Report: Data Center Colocation Market Projected To Reach $36 Billion Worldwide By End Of 2017
Equinix and Digital Realty are market leaders among more than 1,000 worldwide colocation suppliers.
451 Research projects the global colocation market annualized revenue to reach $36.1bn by 2017 in its latest quarterly Datacenter KnowledgeBase (DCKB) release. The DCKB database covers 3,796 individual datacenters operated by 1,094 datacenter companies serving North America (NA); Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Latin America (LATAM). 451 Research is a preeminent information technology research and advisory company with a focus on technology innovation and market disruption.
At present, the datacenter colocation market sees $22.8bn in annualized revenue. In Q1 2015, the overwhelming majority of this revenue (74.8%) continues to be derived from local providers with sub-$500m in annualized colocation revenues.