You’re planning an expansion, a migration, maybe just trying to get out of that overstuffed on-prem closet—and suddenly, bam: “There’s no space available.” Or worse: “There’s a waitlist.”
Welcome to the Great Data Center Space Squeeze of 2025.
If it feels like every decent facility is full, or that power allocations are tighter than ever, you’re not crazy. Here's what's actually going on (and why infrastructure folks everywhere are feeling the pressure).
Chatbots. Vision models. Internal LLMs. AI is no longer hype—it’s hitting your stack, and the compute to support it doesn’t come cheap or compact.
GPU racks? High-density gear? It all eats up power and cooling faster than a pizza at a sysadmin meetup.
Even if a provider wants to sell you space, they might not have the power envelope to support your workload.
Places like Ashburn and Santa Clara? You might need to wait for utility companies to catch up.
Even modular builds take months. Bigger facilities take years, especially with permitting, zoning, sustainability requirements, and (yep) supply chain delays.
So by the time you hear "new site coming soon"—that might mean 2026.
AWS, Azure, Google—they’re calling dibs on entire buildings, sometimes years in advance.
That shiny new facility with 40 MW? Yeah… 35 MW of it is probably already gone.
Here’s the good news: You don’t have to fight the space race alone.
At Arkitech Group, we’ve got eyes everywhere. Thanks to our partnership with Bridgepointe Technologies, we:
Basically, we know a guy. (And another. And another, just saying.)
If you’re still treating infrastructure planning like a last-minute thing, 2025’s market might eat you alive.
But if you get proactive—and loop in someone like us who lives and breathes this stuff—you’ll be just fine.
Bonus Tip: Always ask about power, not just space. You can’t install a rack in the dark.
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