Cross-border data flow in the digital single market: study on data location restrictions (SMART 2015/0054)
Figure 31 - Electricity prices (per Kilowatt-hour) for industrial consumers in EU Member States in 2015
Indexed value 2015 EU28 average
100
Austria
79
Belgium
90
Bulgaria
91
Croatia
79
Cyprus
151
Czech Rep.
116
Denmark
70
Estonia
86
Finland
66
France
83
Germany
83
Greece
67
Hungary
118
Ireland
130
Italy
102
Latvia
86
Lithuania
101
Luxembourg
76
Malta
149
Netherlands
103
Poland
89
Portugal
109
Romania
77
Slovakia
136
Slovenia
87
Spain
117
Sweden
53
UK
198
Source: Eurostat. 2016. Electricity prices for industrial consumers Consumption between 70,000 and 150,000 66 MWh nrg_pc_205
4.4.2
Land prices and data centre locations
Most of the preceding cost elements (labour costs and electricity) associated with a data centre location are likely to be relatively similar throughout a Member State. However, land 66
Eurostat only had data for eight Member States in the highest consumption category (over 150,000 MWh). This would have been more appropriate for data centres. Relative differences between Member States at the highest consumption category are unlikely to be very different from those presented in the table.
91
