you much about equality.

Ask whether people understand how promotions are decided, have equal access to development and feel their contribution is recognised. Then examine whether the answers differ by gender or seniority.

The bottom line

The survey doesn’t prove why the senior-level salary difference exists. It also shouldn’t be used as evidence that men and women in equivalent data centre roles are automatically being paid differently.

It does identify two findings that deserve attention.

Women are considerably more likely than men to feel their gender has negatively affected their pay or career. Among European respondents, the average salary difference is also much wider at senior level than at mid-level.

For employers, that’s a reason to look beyond a company-wide pay figure and examine progression, representation and access to development in more detail.

The most useful question isn’t whether the survey describes every data centre business. It’s whether the women in your own business would recognise its findings.

Download the full 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey to explore salaries by role and seniority, benefits, bonuses and what respondents across Europe and the US told us about their careers. 

Download the results of our 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey

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Visa joins award-winning Digital Futures Programme

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Visa has joined the Digital Futures Programme as a School Partner at UTC Reading, supporting the next generation of digital talent through meaningful employer engagement and industry-led learning opportunities.

Developed by Activate Learning Education Trust (ALET) in collaboration with leading industry organisations, the Digital Futures Programme equips students with the skills, knowledge and experiences needed to prepare for careers in the digital industries, including digital infrastructure and technology sectors. The programme embeds employers into school life through activities such as projects, masterclasses, challenge days, employability workshops and work placements.  

UTC Reading is one of four University Technical Colleges (UTCs) within ALET. UTCs are STEM-focused schools and sixth forms for students aged 14-19 who have an interest in subjects such as engineering, computer science and technology. They combine academic learning with employer engagement, giving students direct exposure to industry and helping them develop career-ready skills. 

The UK continues to face a significant shortage of digitally skilled professionals, making collaboration between industry and education more important than ever. Through the Digital Futures Programme, students gain first-hand exposure to real-world business challenges and industry expertise, enabling them to better understand the opportunities available within the technology sector.  

As a UTC Partner, Visa colleagues will work directly with students at UTC Reading, helping to bring learning to life through industry-led activities and providing valuable insight into careers within one of the world’s leading digital companies. 

Today, the Digital Futures Programme is supported by a growing network of industry-leading employer partners. Visa joins a network of Trust and School Partners including AWS, CBRE, ARK Data Centres, CNet Training, DataX Connect, Yondr Group, VIRTUS Data Centres, LMG and CyrusOne, all working together to help address the UK’s digital skills gap and inspire the future workforce. 

Collectively, the programme’s employer partners contribute more than 8,600 hours of employee engagement each year, supporting curriculum delivery, employability skills development, mentoring and careers education for students across Activate Learning Education Trust’s UTCs. 

Mark Revell, Director, Global Data Centre Engineering & Operations:

“Visa is proud to support the Digital Futures Programme and invest in the future of our industry. We are passionate about helping young people discover the opportunities that exist across technology and digital infrastructure, including the often unseen but essential world of Data Centres. By working directly with students, we hope to inspire curiosity, build confidence and help create a strong pipeline of diverse talent for the future.” 

Wayne Edwards, Executive Director for School Improvement at ALET, said:  

“We are delighted to welcome Visa to a growing community of employer partners that includes some of the world’s leading digital infrastructure and technology organisations. Together, our partners are helping to create a blueprint for how industry and education can work together to address skills shortages while creating meaningful opportunities for young people.” 

The Digital Futures Programme has become an award-winning model for employer engagement, creating a blueprint that can be applied across other sectors. Through long-term partnerships with leading organisations, students benefit from real-world learning experiences while employers are able to help shape and develop the future talent pipeline. The programme operates across all four UTCs within the Trust (UTC Reading, UTC Oxfordshire, UTC Swindon, UTC Heathrow), providing over 1,000 students with access to employer-led learning and career development opportunities. 

About Visa 

A world-leading digital payments network that removes barriers and connects people to the global economy. The main aim is to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. 

About UTC Reading 

UTC Reading is a University Technical College (UTC), a STEM-focused school and sixth form for students aged 14-19 with an interest in engineering and computer science. 

