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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Global Switch CEO John Corocoran was interviewed by Estates Gazette in summer of 2010.The article discusses the company’s ownership by the Reuben Brothers, their ambitions to start realising some returns from their investment via either a bond issue to pay down some of their loans or a possible flotation. The company’s current expansion plans and [...]
In a stunning move Equinix has announced the agreed acquisition of local colocation rival Switch and Data for USD$689m.S+D were probably Equinix’s largest single competitor in the carrier neutral colocation market and the acquisition marks an interesting concentration of power in this specialist market niche. It can certainly be seen as a case of the [...]
Following the success of their new modular, pod architecture or so called “midi-market product” in Paris, Digital Realty Trust (DLR) have recently fitted out some 2.8MW of capacity at their Foxboro Park site in Redhill, Surrey to offer the same model into the UK market for the first time.With the minimum unit size now at [...]
Pan-European colocation provider Telecity has seen their share price surge from 390p to 432p (at the time of writing ) over the past few days with the financial press (see the FT, The Telegraph or The Times) speculating that a bid of 500p from either KDDI, owner of Telehouse or else from the sector giant [...]
Survey adds weight to the Carrier Neutral Model Data traffic between data centres is forecast to double or triple over the next 2-4years, according to a survey commissioned by a US company called Infineta (who unsurprisingly make network optimization products). The survey covering over 100 large US enterprises suggests that traffic growth is being driven by data [...]
With the release of Interxion’s 2009 results, we thought it might be interesting see how the two European headquartered operators might contrast and compare.In fact it turned out to be quite hard to find any differences, though those that there are tell an interesting tale. Telecity Interxion 2009 Revenue (Euros, Millions) 192m, +27% (increase on [...]
Interesting press release from specialist telecoms consultancy TeleGeography which we pretty much provide ad verbatum.New data from their Enterprise Network Pricing Service show that the telecom cost of connecting offices varies widely around the globe, with some cities offering far more business-friendly environments than others. When looking to link up offices in different parts of the [...]