DC Byte
Market-intelligence firm tracking global data-centre capacity.
DC Byte is a market-intelligence firm tracking global data-centre capacity. Its figures, published 28 July 2026, put Dublin at 15% of five major western European hubs against London's 39%, with Microsoft reported to be looking to the Nordics instead.
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Whose numbers show Dublin losing ground to London as Europe's biggest data-centre hub?
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Data Centres: Boom and BacklashReported Dublin's data-centre capacity share falling relative to London
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Dublin slips to 15% as growth heads northBackground
DC Byte is a market-intelligence firm that tracks data-centre capacity across major hubs worldwide, supplying the figures that trade press and mainstream outlets use to chart where hyperscale construction is heading.
On 28 July 2026 the Irish Times reported DC Byte data putting Dublin at 15% of capacity across five major western European data-centre hubs, against London's 39% and 18% each for Frankfurt and Paris . The newspaper's own framing, that Microsoft is looking to the Nordics instead, is its inference from DC Byte's market-share figures rather than a claim DC Byte itself made.
DC Byte functions here as a data source rather than a participant in the stories its figures inform: it supplies the measurement, not the commentary built on top of it.