Brazil was ranked as the riskiest data center startup location,

 

while the United States and the United Kingdom were ranked as the safest.

Despite a recent rush by Amazon Web Services and other global corporate giants to set up centers in that South American country, the study claims that Brazil is the riskiest country to create and operate a data center in among the world's most active data center markets.buy house in qatar

Despite the report's dismissal of Brazil as a high-risk venue, it acknowledges that Brazil and Mexico will continue to host the majority of the world's data center growth in the near future.

Here's how the study rated the countries based on only one risk factor, with one being the highest and seven being the lowest:

 

Brazil is ranked first.

India is number two.

Germany is ranked third.

Iceland (No. 4)

Canada is ranked number five.

United Kingdom (No. 6)

7 - United States of America

Datacenter Dynamics, based in New York City, released the study titled Data Center Risk Index 2012. Cushman & Wakefield of New York City and Hurleypalmerflatt, a 40-year-old engineering consulting services firm with offices in Singapore, Mumbai, New York, Glasgow, Dubai, Sydney, and Bangalore, prepared the content.

According to a news release from Datacenter Dynamics, while the report's authors based their decision on more than a dozen criteria, high energy costs and the complexity of doing business stood out as key risk factors in operating data centers in Brazil.

High corporate tax requirements, political uncertainty, relative scarcity of trained workers, low GDP per capita, and high inflation were among the other factors that placed South America's largest country at the bottom of the list as a data center site.

Despite this, Brazil did well in the areas of labor costs, sustainability, and water availability. In countries such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Qatar, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Africa, Poland, the Czech Republic, China, and India, water supply is a significant risk factor for data center operators.

According to the survey, "regional growth will be driven by Brazil and Mexico, where favorable monetary and fiscal policies will stimulate stronger demand in the second half of 2012."

According to the survey, India is the second-most dangerous country for data centers. High energy prices, a tough market climate, high corporate taxes, a high risk of natural disasters, a lack of educated workers, energy insecurity, low GDP per capita, and high inflation are all major risk factors.

Although the Indian data center market is expected to develop rapidly over the next five years, power protection is a major concern, according to the study. The authors attribute this to a "lack of energy import diversity and growing dependence on imported oil."

According to the survey, India is the world's most difficult country to do business in because of high entry barriers such as restrictions on foreign ownership.