Report: A Post-Merger Telecitygroup & Interxion Would Lead EMEA Colocation Market
Synergy Research Group data shows that the merged company would surpass Equinix and become the clear leader of the retail colocation market in the EMEA region.
TelecityGroup and Interxion announced recently that they had reached a non-binding agreement to merge, which could be completed in the second half of 2015 if necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals are received. Synergy Research Group data shows that the merged company would surpass Equinix and become the clear leader of the retail colocation market in the EMEA region. It would be the market leader in the UK and the Netherlands, the number two ranked operator in Spain and Switzerland, the number three ranked operator in Germany and France and the leader in the smaller country markets that are aggregated into the rest of the region.
Based on Q3 2014 data the merged TelecityGroup/Interxion would have a 15% share of the EMEA retail colocation market and Equinix 9%. Currently TelecityGroup and Interxion are in a close fight for second placed position in the EMEA market, with neither one being too far behind Equinix. While US-headquartered Equinix has a global footprint with many data centers in North America, Latin America and the APAC region in addition to EMEA, TelecityGroup and Interxion both maintain a tight focus on the EMEA region. In addition to the six largest EMEA markets mentioned previously, the two European operators also have data centers and a substantial market share in countries such as Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Finland. Currently the EMEA region accounts for 33% of the worldwide retail colocation market.