The top 10 countries in the world by data centers

Data centers have become one of the fastest growing industries in the world with the rise of cloud computing and other digital services.

Companies such as Amazon (AMZN) and Google (GOOGL) depend on large-scale data centers, and according to an analysis by the Electric Power Research Institute, data center electricity usage by these companies alongside Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) more than doubled in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021.

Now, data center usage is expected to grow faster alongside rising demand for artificial intelligence.

Here are the ten leading countries in the world by the number of data centers located there, based on data from data center directory Cloudscene.

10. Japan

Japan has 222 data centers.

The country is ranked eighth in the world for data center density, according to Cloudscene, and has 92 internet users per 100 citizens.

9. Russia

Russia has 251 data centers.

The country is ranked eleventh in the world for data center density, according to Cloudscene, and has 76 internet users per 100 citizens.

8. Netherlands

The Netherlands has 296 data centers.

The country is home to the world’s largest internet exchange, Amsterdam Internet Exchange, according to Cloudscene.

7. Australia

Australia has 308 data centers.

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud are all locally hosted in Australia, according to Cloudscene.

6. France

France has 316 data centers.

The country has 24 supercomputers in the TOP500 rankings, with a maximum performance of 298,086 teraflops.

5. Canada

Canada has 336 data centers.

The country is ranked fifth in the world for data center density, according to Cloudscene.

4. China

China has 449 data centers.

The country has 63 supercomputers in the TOP500 rankings, with a maximum performance of 319,062 teraflops.

3. United Kingdom

The U.K. has 512 data centers.

2. Germany

Germany has 522 data centers.

The country has 40 supercomputers in the TOP500 rankings, with a maximum performance of 399,728 teraflops.

1. United States

The U.S. has 5,390 data centers.

The country has 173 supercomputers in the TOP500 rankings, with a maximum performance of 6,477,869 teraflops.