Europe's Self-Inflicted Limits Weigh on AI Infrastructure Investment, PwC Says
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0500 GMT - Europe's self-inflicted constraints weigh on artificial-intelligence infrastructure investment in the region, according to PwC Global Data Centre Outlook 2026-50 report. "The region's $5.6 trillion in cumulative capex represents a share lower than its proportion of global GDP," it says. While power constraints, planning friction, and fragmented regulation across countries explain the gap, these factors also limit acceleration, it adds. "Amsterdam's 2025 ban on new data centers, which cited land and grid limits, is illustrative rather than exceptional," it says.
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