Colo-X Q4 2015 Colocation Newsletter
In our Q4 2015 newsletter we assess the state of the London colocation market, taking particular account of the impending Equinix bid for Telecity.
Update on UK data centre capacity expansion
News of continued data centre capacity increases in the UK continues at such a pace I struggle to keep up with them all. Here is a brief summary.
London Colocation Market Update – “Change and Choice” in 2014
2013 was an exciting year in the London colocation market, with numerous new entrants and data centres appearing and these trends fit the theme of our recent industry presentations which have the key message of “Change and Choice”. By “change” we are referring to the significant changes taking place in colocation industry structure, where our [...]
Background Article on the London Colocation Market (2005)
This article describes the history and evolution of the London colocation market and was written by Tim Anker, appearing in the September 2005 edition of Capacity Magazine.The article will provide a useful reference for anyone looking at the London carrier neutral data centre market for the first time despite the time past since it was written and was part [...]
Background article on the Paris colocation market (2005)
Click on the link below to read a review of the Paris colocation market written by Tim Anker as it appeared in Capacity Magazine in December 2005.This was one of a series covering London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin. Download the Paris Background Article
Surging Euro narrows UK/Continental Colocation prices
After leading the European colocation market since the industry turn around in 2004/5, UK colocation prices have started to narrow the price gap with Europe when expressed in local currency terms.This is primarily a result of the Euros surge against both the British Pound and US Dollar over the past year, but an improving balance [...]
Background Article on the Amsterdam Colocation Market (2005)
This article describes the history and evolution of the Amsterdam colocation market and was written by Tim Anker, appearing in the November 2005 edition of Capacity Magazine. The article will provide a useful reference for anyone looking at the Amsterdam carrier neutral data centre market for the first time despite the time past since it was written and was part [...]
Background article on the Frankfurt Colocation Market (2005)
This article describes the history and evolution of the Frankurt colocation market and was written by Tim Anker, appearing in the October 2005 edition of Capacity Magazine. The article will provide a useful reference for anyone looking at the Frankfurt market for the first time despite the time past since it was written. This was part of a series [...]
Industry confident at Data Centre World
We attended the Data Centre World event for the first time which was held in London at the Barbican Centre.In particular we noted that all the big pan-European operators would be present and several of them presenting. The exhibition space was impressive, dozens of companies offering all sorts of data centre related products, in fact [...]
New data centre operators continue to make progress in UK Market
Further signs that new colocation providers are making significant progress are found in two recent news items (summarised below) which reinforce a couple of key market themes that we have been mentioning for some time now (for example, see my presentation at the Information Age Conference, The Future of the Data Centre).These themes are: New entrants are growing, [...]