Data center colocation is a facility for renting rack spaces to host computing servers and storage to other organizations. It provides options such as power, bandwidth, and physical security for continued business operations with better reliability and scalability. Managed colocation is also gaining traction where customers host IT infrastructure, which is managed by the colocation vendors through experienced IT professionals.

PART 01: Executive summary 5

PART 02: Scope of the report 16

PART 03: Research Methodology 21

PART 04: Introduction 24

Key market highlights 24

PART 05: Market landscape 25

Market overview 25

Market size and forecast 29

Five forces analysis 31

PART 06: Market segmentation by colocation type 32

Retail colocation 33

Wholesale colocation 34

PART 07: Geographical segmentation 36

China and Hong Kong 36

Southeast Asia (SEA) 37

Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) 39

India 40

Other APAC countries 41

PART 08: Market drivers 43

Increased adoption of cloud and IoT technologies 43

Reduction in capital and operational expenditure 43

Availability of advanced network connectivity 44

Increased support from governments 44

PART 09: Impact of drivers 45

PART 10: Market challenges 46

Operational constraints 46

Data security and privacy concerns 46

Rapid evolution of technology leading to ambiguity 47

Availability of micro-mobile data center solutions 47

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges 48

PART 12: Market trends 49

Construction of green data centers 49

Use of SDN for interconnection to cloud environments 49

Increased infrastructure innovations 50

Rise in mergers and acquisitions 50

PART 13: Vendor landscape 52

China Telecom 53

China Unicom 55

Equinix 56

NTT Communications 61

Singtel 63

Other prominent vendors 65

PART 14: Appendix 70

List of abbreviations 70

PART 15: Explore Technavio 71