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At present, the datacenter colocation market sees $22.8bn in annualized revenue. In Q1 2015, the overwhelming majority of this revenue (74.8%) continues to be derived from local providers with sub- $500m in annualized colocation revenues.
“This remains an extremely fragmented industry,” notes Kelly Morgan, research director, North American Datacenters. “The majority of colocation facilities are provided by local operators with only one to three facilities each. However, it is becoming harder for them to compete with the more geographically diverse providers that are now entering many local markets. We will see continued consolidation in this sector.”
Among the largest providers, Equinix is the market leader in the combined wholesale and retail colocation market, with 8.42% of global annualized wholesale and retail colocation revenue. Digital Realty, primarily a wholesale provider, is the second largest supplier in terms of revenue at 5.65%, but maintains leadership with 9.62% of global operational square feet. 451 Research estimates that the global colocation market will grow in terms of total operational square feet from today’s 108.9m square feet to a projected 149.7m square feet by the end of 2017.
“Colocation continues to be the bedrock for much of Cloud 2.0,” says Katie Broderick, research director, 451 Research. “The global colocation market is the physical (facilities and networking) underpinning of both enterprises’ off-premises computing, and hosting and cloud service providers’ value-add services.”
451 Research estimates that today, less than half of the world’s total operational space for colocation (space supporting IT equipment) is in NA at 42.58%. The second largest region in terms of colocation operational square feet is APAC, with 26.51% of space, while EMEA accounts for another 26.36%. The remaining 4.55% of space is in LATAM. This is the first quarter since 451 Research began tracking the colocation market that APAC has been the second largest region, overtaking EMEA. Growth in APAC is fueled by overall economic growth and a less entrenched installed base of enterprise facilities with which colocation providers must compete.
