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IDC MarketScape: Canadian Datacenter Colocation Services 2025 Vendor Assessment

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Equinix has been named a Leader in the 2025 IDC MarketScape for Canadian datacenter colocation services. This comprehensive analysis of the evolving landscape in Canada spotlights key players, market trends and strategic insights. Read on to explore Equinix’s focus on innovation, interconnection and sustainability and understand its key strengths and capabilities better.

IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures supplier product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of supplier strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.

 

Highlights:

  • Canadian organizations are increasingly looking to datacenter services providers to help derisk, scale and future-proof IT landscapes.
  • Equinix targets 99.999% uptime for enhanced reliability and offers solutions like Equinix Fabric, Fabric Cloud Router and Equinix Network Edge across the spectrum of datacenter and interconnection services.
  • Initiatives such as heat sharing with the local community and providing transparent site-level environmental data to customers highlight Equinix’s commitment to sustainability and compliance.
  • Equinix's approach to providing a global network of interconnected datacenters and ability to translate global innovation to the Canadian market contribute to its strong recognition.
Datacenter services is among the fastest-growing segments in the Canadian managed IT services market. Vendors are investing steadily to expand their Canadian datacenter portfolio to cater to both domestic and global demand.
Sreenivas Duvvuri Venkata
research analyst, Enterprise Services, IDC Canada