Rolls-Royce has delivered 200 mtu emergency generators to AVK, UK’s pioneer provider of critical power solutions, in just three years. AVK has already installed and commissioned the majority across Europe and in total has already provided more than 3.5 gigawatts of power to data centers, the financial, telecommunications and healthcare industries in the UK and Ireland.
AVK is now the largest supplier of emergency power solutions to data centers and the financial sector in the UK, and since signing the exclusive agreement with the Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems, has been using only mtu brand emergency gensets.
Rolls-Royce - AVK partnership
AVK Managing Director, Chris Pritchard, said “Data is now the ‘fourth utility’ required by all. I believe we are still at the bottom of the growth curve. I can’t see an end to it.”
Business experts now consider telecommunications infrastructure as important as electricity, water, and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems.
According to Grand View Research, the European colocation data center market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13.1 percent from 2021 to 2028. The most important European markets for data centers are Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, and Paris, where demand is highest.