As football season gets underway, I’m reminded of a popular saying among NFL coaches, scouts, and players that also applies to another multi-billion dollar industry: data centers.

According to a recent report by IHS, global multi-tenant data center (MTDC) revenues grew 4.7%, as measured in USD, in Q2 of 2015 compared to the same quarter of 2014.

451 Research has revealed new perspectives on the European multi-tenant data center (MTDC) market, which is undergoing a complete transformation.

Data from Voice of the Enterprise: Datacenters, 451 Research’s newest product offering, reveals that the worldwide data center install base grew at +0.2% Y/Y in Q4 2014 to 4.3 million data centers and IT sites.

Just in time for the New Year, Keystone NAP, the company responsible for launching the first advanced data center in the Northeast, is announcing the arrival of the first KeyBlock IT module for its multi-tenant data center site situated on the border between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

There has been a heated debate around the data center service provider business model: will large centralized data centers that pop up near major fiber hubs or distributed data centers that bring proximity and geographic flexibility dominate the future of the multi-tenant data center industry?

CyrusOne hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on April 8 for an enterprise-class multi-tenant data center on property it recently purchased in the Loudoun Tech Center in Sterling, VA.