The school combines academic study with practical, employer-led projects, enabling students to develop the technical and professional skills required by industry. Working closely with leading employers, UTC Reading gives students access to real-world experiences, industry expertise and clear pathways into apprenticeships, higher education and skilled careers. 

UTC Reading is part of Activate Learning Education Trust, which operates four UTCs across the Thames Valley region. 

About the Digital Futures Programme 

The Digital Futures Programme, developed by Activate Learning Education Trust in partnership with industry leaders, helps students develop the skills, knowledge and experiences needed to prepare for careers in the digital industries. Students benefit from employer-led projects, masterclasses, challenge days, employability workshops and work placements, creating meaningful connections between education and industry while helping to address the UK’s digital skills shortage.  

Find out more about the Digital Futures Programme here: https://www.alet.org.uk/our-employer-partners/digital-futures-programme/ 

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Weekly Data Centre News – 2nd October 2026

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Reports

Bain & Company: AI Data Center Boom: Can We Build It If They Come? Read here.

Goldman Sachs: Power demand, cyclical progression and Sustainability implications. Read here.

Bloom Energy: The New Rules of AI Power. Read here.

Data Centers in Illinois: Economic impacts and key policy considerations. Read here.

Europe

Nscale Limited announced its $3.36bn raise via convertible loan notes, led by Third Point. Read here.

Submer Group Launches Corenix to Deliver Modular Data Center Platforms for Accelerated Computing. Read here.

Huge 7.3-hectare Amazon data centre approved in Buckinghamshire. Read here.

Fawley Power Station data centre work could start in 2027. Read here.

Three more data centres planned for green belt site (UK). Read here.

A plan for a “massive” data centre close to a small village could claim a large area of land on the edge of the Cheshire countryside. Read here.

Plans submitted for ‘world’s largest data centre campus’ in Scotland. Read here.

Planning Submitted For £16.5 Billion Data Centre near Annan. Read here.

Google wins planning permission for Dublin data centre extension. Read here.

Plans unveiled for ‘largest’ data center in Italy. Read here.

Electricity retailer Energa Obrót signs letter of intent for 100MW data center in Konin, Poland. Read here.

Caverion to build €15M substation for Nebius data centre in Finland. Read here.

NxN enters Portugal with 1MW data center and plans to invest €100m. Read here.

Global Switch to host large Nvidia Blackwell deployment at Paris data center. Read here.

Lefdal Mine acquires data center development site in Norway. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Gulf courts private capital with power-ready AI data centres. Read here.

APAC

Japan plans $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and Jera. Read here.

Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back. Read here.

CDC wins approval for AU$203.5m Beard 2 data centre in Canberra. Read here.

Microsoft to Double Taiwan Data Centres as AI Demand Outpaces Supply. Read here.

HyperDC lodges plans for a 400MW data centre at Moorabool, near Geelong. Read here.

Philippines telco Globe bets on AI and data centers for next billion-dollar growth. Read here.

Microsoft gets approval for AU$1.26bn, 96MW Sydney data centre. Read here.

JERA to Build Large AI Data Center near Tokyo. Read here.

Macao developer plans 40MW AI data center using prefabricated solution. Read here.

North America

Amazon to invest $1bn over the next five years to US Data Center communities. Read here.

Inaugurating the era of Super Intelligence. Read here.

Three takeaways from Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ summit. Read here.

Samsung Commits $1 Billion to Helix Digital Infrastructure to Support Global AI Infrastructure Buildout. Read here.

Lambda closes $1 billion senior secured fixed rate financing. Read here.

Lambda to build new data center in Mayes County, Oklahoma, generating half a billion dollars in tax revenue over next decade. Read here.

Bain interested in buying Edged US – report. Read here.

Brookfield-Backed AI Data Center Developer 5C Eyes IPO. Read here.

Akamai signs $11.6bn compute deal with Anthropic. Read here.

Crusoe Developing Data Center Campus in Armstrong County, Texas. Read here.

9.4GW SMR-powered data center campus proposed in Utah. Read here.

Amazon Tries to Boost Nuclear Power in Maryland After Scrapping Data Center Deal. Read here.

AB Energy secures 2 GW of power projects for data centres in the US. Read here.

Zone Frontier leases land for up to 500 MW Texas data center campus. Read here.

