Global Multi-tenant Data Center Market 2017-2021

Overview of the global multi-tenant data center market

According to Technavio’s research analysis on the global multi-tenant data center market, benefits such as the reduction in capital investment and operational expenditure will be one of the major factors that will have a positive impact on this market’s growth till 2021. With enterprises across the globe focusing on expanding their operations across the globe, there is an increase in the construction of data center facilities. The construction and operation of data centers will lead to high capital expenditure and this will induce companies to prefer data center colocation. In addition to offering uninterrupted services and maintenance support, colocation vendors also provide managed colocation services which enables enterprises to rent infrastructure managed by the vendors. This will in turn, help organizations reduce their operational expenditure and improve productivity and operational performance. Owing to such benefits, the need for multi-tenant data centers will increase during the forecast period and our market research analysts predict that this market will grow at a CAGR of more than 11% by 2021.

The hardware infrastructure in SDDCs is managed through intelligent software systems and these data centers support both cloud computing services and legacy applications. The implementation of SDDCs helps organizations improve efficiency and reduce costs and also enables the delivery of workloads through the cloud. With the focus to achieve better control over business-critical operations, enterprises adopting cloud-based infrastructure are greatly considering the establishment of SDDCs. According to our industry research analysts, the adoption of software-defined data centers (SDDCs) is one of the major trends that will gain traction in the multi-tenant data center market during the next few years.

Competitive landscape and key vendors  

The multi-tenant data center market consists of a limited number of large-scale data center colocation service providers and numerous small-scale vendors. According to the multi-tenant data center market research report, vendors in this colocation data center market have the expertise to manage data centers and troubleshoot network problems and offer outsourcing services to organizations that find it difficult to manage in-house data center facilities. The increasing number of collocation centers will intensify the level of competition among the players in this marketspace during the forecast period,

The leading vendors in the market are –

• CenturyLink
• Digital Realty
• Equinix
• Global Switch
• NTT Communications
• Rackspace

The other prominent vendors in the market are Ascenty, AT&T, CentriLogic, China Telecom, Cogeco Peer 1, CSC, CtrlS Datacenters, CyrusOne, Datapipe, DigiPlex, DuPont Fabros Technology, Expedient, Fujitsu, HCL, iAdvantage, IBM, Internap, Interoute Communications, Interxion, IO, NaviSite, PCCW Global, Peak 10, SERVERCENTRAL, Singtel, Sungard Availability Services, Switch, T.C.C. Technology, Telefonica, Telehouse (KDDI), Telstra International, TierPoint, Verizon Enterprise, ViaWest, and Zayo.

Segmentation by type and analysis of the multi-tenant data center market

• Wholesale
• Retail

Retail colocation enables organizations to share the expenses related to facility, network, power, and cooling and is mainly suitable for SMEs that require high flexibility in hosting IT infrastructure. Our market research analysts have estimated that the retail segment accounted for the major shares of the multi-tenant data center market during 2016.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the multi-tenant data center market

• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA

This multi-tenant data center market analysis estimates that in terms of geographic regions, the Americas will be the major revenue contributor to the multi-tenant data center market throughout the forecast period. The presence of a large number of data centers in the US and the growing demand for colocation and managed services in Canada and the South American countries, will be the major factors driving the multi-tenant data center market growth in the region.

Key questions answered in the report include

• What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2021?
• What are the key factors driving the global multi-tenant data center market?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global multi-tenant data center market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in the global multi-tenant data center market?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global multi-tenant data center market?
• Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
• What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global multi-tenant data center market?

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