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70 facilities · Q3 2026 · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 ·

Data Center Colocation Costs in France: Q3 2026 Price Index

Compare 70 data centers in France across 23 operators, 780 MW: capacity, status, certifications, facilities and colocation pricing context.

70 facilities780 MW tracked23 operators

Colocation pricing: France & other markets — The Colocation Price Index → · Best data centers in France →

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Average wholesale, $/kW/mo — Collecting

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Retail rack, $/mo — Collecting

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Year on year

$0.173

Commercial power, $/kWh

Q3 2026 · · H2 2025 – Q2 2026 · 10 Tier III/IV · 8 AI-ready · 780+ MW · sources

How this market compares

Market$/kW/mo$/kWhfacilitiesRound-trip
France· · ·$0.17370
Germany· · ·$0.269122
Netherlands· · ·$0.17961
United Kingdom· · ·$0.454109

Round-trip times are measured figures from the latency matrix; power tariffs from the index. Cross-connects add $50–$350 per month each on top of any rate. Round-trip · The Index

Why prices sit where they do

France's advantage over its large neighbours is the tariff: commercial electricity at $0.185/kWh runs roughly a third below Germany's $0.283 and under half the United Kingdom's $0.442. The catalog now tracks 29 French sites across four operators — Equinix (10, all in Paris), Digital Realty/Interxion (15, split between a nine-building cluster on Paris's northern edge, four Paris Digital Park buildings in La Courneuve, and outlying sites in Marseille, Ferrières-en-Brie and Les Ulis), Data4 (2, Nozay and Marcoussis/Paris-Saclay) and OVHcloud (2, Roubaix and Gravelines). Marseille remains distinct from the Paris cluster as the Mediterranean submarine-cable landing point and natural terminus for traffic heading to Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Only OVHcloud publishes site-level IT power in the catalog (250 MW each at Roubaix and Gravelines); none of the Equinix or Digital Realty buildings discloses a critical-load figure. Domestic operators including OVHcloud and Data4 anchor the market, a straightforward answer to EU data-sovereignty requirements. Note that almost no French facility in the catalog carries a Tier III or IV designation: ask for concurrent-maintainability evidence in the design documents rather than relying on a certification line.

Frequently asked questions

How much does colocation cost in France?

No published wholesale $/kW benchmark exists for France yet, so we show nothing rather than an estimate. What is verifiable: the catalog tracks 70 facilities here. Run at least three quotes in parallel — where no benchmark is published, individual offers vary far more.

Why is colocation priced the way it is in France?

Commercial electricity in France is $0.173 per kWh, and power is the largest single input into a colocation rate. On top of that sit land and grid-connection availability, interconnection density, and how much capacity competes for the same tenants — 70 facilities in our catalog, 8 of them announced or under construction.

Where is colocation cheaper near France?

France sits at the cheaper end of its regional cluster on the inputs we can verify. The table below compares neighbouring hubs on power tariff, facility count and round-trip time.

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Quick answer

How many data centers are in France?

Coloprice tracks 70 data centers in France: 62 operational with 393 MW of published IT power, 6 under construction and 2 announced. The count covers publicly disclosed facilities and grows as operators publish new sites; every figure links to its primary source.

