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Data Centre Magazine runs through the industry’s leading companies, including the likes of long-standing veterans of the field and up-and-coming fresh blood
A backbone of our digital world, the data centre industry enables us to be better connected than ever and poses endless possibilities.
Facilities ensure a flow of information and powering the technologies transforming elements of business and everyday lives and propel our interconnected society.
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, few sectors have experienced such an extraordinary transformation as the data centre industry. This compilation displays some of the most remarkable and influential companies at the heart of this development, the drivers behind change. Our collection of 100 industry players –including the likes of AWS, DataBank and Ark Data Centres – stands as a tribute to the achievements of the top data centre companies that continue to shape not just the data centre sector itself but the wider world. Here, we recognise their achievements – and as I’m sure you’ll agree, the best is yet to come.
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100 Edge Centres
Founded in 2021
CEO: Jonathan Eaves
https://www. edgecentres.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ edgecentres
Supporting regional markets, Edge Data Centres is an international data centre provider. Its first location, EC1 Grafton, was and remains to be the only 100% off-grid facility in the world.
Operating in APAC, North America and beyond, Edge Centres is building a global platform of highly modular, highly sustainable Edge Pods capable of bringing ultra-low-latency connectivity and compute resources where they’re needed most.
CEO and Founder Jonathan Eaves, who has more than three decades of experience as a data centre builder and launched the company in 2021, said: “Edge is bringing applications where they need to be: as close to the end user as possible. Edge Centres is driving the low-latency future of a data driven world.”
Data Centres
Australia
99 nLighten
Founded in 2021
CEO: Harro Beusker
https://www.nlighten.eu/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ nlighten-datacenters/
Developing innovative edge data centres, nLighten is a digital infrastructure platform operating in key economic hubs around Europe. The company provides best-in-class network access to regional, national, and global enterprises; private users; and the mobile workforce.
By strategically distributing its edge data centres, nLighten is working towards having a pan-European presence in all major cities to provide low latency and proximity to end users.
nLighten data centres have been designed to meet the increasing demand for faster and more reliable data processing storage, while continuing to be mindful of their environmental impact.
Data Centres
Europe
98
Global Technical Realty
Founded in 2022
CEO: Franek Sodzawiczny
http://www.globaltechnicalrealty.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/global-technical-realty/
Backed by global investment firm KKR, Global Technical Realty (GTR) is led by an established team of data centre experts. The company focuses on providing buildto-suit data centres for hyperscalers, while seeking suitable M&A opportunities.
With a proven track record in designing and building data centres around the world, GTR blends design and construction specifics, provides flexible solutions to meet operational needs, and provides capacity, planning and contractual needs.
GTR describes itself as ‘being at the cuttingedge of innovative and sustainable thinking’.
Real Estate
United Kingdom
97 COLOTRAQ
Founded in 1999
CEO: Dany Bouchedid http://www.colotraq.
At the forefront of data centre infrastructure solutions including colocation, managed hosting, and cloud computing (IaaS), COLOTRAQ is an unrivaled network of over 500 service providers worldwide. COLOTRAQ prides itself on being a trusted, efficient, customer-centirc solution that strategically combines the key elements of the procurement process to clients of all sizes, globally.
As a full service, vendor-neutral sourcing advisory and consulting firm, COLOTRAQ helps its clients to procure data centre infrastructure through direct partnerships. Since its founding in 1999, COLOTRAQ has helped over 10,000 companies procure their data centre services.
Data Centres
United States
96 Chindata Group
Founded in 2015
CEO: Huapeng Wu
http://www. chindatagroup.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ chindata-group/about/
Offering carrier-neutral hyperscale data centre solutions, Chindata Group primarily focuses its efforts on the Asia-Pacific emerging markets, China, India, and Southeast Asia.
Chindata Group provides technology companies with centralised, standardised, and modular data centre solutions. From building full-stack and whole life-cycle partnerships to planning, constructing and operating, Chindata Group is devoted to satisfying the needs of the most ambitious and forward-looking enterprises in the world.
