Data centre industry news and insights

Four-and-half years since the aborted merger with arch-rival Telecity, Interxion appears to once again walking down the aisle with long-fancied suitor Digital Realty Trust (DRT).

Long established south coast colocation provider Serverhouse has just opened their largest and most impressive data centre, a new 400 rack/2MW facility on the Segensworth East Industrial Estate, Fareham, adjacent to junction 9 of the M27.

London colocation buyers are being offered a new wave of data centre options, many of which are repurposed sites previously occupied by a single user.  This is yet another new trend for the London data centre market but is providing a less risky and therefore attractive entry point for numerous new operators which we continue to add to the Colo-X London data centre data base. 

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.