Data centers

FacilityOperatorCountryCityPower, MWTierScoreReviewsStatus
OVHcloud Gravelines CampusOVHcloudFranceGravelines29EOperational
Data4 Paris-Saclay Campus (Marcoussis)Data4FranceMarcoussis25050COperational
Digital Realty MRS3Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceMarseille48DOperational
Digital Realty MRS5Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceMarseille11EUnder construction
Data4 PAR03 (Nozay)Data4FranceNozay25022EAnnounced
Equinix PA3EquinixFranceParis33EOperational
OVHcloud Roubaix CampusOVHcloudFranceRoubaix22EOperational
Equinix PA2EquinixFranceParis42DOperational
Equinix PA4EquinixFranceParis42DOperational
Equinix PA5EquinixFranceParis42DOperational
Equinix PA6EquinixFranceParis42DOperational
Equinix PA7EquinixFranceParis42DOperational
Equinix PA8xEquinixFranceParis39DOperational
Equinix PA9xEquinixFranceParis39DOperational
Equinix PA10EquinixFranceParis52COperational
Equinix PA13xEquinixFranceParis35DOperational
PAR1Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceAubervilliers40DOperational
PAR2Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceAubervilliers40DOperational
PAR3Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceSaint-Denis40DOperational
PAR4Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceNanterre40DOperational
PAR5Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceSaint-Denis40DOperational
PAR6Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceIvry-sur-Seine40DOperational
PAR7Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceLa Courneuve40DOperational
PAR8Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceLa Courneuve40DOperational
PAR9Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceLa Courneuve40DOperational
PAR10Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceLa Courneuve40DOperational
PAR11Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceLa Courneuve12·Operational
PAR12Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceFerrieres-en-Brie40DOperational
PAR13Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceLes Ulis40DOperational
MRS1Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceMarseille43DOperational
MRS2Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceMarseille43DOperational
MRS4Digital Realty (Interxion)FranceMarseille43DOperational
NTT Paris 1 Data CenterNTT Global Data CentersFranceCorbeil-Essonnes3·Under construction
CyrusOne PAR1CyrusOneFranceWissous4.527EOperational
Global Switch Paris EastGlobal SwitchFranceParis2224·Operational
Global Switch Paris WestGlobal SwitchFranceParis1724·Operational
Global Switch Paris NorthGlobal SwitchFranceParis2424·Operational
Global Switch Paris SouthGlobal SwitchFranceParis1824·Operational
Telehouse Paris VoltaireTelehouseFranceParis10·Operational
Telehouse Magny-Les-HameauxTelehouseFranceParis (Magny-les-Hameaux)10·Operational
Telehouse THM1 MarseilleTelehouseFranceMarseille15EOperational
Colt Paris South West Data CentreColt DCSFranceLes Ulis2425·Operational
Colt Paris 2 Data CentreColt DCSFranceVillebon-sur-Yvette4022·Under construction
Colt Paris 3 Data CentreColt DCSFranceVillebon-sur-Yvette3222·Under construction
Colt Paris 4 Data CentreColt DCSFranceVillebon-sur-Yvette9.617·Under construction
Colt Paris 5 & 6 Data CentresColt DCSFranceLes Ulis5519·Announced
Data4 PAR02Data4FranceMarcoussis521·Operational
OpCore PAR2OpCoreFranceVitry-sur-Seine22EOperational
OpCore PAR3OpCoreFranceVitry-sur-Seine22EOperational
OpCore PAR4OpCoreFranceParis19EOperational
OpCore PAR5OpCoreFranceSaint-Ouen-l'Aumône2039DOperational
OpCore MRS1OpCoreFranceMarseille22EOperational
OpCore LYO1OpCoreFranceLyon22EOperational
DATA 17 - DC01Webaxys (Data 17)FranceSaint-Jean-d'AngélyIV50COperational
SostraData DC01Webaxys (SostraData)FranceSaint-Maurice-la-Souterraine0.4IV57COperational
Thésée DataCenter TDC01Thésée DataCenterFranceAubergenville3IV60COperational
NEXEREN 5NEXEREN (XEFI)FranceReventin-VaugrisIV42DOperational
ETIX Everywhere Paris #1ETIX EverywhereFranceParis0.531EOperational
ETIX Everywhere Paris #3ETIX EverywhereFranceVélizy-Villacoublay4.439DOperational
nLighten Paris PAR1nLightenFranceLognes12·Operational
Penta Infra PAR01Penta InfraFranceLognes29EUnder construction
Cyllene DC — NanterreCylleneFranceNanterre9·Operational
Cyllene DC — Montigny-le-BretonneuxCylleneFranceMontigny-le-Bretonneux14·Operational
Cyllene DC — CourbevoieCylleneFranceCourbevoie7·Operational
Global SP ParisGlobal SPFranceParisIII*30EOperational
Smartdc ParisSmartdcFranceMontreuilIII*20EOperational
Aqua Ray Aurora IVY1Aqua RayFranceIvry-sur-SeineIV42DOperational
Nexeren YTANexeren (XEFI Group)FranceRillieux-la-Pape0.2IV47DOperational
Nexeren CV1Nexeren (XEFI Group)FranceCivrieux0.47III55COperational
cegedim.cloud EBXcegedim.cloud (Cegedim)FranceMagny-les-HameauxIV28EOperational