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Market Guide for Data Center Colocation

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The global colocation market continues to evolve beyond space and power with certain providers offering network capacity, interconnection services, and managed services. This Market Guide helps heads of I&O understand the market, identify vendors and make informed purchasing decisions.

Highlights:

  • Interconnection services facilitate digital exchange points for various providers to connect their networks, crucial for hyperconverged digital ecosystems.
  • Innovations in cooling are becoming key differentiators, especially for high-density and AI-driven deployments.
  • Colocation can be more cost-effective than building and maintaining in-house data centers, especially considering many organizations’ fluctuating data needs.
The need for low-latency data processing for use cases involving performance sensitivity, security, and sovereignty concerns, and, in some cases, cost considerations, is driving data processing closer to end users, making the use of colocation facilities a good option.
Ken Rothenberger
Senior Director Advisor, Gartner