A Benchmarking System to Spark Companies to Action - Innovation That Fuels New Deal Flow and Growth Pipelines
Digital transformation has become a priority for enterprises. Data centers are the backbone of a digital economy and an integral part of a digital business’s strategy.
The data center colocation services industry is witnessing higher competitive intensity, compelling service providers to build scalable facilities with best-in-class design and to focus on industry best practices, third-party certifications, and sustainability initiatives to create competitive differentiation. Carrier-neutral colocation service providers have an advantage because they operate independently, giving customers flexibility and choice in terms of network providers. This also creates the potential to offer customers greater redundancy and choice through a diverse network infrastructure provider ecosystem.
North America is the largest data center colocation market in the world, with revenue exceeding $20 billion in 2022. Demand is being driven by hyperscale public cloud services, content and digital media, and financial services. Service providers are aligning data center designs and services to build their value propositions around environmental sustainability and the use of renewable energy. They are developing energy-efficient, green facilities to lower their carbon footprint and optimize operational costs.
The Radar™ reveals the market positioning of companies in an industry using their Growth and Innovation scores as highlighted in the methodology. The document presents competitive profiles on each of the companies based on their strengths, opportunities, and a small discussion on their positioning. The publisher analyzes numerous companies in an industry and benchmarks them across 10 criteria on the Radar™, where the leading companies in the industry are then positioned.
Table of Contents
1. Strategic Imperative and Growth Environment
- Strategic Imperative
- Growth Environment
2. The Radar™
- The Radar™: Data Center Colocation Services in North America
- The Radar™: Competitive Environment
3. Companies to Action
- CoreSite
- CyrusOne
- Cyxtera
- Digital Realty
- Equinix
- Flexential
- Iron Mountain
- QTS
- Switch
- TierPoint
4. Strategic Insights
5. Next Steps: Leveraging the Radar™ to Empower Key Stakeholders
- Significance of Being on the Radar™
- The Radar™ Empowers the CEO’s Growth Team
- The Radar™ Empowers Investors
- The Radar™ Empowers Customers
- The Radar™ Empowers the Board of Directors
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- CoreSite
- CyrusOne
- Cyxtera
- Digital Realty
- Equinix
- Flexential
- Iron Mountain
- QTS
- Switch
- TierPoint