The capacity of data centres in the Czech Republic could double by the end of the decade. The reason is the growing use of artificial intelligence. But the pace will be slower than the European average, where growth is expected to triple. This is according to the experts’ statement to ČTK.
According to consultancy firm Savills, 2,870 megawatts of new data centre capacity was under construction in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region at the start of 2025. “Almost 64 percent of this capacity is already pre-leased, mostly to cloud providers and increasingly to artificial intelligence firms. The exponential growth in data volumes continues to drive demand for space with the capacity to store and process it. However, there has been a long-term shortage of these,” said Ondřej Míček from Savills.
There are currently several dozen publicly available commercial data centres in the Czech Republic. The main operators include companies such as T-Mobile with seven data centres, České Radiokomunikace with data centres in Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Pardubice, Zlín and Lusice, Seznam.cz with three data centres and TTC Teleport with two data centres in Prague. The large ServerPark data centre is operated by vshosting in Hostivař, Prague.
“While the global and European trend is towards a significant increase in data centre capacity in response to the growing needs of AI, in the Czech Republic this growth is more gradual and influenced by specific local factors. The growth of data centres in Europe will be about threefold by the end of this decade, Czech data is not yet available, but it may be about double,” said Alexander Bruna, CEO of elevaty.ai.
The use of AI by companies and individuals is becoming standard, according to commercial director of vshosting Marian Holý. “It started with usage more through public cloud AI applications. The risk of public cloud applications is the leakage of corporate data to the internet. That’s why, especially among medium and large companies, there is a growing demand for private servers where corporate data can be secured. For these servers, a location in a data centre is required due to higher power and cooling requirements.
“We are seeing an increasing volume of demand, not only from the Czech Republic, but also from other European countries. Due to the growing demand for data services, the construction of new data centres is planned, for example, České Radiokomunikace has obtained a zoning permit for a new large data centre in Zbraslav,” Holý added.
According to Lukáš Benzl, director of the Czech Association of Artificial Intelligence, most data centres will be built in Prague and its surroundings. “The trend so far indicates a gradual growth of capacities, but compared to the dynamics in other European countries such as Germany, Great Britain or France, the development in the Czech Republic is slower. This may be due to uncertainty about future developments, high bureaucratic burdens and questions about electricity prices,” Benzl added.
According to Savills data, private investment in data centres reached a global record of CZK 2,486 billion (EUR 99 billion) last year, more than triple the previous year.
