Welcome to the Colo-X download section.  Here you can find reference items about our work, market knowledge and useful guides.

Colo-X Buyers Guide A handy to guide for anyone with a colocation requirement.  What are the factors to you should consider when selecting a colocation provider?   Clearly the weighting of these factors will vary from client to client, for instance some might be more price sensitive than others,  but we believe these are common characteristics for all data centre buyers.

Colo-X Review of the UK Wholesale Data Centre Market – January 2012 A couple of announcements from the wholesale data centre sector in early 2012 has prompted us to put pen to paper to summarise what these mean for the colocation marketplace, Colo-X’s traditional marketplace.  There are some important and we believe significant trends that are illustrated.  Our prediction is that 2012 offers some serious opportunities for UK based resellers.

Data Centres Europe – May 2011 A quick overview of the Colo-X perspectives on the current state of the European colocation industry, addressing points such as industry structure and how to understand the links between the data centre operators and colocation pricing.  The differences between the premium data centre market in Central London and elsewhere are analysed.  The summary highlights Colo-X views about the data centre supply/demand picture.  Presented as part of the Data Centre Business Model Panel.

Information Age June 2010 – Future of the Data Centre Presentation Copy of the presentation accompanying the speech given by Tim Anker at this year’s conference in June 2010.  In particular Tim explains his view on the data centre industry structure, colocation pricing trends and key issues for the future.