Chindata Group operates two sub-brands ‘Chindata’ and ‘Bridge Data Centres’ offering hyper-density IT cluster infrastructure and fast deployable data centre clusters respectively.
Chindata Group is committed to 100% renewable energy.
IT Services and IT Consulting
95 Corscale Data Centers
Founded in 2022 CEO: Robert Fields
http://www.corscale. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ corscale-data-centers/
Focused on delivering sustainability at scale, Corscale Data Centers is the exclusive data centre platform of Patrinely Group. Together with its capital partner USAA Real Estate, the company has the capital and global footprint to ‘deliver tomorrow’s data centres, today’.
With its top-tier team of industry professionals, Corscale Data Centers has decades of experience in designing, building, and operating sustainable and high-density data centres for some of the largest and most sophisticated hyperscale operators and enterprises.
Understanding the importance of speed, Corscale Data Centers has a global supply chain with strong utility partnerships, and depth of expertise to help its global clients expand quickly.
94 Keppel DC REIT
Founded in 2011
CEO: Loh Hwee Long
http://www. keppeldcreit.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ keppel-dc-reit/
Achieving a steady growth since its listing in 2014, Keppel DC REIT has taken a focused and disciplined investment strategy approach to seek distribution per unit accretive acquisitions in key data centre hubs globally.
Riding the digital wave, Keppel DC REIT’s portfolio is a collection of strategically located data centres in key hubs across Asia Pacific and Europe where demand for data centres remains robust. This demand is underpinned by advancements in cloud adoption, smart technologies, big-data analytics and 5G.
Drawing on its expertise in investment, asset and capital management, and its ability to leverage the strengths of the Keppel Group, Keppel DC REIT is well positioned to leverage the growth in the data centre industry to create value and sustainable return.
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ClusterPower
Founded in 2019
CEO: Cosmin Georgescu
https://clusterpower.ro/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ clusterpower/
Offering hyperscale state-of-the-art infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, ClusterPower promises services availability and performance, as well as high grade security.
Singapore
The cloud service provider is based in Southeastern Europe, and boasts its resilient nature, efficiency-centric approach, innovative and ambitious mindset, ground-breaking infrastructure, and a shared vision.
ClusterPower was founded on its mission to enable and accelerate growth through intelligent and secure digital solutions, powered by large scale latest technology infrastructure, AI solutions for next generation digital tool adoption, and a sustainable operating environment.
IT
Romania
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Founded in 2010
CEO: Andrei Aksenov
https://www.ixcellerate.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ixcellerate/
Offering personalised colocation solutions that are scalable, with in-demand capacity and 99.999% SLA, IXcellerate serves organisations processing large quantities of data such as multinational corporations, international financial institutions, large trading companies, online service providers and IT companies, and leading telecom operators.
Providing its customers with a carrier and cloud-neutral model, IXcellerate boasts focus, flexibility, and choice to be connected from its solutions, all data centres are designed and operated to Tier III standards.
Valuing openness and transparency, IXcellerate’s vision is to be the go-to data centre operator for any customer who wants to gain access to the largest and largely untapped internet market in Europe.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Russia
91
Aruba Cloud
Founded in 2011
CEO: Stefano Cecconi
http://www.
Operating in the European market, Aruba Cloud is the cloud service brand of Aruba.it. The subsidiary was design to provide a complete range of cloud services to meet the needs of companies whatever their project may be. Offering a blank canvas for its customers, Aruba Cloud can help customers in a multitude of ways including developing a virtual infrastructure, archiving and sharing data, setting up disaster recovery plans, externalising backups or even developing SaaS solutions.
Aruba Cloud provides its services via four privately own data centres – three in Italy, and one in the Czech Republic. The company also has a network of partner data centres in France, the UK, Germany and Poland.
arubacloud.com https://www.linkedin. com/ showcase/ business-line-cloud/about/
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Digital Fortress
Founded in 2012
CEO: Robert Bugtel
https://digital-fortress.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/dfcolo/
Digital Fortress is a fast-growing multi-tenant and wholesale data centre provider offering colocation, network, and cloud access services to large and mid-size enterprises. Since 2003, the company has expanded its national footprint through both organic and inorganic strategies, now operating nine SSAE SOC 1 and II, PCI, and HIPPA compliant facilities in Chicago, Denver, Lynnwood, Piscataway, Portland, and Seattle.
