Data centre industry news and insights

Details of recent colocation offers and deals available through Colo-X.

Colo-X transaction with LDex in their north London data centre shows how a dual site colocation strategy can bring significant benefits even for small customers.

Equinix have upstaged the Telecity/Interxion marriage by launching their own 1145p bid for Telecity - we examine the key issues for the colocation markets across Europe and Telecity customers

Despite the headlines in CBRE's most recent survey we believe the growth in supply is as much the key message to take away, with supply still outpacing demand.

Colo-X interview with Ed Butler, CEO and founder of colocation new entrant Everest Data Centres based in Reading, a good example of the new breed of options in the M25 colocation market.

Colo-X interview with wholesale data centre provider Infinity SDC who are now entering the retail colocation market for the first time in their impressive new Slough data centre.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Server shipments to mega data centre users highlight underlying demand from hyper-scale cloud deployments