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.
Before joining 451 Research, Kelly spent nearly 10 years in private equity, focusing on investments in telecommunications, IT and datacenters. Prior to that, she worked for several years at the OECD in Paris, managing the organization's budget process. She has a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA from Tufts University.
Once again, 1547 Critical Systems Realty has partnered with Harrison Street to invest in a carrier hotel, having previously purchased the Wells Building in Milwaukee last October. This time, 1547 has picked up the Pittock Block in Portland, Oregon.
The datacenter industry is one of the few that in many ways has been positively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for datacenter space has remained strong, as have investment and M&A activity. We expect to see continued strong growth in the industry, even as pressure builds for providers to construct facilities ever more quickly and at lower cost, while also boosting efficiency and, ideally, powering them with renewable energy. Datacenter vendors and service providers are responding to these challenges by becoming more flexible and adopting new technical approaches, but more change and pressure will test the industry in the years ahead.
atNorth, previously Advania Data Centers, has been steadily gaining HPC and AI customers in Iceland and now expands to Sweden, offering high-density computing infrastructure powered by renewable energy at its site at the Stockholm Data Park in Kista.
Vantage Data Centers had already been active in Quebec City and Montreal following its purchase of 4Degrees in early 2019. Adding Hypertec's Montreal campus brings two more facilities to the company's portfolio. These have a combined 25MW currently in service, with hyperscale tenants and room to expand.
Coloware looks to fill its capacity in Toronto's main carrier hotel with pent-up demand from enterprises and cloud players eager to access connectivity-oriented colocation. However, it is new to the market, so it will need to work to make itself known, particularly with a pandemic limiting its ability to offer tours or attend events.
Combining 451 Research's industry-leading analysis with insights from our extensive community of mid-level and senior IT and line-of-business professionals, Voice of the Enterprise: Datacenters tracks the disruption occurring in the datacenter market and exposes the major opportunities for enterprises, IT vendors, suppliers and investors.
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