DataBank Acquires Building Housing MSP2 Data Center in Minneapolis. Read here.

Virginia bans data center NDAs as part of new digital infrastructure framework. Read here.

South America

Araico came out of stealth mode: Latin Americas largest AI Factory platform. Read here.

Google invests $1.2 million in water conservation near Chilean data centre. Read here.

Google to double cloud capacity in Brazil in through 2030. Read here.

Other interesting articles

What It’s Like to Party With 600 Data Center Enthusiasts. Read here.

Data centres are spreading across the UK – and the pressure on our natural spaces is mounting. Read here.

Caterers see a $3.2bn market in feeding AI data centre workers. Read here.

‘South Park’ Will Target ‘Stupid Billionaires’ And Data Centers In New Episode. Read here.

Cracks Emerge in AI’s Debt-Fueled Data Center Boom. Read here.

The Great Data-Center Rebellion. Read here.

Where in Europe is data centre hiring growing fastest – and why do these jobs pay more? Read here.

Inside The Trillions Being Spent On The AI Data Center Buildout. Read here.

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Data Centre Employee Retention: Why People Plan to Move

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Around 38% of permanent respondents in both Europe and the US plan to change company in the next 12 months. The expected level of movement is similar, but the reasons behind it are not. 

When someone resigns, the first instinct is often to look at their salary and ask whether more money would persuade them to stay. 

Sometimes, that’s the right conversation. Sometimes, it misses the reason they were considering leaving in the first place. 

The 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey offers a clearer picture of why people change jobs in the data centre industry. In Europe, career development is the most common reason. In the US, money leads, but base salary is only part of the picture. 

For employers, the message is simple: the same data centre employee retention strategy won’t work in every market. 

Why are data centre professionals planning to move? 

Around 38% of permanent respondents in both Europe and the US said they plan to change company within the next year. 

That doesn’t mean every one of them will leave. Intentions can change. But it does show that a significant proportion of the workforce is open to moving. 

The reasons respondents gave also provide a useful starting point for employers. 

In Europe, 35% of those planning to move selected career development as their main reason. Salary came second at 26%. 

In the US, 39.3% named money. This included 28.6% who selected salary and 10.7% who pointed to other financial rewards, such as bonuses, commission, or equity. 

The likelihood of moving may be similar, but the priorities behind it are different. 

Europe: Career development comes first 

Career development was the single most common reason European respondents gave for planning to leave, at 35%. 

Salary remained important at 26%, while company culture was selected by 7%. 

Pay satisfaction provides further context. European respondents planning to move rated their base salary at 3.43 out of five, compared with 3.71 across all permanent respondents. 

People considering a move are less satisfied with their pay, but the difference alone doesn’t explain why career development ranked first. 

That matters because a pay rise may not address the real problem. If someone can’t see how their career will progress, more money might encourage them to stay a little longer without giving them a clearer reason to build their future with you. 

Career development can mean different things to different people. It could be a promotion, more responsibility, better training, or a clearer understanding of what the next step looks like. 

The survey doesn’t tell us which part respondents felt was missing. That’s why the most useful thing an employer can do is ask. 

US: Look at the whole reward package 

The US picture is more financially focused. Among respondents planning to move, 39.3% selected money as their main reason. 

However, base salary wasn’t the only concern. 

Salary accounted for 28.6%, while 10.7% selected other remuneration, including bonus, commission, or equity. In other words, more than a quarter of those who named money were looking beyond their basic pay. 

The satisfaction scores support the need to look at the wider package. US respondents planning to move rated their base salary at 3.60 out of five, compared with 3.04 for their bonus. 

This doesn’t prove that bonus dissatisfaction is causing people to leave. It does give employers a good reason to look beyond the headline salary. 

If bonus schemes are difficult to understand, feel unrealistic or don’t reward the contribution people believe they’re making; increasing base pay may only address part of the issue. 

Similar movement doesn’t mean similar motivation 

It would be easy to turn these findings into broad assumptions about European and US professionals. The data doesn’t support that. 

Career development matters in the US, just as money matters in Europe. The figures simply show that different priorities came out on top in each market. 

For employers, that distinction is useful. 

A retention approach built around progression may have more impact in one market, while a review of total reward may be more urgent in another. Applying the same response everywhere risks overlooking what people are actually telling you. 

