I don’t wish to put a bit of a downer on the growing Black Friday excitement but I’m just not sure of the effectiveness of such promotions in the B2B world. Indeed I must admit I’ve always been a bit sceptical about the role of pricing as the main driver in winning data centre services [...]
Latest transaction completes European “clean sweep” and gives yet more submarine access for operator "on a mission". It comes as no surprise at all to Colo-X to read Equinix is today acquiring Itconic, the leading and longest established carrier neutral colocation provider in the Iberian Peninsula, from US based Carlyle Group. The purchase price is [...]
Significant new data centre campus provides welcome new supply for the London market Colo-X is pleased to have been the first agent to bring a prospective customer to the new Kao Data Park data centre complex in Harlow, Essex, with the trip completed just before the August Bank Holiday. Whilst Colo-X attends numerous data centre [...]
The merger of Digital Realty Trust and DuPont Fabros reflects the trends highlighted in Colo-X's 2017 report of continued corporate activity and hyper-scale demand.
Equinix have announced yet another acquisition in the UK, following hot on the heels of last year’s audacious £2.6bn bid for Telecity.
The sale of a 49% stake in Global Switch to a consortium of Chinese investors marks a major shift to the east for the London-based data centre operator.
Colo-X recently spent the afternoon with NTT, who proudly showed us around the fleet of ever impressive Gyron data centres in Hemel Hempstead.
Server shipments to mega data centre users highlight underlying demand from hyper-scale cloud deployments
SSE Fareham Data Centre acquired by Rigby Group (owner of systems integrator SCC) and Interoute acquires Vtesse SSE Fareham The 60,000 sq ft, 9MW SSE flagship data centre on the south coast near Fareham has been acquired by SCC – a Birmingham based systems integrator with their own data centre located on the company’s Tyseley [...]
Our latest views and perspectives on the UK colocation and data centre are available in our 2014 Newsletter. Besides celebrating our 10th year of business we also discuss some of the key market trends, especially the increasing supplier choice now available for colocation buyers. We also include two interviews from InfinitySDC and Everest Data Centres [...]