In 2021, the company acquired a wholesale data centre in Richmond, VA offering N+1 concurrently maintainable configurations with up to 25MW of expansion capabilities. Additionally, all of Digital Fortress’s facilities are carrier-neutral with 24/7 on-site support. Digital Fortress is based in Seattle, Washington.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
89 maincubes
Founded in 2012
CEO: Oliver Menzel
Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, maincubes designs, builds and operates a network of very efficient data centres of various sizes and specifications in Europe. maincubes provides various market segments with carrier-neutral, highly secure and sustainable capacity to house their IT infrastructure.
Its German-engineered retail and wholesale facilities in Amsterdam and Frankfurt feature highly flexible and cost-effective data centre services to colocate IT infrastructure. maincubes’ German engineering approach and keen eye for data centre technology details cater to the mission-critical IT-infrastructure availability needs of governments, SMEs and enterprises alike. maincubes’ unique go-to-market approach also attracts colocation customers.
IT Services and IT Consulting Germany
http://www. maincubes. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ maincubes/88 Chayora
Founded in 2011
CEO: James Wei
https://www. chayora.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ chayora/
Chayora is a world-class infrastructure developer based in Hong Kong with a primary focus on building data centre platforms in China. Chayora enables international online companies to effectively access the vast and rapidly developing Chinese market. It provides the fastest, most reliable and most assured route to business engagement in China.
Chayora is also developing a series of hyperscale, fully-licensed data centre campuses in key locations across China: initially in Tianjin to serve the greater Beijing and northern provinces; and in Shanghai to serve the eastern provinces.
Chayora’s vision is to be the trusted digital infrastructure partner, delivering large, scalable high-performance data centre campuses in China supporting efficient, high-value access to the Chinese digital economy.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Hong Kong
87 Proximity Data Centres
Founded in 2020
CEO: John Hall
http://proximitydatacentres.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ proximity-data-centres/
Proximity Data Centres Limited is the UK’s fastest growing regional edge colocation provider. Through a network of 20 internet edge data centres Proximity offers high-quality low latency colocation services throughout the UK.
Its data centres are able to offer between 2MW and 5MW of IT load to address the needs of businesses requiring data distributed throughout the UK, in close proximity to the user. Proximity’s facilities are ideally located.
Additionally, Proximity takes sustainability very seriously and is constantly innovating to reduce its environmental impact. Its grid electricity is sourced from 100% renewable providers and each data centre site develops renewable energy solutions, including battery storage, solar and wind power.
Information Technology and Services
United Kingdom
86 IXAfrica
Founded in 2021
CEO: Guy Willner
http://www.ixafrica.co.ke/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ixafrica-datacenter/
IXAfrica in Nairobi, Kenya, is proud to be the largest and most technologically advanced digital habitat for cloud, colocation, and connectivity in East Africa. The company aims to become an unparalleled carrier neutral data centre operator, comparable to the quality of data centres in America and Western Europe.
IXAfrica’s Nairobi Campus is the new home for cloud, colocation and connectivity in East Africa and was designed to assemble hypercloud and internet customers on East Africa’s largest data hub campus. The company will offer pure-play colocation designed to meet the standards of hypercloud, hyperscale customers of financial institutions, multinational corporations, international carriers, and major content operators.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Africa
85 Nautilus Data Technologies
Founded in 2013
CEO: Robert Pfleging
http://www.nautilusdt. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ nautilusdatatechnologies/
Nautilus Data Technologies is leading the change in sustainable data centre innovation, with watercooled data centre solutions that provide the fastest speed to market while reducing the impact on nature. Nautilus data centres are designed, built, and operated for sustainability and efficiency, offering unrivaled performance outcomes for the customers they serve.
Nautilus has the technology and proven process to launch facilities in less time, consuming less footprint, and with fewer materials across every dimension while increasing your usable capacity and exceeding sustainability goals. The company is headquartered in San Ramon, CA, and operates globally with a growing network of international suppliers and developers.