The differences may also exist within individual markets. Priorities can vary by role, seniority, location, and personal circumstances, so regional data should inform the conversation rather than replace it. 

How can data centre employers improve retention? 

You don’t need to wait for a resignation to understand what could make someone leave. 

  1. Ask before people start looking 

Regular conversations about progression, pay, and working life can bring concerns to the surface while there’s still time to address them. 

This doesn’t need to be a formal annual survey. A direct conversation in a one-to-one can tell you far more than waiting for an exit interview. 

  1. Make career progression visible in Europe 

If career development is the leading reason people are considering a move, the route forward needs to be clear. 

Explain what the next role involves, what someone needs to demonstrate, and when progression could realistically happen. Be honest where opportunities are limited. A clear answer is more useful than a vague promise. 

Development doesn’t always have to mean promotion either. Training, mentoring, new responsibilities, and exposure to different projects can all help people see that they’re still moving forward. 

  1. Review total reward in the US 

Look at the full financial package rather than focusing only on base salary. 

That includes bonus structures, commission, equity, and other forms of reward. Check whether people understand how each element works and whether the outcomes feel achievable and fair. 

If the scheme looks good on paper but rarely delivers in practice, it’s unlikely to support retention. 

  1. Use the data as a starting point 

Survey findings can show wider patterns, but they can’t tell exactly what every person in the business wants. 

Break retention data down by location, role and seniority. Then speak to people to understand what sits behind the numbers. 

The strongest response will combine market evidence with honest internal conversations. 

The bottom line 

Around 38% of permanent respondents in both markets are planning to change companies within the next year. That doesn’t guarantee they’ll all leave, but it’s a clear retention signal. 

In Europe, career development is the most common reason. In the US, financial reward leads, with bonuses, commission and equity contributing alongside salary. 

Both can be addressed. But they shouldn’t be treated as the same problem. 

If someone wants to understand where their career is going, show them. If they feel their reward doesn’t match their contribution, look at the whole package. 

Above all, have the conversation before a resignation forces it. 

Download the full 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey for further insight into salaries, benefits, bonuses and the career plans of data centre professionals across Europe and the US. us about their plans for the year ahead.

Download the results of our 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey

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Weekly Data Centre News – 25th September 2026

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Reports

Q2 2026: Data Center Watch Report. Read here.

Artificial intelligence data centers could reach one percent of global electricity demand by 2030. Read here.

The Tech Capital Women 100. Read here.

Americans’ views of data centers have turned more negative. Read here.

Europe

VIRTUS Data Centres announced the successful completion of a £2.45 billion financing package. Read here.

Alibaba’s AI push reaches deeper into Europe with new cloud regions and data centres. Read here.

Nscale Limited announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. Read here.

Civo unveils first of 40 UK edge data centres built to power sovereign AI compute. Read here.

AI data centre giant to create 2,100 new jobs in Scotland. Read here.

The company behind plans for a large data centre at Hunterston has contacted more than 100 local businesses and suppliers ahead of a major Ayrshire trade fair next week. Read here.

£3bn M40 data centre plans face petition signed by more than 1,600. Read here.

Huge 60-hectare data centre campus planned for Little Bollington. Read here.

TBC Partners explores second Cambois data centre. Read here.

‘Various ambitious plans for that site’: Swiss tech firm acquires Northern Ireland data centre in multi-million-pound AI investment. Read here.

Nabiax breaks ground on 100MW data center in Madrid, Spain. Read here.

Polcom to build 40MW data center in Skawina, Poland. Read here.

Plans progress for 200MW data center in Schladen-Werla, Germany. Read here.

Valorem eyes data centers in Savonlinna and Kankaanpää, Finland. Read here

Middle East & Africa

Oman’s O-Green targets 200MW of data center capacity by 2028. Read here.

Egypt Reviews Plans for $270 Million, 80MW Data Centre in Suez Canal Zone. Read here.

Microsoft’s $10 billion Gulf AI bet puts resilience at centre of strategy. Read here.

APAC

BlackRock, IFM close in on $25 billion Stack data center deal, Bloomberg News reports. Read here.

GreenSquare signs long-term AI infrastructure customer at SYD1. Read here.

