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Belgium

Data centre capacity, electricity and supply-chain position · ISO BE

1.2 TWhdata-centre electricity · 1.8% of national generation · grade B, Derived

Belgium's data centres draw 1.2 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 29th of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.

That is 1.8% of everything the country generates — above the 1.2% median across those countries.

Set against 0.3 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 40% load factor.

One metro is tracked here: Brussels, at 130 MW and under construction.

130 MW of that is not yet operating: it is under construction or still an announcement.

Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Power & Grid on the physical basis, at #30 of 77.

It does not register at all on Silicon, Memory & Storage or Networking.

About $1.5bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Belgium, though announced is not built — that figure is graded C.

National context

Electricity generation67 TWh A
Data-centre electricity1.2 TWh B
— as a share of generation1.8% B
Installed data-centre capacity0.3 GW B
Tracked metro capacity130 MW B
Announced investment$1.5bn C
Population11.9m A
GDP$725bn A

Where Belgium ranks

The same tables read three ways. A country can lead one basis and be invisible on another, and that gap is the whole point of the atlas.

Tier Physicalassets here Ownershiprevenue booked Controlcould stop you
Silicon———
Memory & Storage———
Networking———
Systems & Facility#33of 54——
Power & Grid#30of 77——

Data centre metros (1)

Brussels — Under constructionCBRE flags a major wholesale project expected in this emerging market.130 MW C
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Every figure here is computed from the same tables the atlas reads, and is downloadable as CSV. Think something is wrong? Tell me — corrections are more useful than compliments.

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