Data Centre Infrastructure
United States
84
Verne Global
Founded in 2007
CEO: Dominic Ward
http://www. verneglobal.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ verne-global/
Sustainability and efficiency have been at the heart of Verne Global since the company first opened its doors in 2012. Today, Verne Global delivers sustainable data centre solutions, helping organisations costeffectively scale their digital infrastructure while reducing their environmental impact.
Verne Global’s flagship campus in Iceland is the perfect example of how data centre providers can harness the supernatural powers of hydroelectric and geothermal energy. Now, with more climateneutral campuses in Finland and London, the company is bringing category-defining capability that takes zero toll on the planet.
Verne Global’s data centre campuses can provide everything from high intensity and high connectivity compute, to cloud and hybrid colocation services.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United Kingdom
83
Element Critical
Founded in 2013
CEO: Ken Parent
https://elementcritical.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/elementcritical/
Element Critical owns and operates data centres in Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, Chicago, Houston, and Austin. The company’s Tier III, hybrid IT-ready facilities are network-rich and concurrently maintainable, with Element Critical’s retail, wholesale, and hyperscale colocation services built with large and mid-market enterprises in mind, offering vital interconnection and proximity advantages to tenants and their customers.
Its local teams offer robust colocation with highly customisable deployment space in a variety of deployment sizes and densities. The company offers a data centre experience that brings solutions engineering and customer service out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
Information Technology & Services
United States
82
Serverfarm
Founded in 2009
CEO: Avner Papouchado
http://www. serverfarmllc.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ serverfarm/
Serverfarm provides modern colocation options and Data Centre Management as a Service (DMaaS) using its cloud based InCommand Services. With its expert team, proven platform, and purpose-built facilities worldwide, Serverfarm maximises data centre and IT infrastructure efficiencies for businesses of all sizes globally. Serverfarm leads the industry with a modernisation approach that reduces global carbon emissions and an IT management platform that gives customers full visibility into how their data centre infrastructure is performing.
Serverfarm’s core values of sustainability, innovation, and customer service drive the company to be the trusted partner to help businesses improve IT infrastructure, reduce costs, and increase agility in the digital age.
Data Centre & IT Management
United States
81
EdgeCore
Founded in 2018
CEO: Lee Kestler
https://www.
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure serves the world’s largest cloud, internet, and technology companies with ready-for-occupancy and build-to-suit data centre capacity supported by best-inclass service-delivery capabilities. Privately held and supported by committed equity to fund an initial aggregate amount of over USD 4 billion in development, EdgeCore supports customer requirements by proactively investing in land, power, and vertical development in key data centre locations and designing buildings that highlight density engineering and meet key performance specifications, safety metrics, and sustainability objectives. EdgeCore has four markets with power and shovel-ready campuses, operational data centre buildings, and the ability to expand investment into new markets.
Data Centres
United States
edgecore.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ edgecore-digital-infrastructure/80 Kingsoft Cloud
Founded in 2012
CEO: Tao Zou
https://www. ksyun.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ kingsoft-cloud/
Kingsoft Cloud, a unit of Kingsoft Group, is one of the world’s leading cloud computing service providers and among China’s Top three cloud computing companies. Founded in 2012, the company has data centres and branch offices around the globe, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and North America.
Kingsoft Cloud has a complete product portfolio covering cloud servers, cloud physical hosts, relational databases, cache, object storage, VPN, CDN, cloud security and cloud DNS, as well as cloud-based solutions for vertical industries.
With a strong commitment to artificial intelligence research and applications, Kingsoft Cloud has launched Kingsoft AI Propeller that supports IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and industry solutions.
79 DartPoints
Founded in 2012
CEO: Scott Willis
http://www.
Since 2012, DartPoints has envisioned a world where everyone has an equal opportunity to connect, communicate, and experience the brilliance that surrounds us. Empowered by possibility, the company led the edge data centre revolution, recognising and meeting the need for cost-efficient and performance-driven interconnection.