Amazon Buying Hong Kong Data Centres From Grand Ming for Up to $312M. Read here.

Andhra Pradesh secures agreements for 6.5 GW data centre capacity, projects moving to execution. Read here.

SharonAI buys former printing press outside Albury, Australia. Read here.

BDx breaks ground on AI data center in West Java; first 120MW building to be ready by early 2027. Read here.

Tera Data Centers buys 221.7 acres Negeri Sembilan land in US$ 250 million deal. Read here.

CDC plans AUD 15bn, 1.4GW data centre campus near Wagga Wagga. Read here.

AirTrunk proposes AUD 3.7bn NSW data centre with AUD 37m community offer. Read here.

North America

Oracle’s $18bn data centre debt under strain amid local pushback. Read here.

Oracle Cites ‘Force Majeure’ to Shield Itself on Controversial Data Center. Read here.

OpenAI and Anthropic scramble for smaller data centers as massive gigawatt projects lag — 20-30 MW facilities to provide capacity as mega structures undergo construction. Read here.

Anthropic in Talks for 1-Gigawatt Data Center Lease With Apollo-Backed Developer. Read here.

Applied Digital confirms $3.2 billion data center campus in Brookwood. Read here.

Meta Paid $300.1M For 1,754-Acre Sturgeon County Data Centre Site In Alberta. Read here.

SOS Limited Reports Digital Assets of $75.57 Million and Outlines Data Center Development Plans. Read here.

CoreWeave-Tied Data Center Raises $1.1 Billion in Junk Bonds. Read here.

Bain Capital Ventures closes $1.6 billion fund targeting AI. Read here.

California governor signs broad data center oversight bill package. Read here.

‘This industry won’t have carte blanche’: Spanberger cracks down on data centers. Read here.

INNIO Secures 450 MW Order to Power Next-Generation Data Centers. Read here.

Woodway Energy Infrastructure announced the execution of definitive agreements to develop, construct, own and operate a 22-mile, 30-inch natural gas pipeline for a hyperscale data center development. Read here.

South America

Brazil’s Eveo plans data center in Recife. Read here.

Space

Behind Project Suncatcher, our moonshot to put AI in space. Read here.

Google is sending an AI Data Center to outer space. Read here.

Other interesting articles

What It’s Like to Work in One of America’s Data Centers. Read here.

Rare look at the remote engine rooms fueling China’s AI boom. Watch here.

EU pressures Big Tech to go green with new data center sustainability label. Read here.

Scotland’s AI revolution: the people shaping its future. Read here.

Local opposition blocked 45 data center projects worth $68 billion in the second quarter of 2026 — data center investments reportedly still on track to hit $32 trillion by 2050. Read here.

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Transferable Skills for Data Centre Jobs: Why Employers Should Look Beyond the Sector

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More than two in five European respondents to our 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey had previously worked in energy or semiconductor/pharmaceutical roles. In the US, almost two in five came from energy or military backgrounds. For employers, it’s a good reason to look beyond previous data centre experience when hiring. 

Previous data centre experience can feel like the safest place to start when you’re hiring. Sometimes, it is essential. 

But making it the default requirement can narrow your search before you’ve properly considered what the role needs. 

When you’re looking for transferable skills for data centre jobs, the sector name on someone’s CV only tells you part of the story. The work they’ve done, the environments they understand, and the responsibilities they’ve held may tell you much more. 

The 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey found that many people already working in the industry built their careers elsewhere first. 

The survey doesn’t confirm why they moved or which specific skills helped them make the transition. What it does show is that there’s more than one route into a data centre career. 

So, the question for employers is simple: are you hiring for previous sector experience, or for the capabilities the role actually needs? 

Where does data centre talent come from? 

In Europe, 41.7% of respondents had previously worked in energy or semiconductor/pharmaceutical roles. 

In the US, 36.9% came from energy or military backgrounds. 

These sectors aren’t interchangeable, and experience in one doesn’t automatically prepare someone for a data centre role. However, the findings suggest employers could miss relevant people if previous data centre experience is used as the first and most restrictive filter. 

Direct sector experience will remain essential for certain positions. For others, it may be more useful to understand what someone has worked on, what they were responsible for and how closely that experience matches the role.

