Datacenter Services & Infrastructure

Covering the companies, products, services and technologies of the global datacenter market.

The Datacenter Services & Infrastructure Channel focuses on the global datacenter market with research covering critical metrics such as capacity and utilization as well as products, technologies, strategies and trends used by companies building and managing advanced, resilient and efficient datacenters. Technologies covered include mechanical and electrical equipment; connectivity; demand-side energy approaches; IT hardware and software for the management of datacenters (such as DCIM); prefabricated and modular datacenters; and ‘edge’ datacenters. Services covered include multi-tenant datacenter services and interconnection, segmented by key regional markets, both in the US and globally. Specific deliverables include profiles of vendors, geo-specific evaluations, examinations of key trends, analysis of M&A activity, and tracking of the ongoing expansion activity of datacenter operators and hyperscalers. Aimed at executives from datacenter providers, as well as vendors, investors and real estate professionals, the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure Channel covers the overall size, scope and growth of multiple aspects of the datacenter industry.

Contributing Analysts
Research Director, Datacenter Infrastructure & Managed Services

Kelly Morgan

Kelly joined 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, in April 2011 as an analyst covering the economics and finances of the datacenter and hosting industries. In her current role, she leads the analyst team that tracks datacenters, interconnection and content delivery worldwide. Coverage includes trends, providers, services, market size, supply/demand, M&A and technology.

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Principal Research Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure

Dan Thompson

As a Principal Research Analyst for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Dan Thompson provides insight into the multi-tenant datacenter (MTDC) market space. He currently leads the research in APAC and Latin America, while also assisting in the coverage of North America. Dan is particularly focused on MTDCs that are trying to move up the stack to offer additional services beyond colocation and connectivity.

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Senior Research Analyst, Datacenters & Critical Infrastructure

Daniel Bizo

Daniel Bizo is a Senior Research Analyst for Datacenter Services & Infrastructure Channel at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. His research primarily focuses on advanced datacenter design, build and operations with a view to achieving superior economics, energy efficiency and sustainability.

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Senior Analyst, Datacenter Networking

Craig Matsumoto

Craig Matsumoto is a Senior Analyst at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, focusing on the confluence of CDNs, interconnect fabrics and edge computing. Craig has covered service provider and enterprise networking since the dot-com bubble of 1999, including more than 10 years at Light Reading, where he covered broad topics including optical networking, routing and the then-new beat of software-defined networking.

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Senior Research Analyst, Asia-Pacific Services

Agatha Poon

Agatha Poon is Senior Research Analyst for Asia-Pacific Services at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. She joined 451 Research in April 2010, bringing more than 15 years of experience as a market research professional and expertise in cloud computing and business transformation strategies. She is instrumental in providing support for advisory service engagements and leads the research program in the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on cloud services and digital strategies.

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Research Analyst

Stefanie Williams

Stefanie Williams joined 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, in April 2011. She is a Research Analyst on the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure team, covering North America and Australia. Her key research areas include state and local level incentives and compliance, including FedRAMP, HIPAA, ISO, PCI-DSS, SSAE 16, SOC 2 & 3, and Uptime Institute M&O and Tier Certifications.

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Research Analyst

Rahiel Nasir

Rahiel Nasir is a member of the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure analyst team at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Based in London, he covers multi-tenant datacenter service providers in the EMEA region with a particular focus on Africa and the Middle East, providing insights into the colocation, connectivity, cloud and managed services markets.

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Research Analyst, Datacenter Infrastructure & Services

Jonathan Schroth

Jonathan Schroth is a Research Analyst on the Datacenter Infrastructure & Services team for 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. His research focuses on datacenter economics and valuation as well as geographical coverage of markets including New York, Toronto, Montreal and Chicago.

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Senior Research Analyst

Leika Kawasaki

As Senior Research Analyst at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Leika Kawasaki oversees the development and maintenance of the company's Global Internet of Things (IoT) Market Monitor service and contributes to other Market Monitor portfolio service lines.

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Associate Analyst

Jia Lyn Low

Jia Lyn Low is an Associate Analyst on the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure team at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence. She is based in Singapore and her main area of focus is the Asia-Pacific markets.

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Research Director, Market and Competitive Intelligence

Greg Zwakman

As Research Director of Market and Competitive Intelligence at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Greg oversees the development and maintenance of the company's Market Monitor product line. Greg also serves as an analyst catering to the buy side and regularly participates in custom consulting projects focused on total and segment addressable market (TAM/SAM), ROI analysis, custom market share and size analysis, and more for a range of clients.

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Africa and especially the Middle East currently lag the rest of the world in terms of the number of reported cases of people infected with the coronavirus. As a result, many of the countries that are home to the key datacenter markets across the MEA region have yet to implement the extreme measures that have locked down societies in recent weeks.

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It is the role of datacenter operators to be resilient – their customers expect that the lights will be kept on during any major disrupting event. This does not mean the current pandemic does not test the industry – far from it. Providers and customers have learned valuable lessons from the past.

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Despite being complex, multi-million-dollar projects, clients expect datacenters to be built within weeks at an ever-lower cost, then to operate without fail as efficiently as possible for years, adapting along the way to technology that hasn’t been invented yet. Facilities must be the right size, in the right location, with the right connectivity.

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The technology is not new – purveyors including Megaport and PacketFabric have been around for years (founded in 2013 and 2015, respectively) – but what is new is the number of datacenter providers that are now building services around platforms such as these or building their own platforms that emulate the functionality.

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