The explosive demand for data has created nationwide data delivery challenges, exposing the massive need for reliable connectivity. DartPoints’ carrier-neutral data centres solve these challenges in real time by enabling data storage, processing and execution at the edge. DartPoints also provides the physical infrastructure where internet service providers, hosting companies, and hyperscale cloud providers connect locally.
Telecommunications
United States
dartpoints.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ dartpoints/
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Evocative Data Centers
Founded in 1999
CEO: Derek Garnier
https://www.evocative. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ evocativeglobal/
Evocative is a global leader in enterprise-class data centre, bare metal, network, cloud, and managed services solutions that enable exceptional digital experiences. Evocative’s global footprint includes 20 data centres and 60+ POPs supporting over 68,000 servers across strategically located metros in North America, Europe and Asia.
Through a series of acquisitions, Evocative continues to expand its presence to power enterprise workloads at the edge. The company is dedicated to helping drive digital businesses forward, now and in the decades to come. With over 25 years in business, Evocative has served over 7,340, spanning small, mid-sized and large businesses.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
77
Digital Edge DC
Founded in 2020
CEO: Samuel Lee
http://www.
Digital Edge supports its customers to achieve their business objectives by cutting through the complexities of the dynamic region. Digital Edge aims to achieve that through building and operating state-of-art, energy efficient data centres in key emerging and significant markets in Asia Pacific.
Additionally, Digital Edge published the second iteration of its ESG report, reporting for the first time on key metrics to achieve its goal to be a carbon neutral data centre organisation by 2030. The report also reveals that the company has successfully achieved its target Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) of 1.193 or better at its newly opened NARRA1 facility in Manila. Digital Edge also aims to be carbon neutral by 2030, sourcing 50% of its power from renewable sources by 2025.
Telecommunications
Singapore
digitaledgedc.com https://www.linkedin. com/company/digitaledge-dc/76 Hetzner
Founded in 1997
CEO: Martin Hetzner
https://www. hetzner.com/links https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ hetzner-online-ag/
Hetzner is a professional web hosting provider and an experienced data centre operator. Since 1997, the company has provided private and business clients with high-performance hosting products as well as the necessary infrastructure for the efficient operation of websites.
A combination of stable technology, attractive pricing and flexible support and services has enabled Hetzner to continuously strengthen its market position both nationally and internationally. Hetzner always strives to improve its products’ price-to-performance ratios. By partnering with well-known hardware and software manufacturers, Hetzner ensures that its products have the highest level of quality. Additionally, customers can reach qualified data centre technicians 24/7.
Technology, Information and Internet
Germany
75
DCI Data Centers
Founded in 2015
CEO: Nicholas Toh
https://dcidatacenters.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ dcidatacenters/
DCI Data Centers (DCI) is a data centre owner and operator that is challenging the way facilities are built and operated. It brings together innovative, environmentally-efficient technologies and construction methods to enable the rapid deployment of secure cloud and hyperscale compute environments.
With a growing fleet of data centres across Australia, New Zealand and Asia, DCI’s mission is to become the preferred partner in the Asia Pacific region for the delivery of purpose-built, highly secure and resilient data centre solutions.
Since 2015, DCI has served public cloud and managed service providers, governments and enterprises, while delivering missioncritical digital infrastructure with predictability, flexibility and security. IT
74 atNorth
Founded in 2009
CEO: Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson
https://www. atnorth.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ atnorth/
atNorth is a pan-Nordic colocation, HPC and AI service provider, headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland. With sustainability at its core, atNorth uses renewable energy to power its data centres and supports circular economy principles to help its customers balance data-hungry applications with sustainability initiatives.
With three data centre campuses in Iceland and one in Sweden, atNorth offers innovative services and solutions to the high-density compute market. Its flagship Infrastructureas-a-Service product, HPCFLOW, is an AI and HPC-as-a-Service solution that allows HPC operators to consume HPC infrastructure in the most efficient manner possible. All atNorth solutions are powered with renewable energy and feature high-power efficiency.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Iceland
73 eStruxture
Founded in 2017
CEO: Todd Coleman
https://www. estruxture.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ estruxture/
eStruxture is the largest Canadian data centre, colocation and connectivity services provider with 15 facilities in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary. Its solutions are designed to give more: More locations, more capacity and more connections that enable clients to run modern.
