| IDC Survey shows growth in colocation market |
| Tuesday, 22 September 2009 12:57 | |||
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Interxion has commissioned a survey from IDC that looks at the European demand for data centres in the next few years. The aim was to provide Interxion forecast of end-user spending on carrier-neutral colocation in selected European countries (UK, France, Germany and Netherlands).
IDC estimates the carrier-neutral colocation market in France, Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. combined was worth €725 million in 2008 and will reach €2,007 million in 2013 (23% CAGR) due to continued strong demand. The survey found that nearly all 95 percent of companies operated their own data centre. Around 20 percent of the companies surveyed used an IT outsourcer's data centre, and 11 percent used a colocation service. IDC stated that capacity placed with colocation providers will increase as a proportion of the whole, equivalent to a net increase of 5.2 percent for all colocation (carrier-based and carrier-neutral). This reflects the trend IDC sees in network and data centre operations overall, with the increased willingness to outsource or use managed services, including among companies that are traditionally heavily in-house"Overall, the market place has stayed same, especially as some thought there would be a decrease because of the credit crunch," said Anthony Foy, group MD at Interxion. "We see continuing demand and growth for data centres, but it varies from company to company, depending on what network and infrastructure they need.” "One of the things that came out of survey, is that while capacity has been shrinking, the use of colocation and services is increasing dramatically," he said. "10 percent of companies currently use outsourced data centres. It was less than 1 percent couple of year ago."
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