Global colocation data center market revenue 2019 & 2025
In 2019, global revenue from colocation data center market amounted to around 31.39 billion U.S. dollars. Industry revenues are expected to increase to over 58 billion dollars by 2025.
In 2018, colocation data centers around the world were projected to have a total operational space of well over 150 million square feet, and as additional companies have sought to enter the market, total spending on collocation company mergers and acquisitions increased significantly.
Datacenter colocation
Datacenter colocations are typically large datacenters that house the computing resources of client companies and provide the space, security, power, and networking connections needed. It is separate from infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) given the fact that the physical servers are owned by the individual companies and not rented from the provider. No single company or group of companies has truly taken control of the market, but the biggest competitors are Equinix, Digital Reality, and China Telecom, which accounted for a combined 24 percent of total revenues as of 2021.In 2018, colocation data centers around the world were projected to have a total operational space of well over 150 million square feet, and as additional companies have sought to enter the market, total spending on collocation company mergers and acquisitions increased significantly.
