Data Center Colocation Market Remains Fragmented

The data center colocation market remains fragmented globally, Synergy Research Group suggests, even if the six leading colocation providers account for 37 percent of the worldwide market. 

Chinese operators have 13 percent share, “thanks to virtually controlling their home market,” Synergy Research says, leaving half the market contestable by a wide range of suppliers.

The market is led by Equinix, Digital Realty and NTT that have about 30 percent of all colocation revenues. 

CyrusOne, DigitalBridge and KDDI have single-digit shares. 

The largest of the Chinese operators are China Telecom, GDS and VNET, according to Synergy. 

Smaller operators with high growth rates include STACK Infrastructure, Mapletree, Chindata, Iron Mountain, Switch and H5 Data Centers. 

The United States and China account for almost half of the world market. They are followed by Japan, UK, Germany, Singapore and India, which together represent another 24 percent of the total. 

The large country markets with the highest growth rates are China, Brazil, India and Singapore.

source: Synergy Research