Europe: Look beyond the sector label

Energy and semiconductor/pharmaceutical backgrounds stood out among European respondents. 

Although these industries are different, roles within them can involve complex infrastructure, engineering, controlled environments, strict safety requirements, and large technical projects. 

That doesn’t mean everyone from these sectors will be suitable. It does mean they shouldn’t be ruled out based solely on where they gained their experience. 

If someone has the right technical knowledge and has worked in a similar environment, it may matter less whether that experience was gained inside a data centre. 

Start by defining what the person genuinely needs to know from day one. You can then separate those requirements from the knowledge that can realistically be developed through training, mentoring, and experience.

US: Different backgrounds, same principle

Energy also appeared as a prominent source of talent among US respondents, alongside military backgrounds. 

Military experience can vary significantly, so it shouldn’t be treated as a single set of skills. However, some people may bring experience of technical systems, safety-critical operations, strict procedures, operational discipline or working in high-consequence environments. 

The survey doesn’t prove that these capabilities were responsible for people moving into data centres. They are simply relevant areas for employers to explore. 

Look at the work the person has done, the level of responsibility they’ve held, and the problems they’ve solved. That gives a much stronger basis for assessing someone’s suitability than a sector or job title alone.

Which transferrable skills should employers assess?

The survey identified previous sectors rather than individual skills, so it’s important not to present these capabilities as direct findings. 

However, depending on the role, relevant experience could include: 

  • Working with complex or critical infrastructure 
  • Understanding technical and engineered systems 
  • Operating in safety-led or highly regulated environments 
  • Managing risk, reliability and operational problems 
  • Following controlled processes and procedures 
  • Delivering large technical projects 
  • Working effectively in high-consequence environments 

Not every skill will be relevant to every position. Technical qualifications, specialist knowledge, and previous data centre experience may still be essential. 

The aim isn’t to assume that someone’s experience will transfer. It’s to give them a fair opportunity to show whether it does. 

The right talent pools will vary by market 

The comparison between Europe and the US shows both consistency and difference. 

Energy appears among the highlighted backgrounds in both markets, but the other prominent talent sources vary. That suggests employers shouldn’t assume the same hiring strategy will work in every location. 

Instead, look at the industries operating in your local market. Which involve similar systems, infrastructure, regulations or working environments? Which employ people with capabilities that could translate into the roles you need? 

The strongest adjacent talent pool for one location may be completely different from another.

How to widen your search without lowering the standard 

Looking beyond the sector doesn’t mean lowering expectations. It means making sure you’re measuring the right things. 

  1. Review where data centre experience is essential 

Look at each job description and ask why direct sector experience has been included. 

Keep it where there’s a clear technical, regulatory, or operational reason. Where it has been added through habit, replace it with the specific knowledge or capability you actually need. 

  1. Separate “must know” from “can learn” 

Be clear about what someone needs before they start and what can be developed after joining. 

This makes crossover hiring more practical while ensuring genuine knowledge gaps aren’t overlooked. 

  1. Assess evidence, not just job titles 

A job title won’t always explain the scale, complexity, or relevance of someone’s experience. 

Ask about the systems they’ve managed, the environments they’ve worked in and the outcomes they’ve been responsible for. 

  1. Map adjacent industries in each location 

Identify the local sectors with comparable technical, safety, or operational demands. 

The goal isn’t to widen the search indiscriminately. It’s to look in the right places. 

  1. Support people making the move 

Transferable experience doesn’t remove the need for sector-specific learning. 

Clear onboarding, technical training, realistic expectations and support from experienced colleagues can help people apply what they already know while building the knowledge they still need.

The bottom line

Data centre experience remains valuable, but it isn’t the only route into the industry. 

With 41.7% of European respondents and 36.9% of US respondents coming from the highlighted adjacent sectors, there’s a clear reason for employers to think more broadly about where relevant experience can be found. 

The opportunity isn’t to lower the bar. It’s to make sure the bar measures the right things. 

Some of the people a business needs may already have valuable experience. They just might not have gained it inside a data centre. 

Download the full 2026 Data Centre Salary Survey for further insight into salaries, benefits, bonuses and the career plans of data centre professionals across Europe and the US.

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