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Switzerland

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

1.3 TWhdata-centre electricity · 2.0% of national generation · grade B, Derived

Switzerland's data centres draw 1.3 TWh of electricity a year, which places it 27th of the 33 countries this atlas carries a figure for.

That is 2.0% of everything the country generates — above the 1.2% median across those countries.

Set against 0.4 GW of installed capacity, that implies a 35% load factor.

One metro is tracked here: Zurich, at 170 MW and operating.

Its strongest showing anywhere in the atlas is Power & Grid on the ownership basis, at #5 of 17.

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

2 suppliers are domiciled here, booking roughly $32bn between them; the largest is Hitachi Energy.

Its single strongest grip on the buildout is Transformers & switchgear, where firms domiciled here hold 16% of global supply in a sub-layer weighted 0.80 for how hard it is to substitute.

About $1bn of AI infrastructure investment has been announced for Switzerland, though announced is not built — that figure is graded C.

National context

Electricity generation65 TWh A
Data-centre electricity1.3 TWh B
— as a share of generation2.0% B
Installed data-centre capacity0.4 GW C
Tracked metro capacity170 MW B
Announced investment$1bn C
Population9m A
GDP$1,044bn A

Where Switzerland 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#31of 54——
Power & Grid#28of 77#5of 17#8of 12

Data centre metros (1)

Zurich — OperatingCBRE lists it as an emerging European market.170 MW C

Supply positions

Share of each global sub-layer held by firms domiciled here, and how hard that sub-layer would be to substitute. Those two multiplied are what the control basis ranks on.

Power & Grid

Sub-layerShareSubstitutability
Transformers & switchgear16% C×0.80

Strongest single grip: Transformers & switchgear — 16% × 0.80 substitutability weight.

Suppliers domiciled here (2)

Hitachi Energy — Transformers, HVDCPower & GridSwiss-domiciled, Japanese-owned — appears under Switzerland on the ownership basis.$16bn
ABB — Electrification, switchgearPower & Grid$16bn

Revenue is the group or segment figure closest to each tier's perimeter. Segment boundaries differ between issuers, so treat the split as indicative.

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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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