Headquartered in Montreal, eStruxture provides access to an ecosystem of nearly 1,500 customers that trust and depend on its infrastructure and customer support, including carriers, cloud providers, media content, financial services, and enterprise customers. eStruxture offers colocation, cloud connectivity, bandwidth, and security and support services to customers across Canada in its carrier and cloud-neutral facilities.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Canada
72 Involta
Founded in 2007
CEO: James (Jim) Buie
https://www.involta.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/involta/
Involta is an award-winning national IT service provider and consulting firm, which helps organisations plan, manage and execute hybrid IT strategies using a broad range of services, including colocation, cloud computing, managed IT, cybersecurity, fiber and network connectivity.
Involta has industry-specific services for healthcare, manufacturing, finance and tech that enable compliance and IT transformation initiatives. Involta maintains partnerships with top tier technology vendors and major public cloud providers such as Cisco and Veeam and employs a large number of highly certified technical engineers dedicated to building reliable solutions.
Involta utilises its unique resources and partnerships to deliver advanced hybrid IT solutions.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
71 DC BLOX
Founded in 2014 CEO: Jeff Uphues
https://dcblox.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ dcblox-inc-/
DC BLOX is at the forefront of addressing data centre challenges, such as the exponential growth of data, applications, devices and content. By constructing Tier III data centres in underserved markets across the Southeastern United States, the company connects data centres with a highspeed optical network and provides cloud services, empowering local businesses to serve their customers effectively, scale their infrastructure efficiently and ensure uninterrupted business continuity. Currently, DC BLOX operates data centres in Atlanta, Georgia, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Huntsville, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama and Greenville, South Carolina, with plans for a data centre in High Point, North Carolina.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
70 Sabey Data Centers
Founded in 1971
CEO: John Sabey
https://sabeydatacenters.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ sabeydatacenters/
Sabey Data Centers is a renowned leader in providing build-to-suit data centre solutions. Its mission is to offer secure, reliable and scalable infrastructure that enables effortless management of IT systems while optimising customer efforts and reducing costs. Its stateof-the-art facilities deliver the scalability and connectivity necessary for running a business. From engineers to systems administrators and solutions architects, each member of Sabey Data Centers is committed to solving customer IT challenges.
The company has 20 years of industry experience and 3mn square feet of mission-critical space and is the largest privately-owned multi-tenant data centre owner/operator in the USA.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
69 Macquarie Data Centres
Founded in 1992
CEO: David Tudehope
http://www. macquariedatacentres. com https://www.linkedin. com/ showcase/ macquarie-data-centres/
Macquarie Technology Group offers mid-large businesses in Australia support for the cloud, cyber security, telecoms and data centres. Macquarie’s solutions are built to protect missioncritical IT infrastructure and are trusted by over 42% of the Australian Federal Government.
Macquarie’s strategically certified data centres offer security, sovereignty and compliance to safeguard their delicate data. The in-house team of industry-leading experts who oversee the design, construction and operations across the business facilities ensure unwavering excellence in all aspects. The company is uniquely placed with more than 30 years of experience as a leader in the Australian technology sector.
IT Services and IT Consulting Australia
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AIMS Data Centre
Founded in 1990
CEO: Chiew Kok Hin
http://www.aims. com.my https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ aimsdatacentre/
AIMS Data Centre is the leading carrier-neutral data centre operator in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Strategically situated in Kuala Lumpur’s central business district and supported by satellite centres in Cyberjaya and Thailand’s business district, AIMS offers internationally certified data storage facilities and comprehensive ancillary services. With an exceptional platform for interconnectivity, AIMS has rapidly established itself as the region’s most densely populated communications facility. Serving as the anchor site for the Malaysian Internet Exchange (MyIX), the company hosts both domestic and over 80% of foreign telecommunication carriers in Malaysia. This ecosystem enriches the experiences of loyal customers, fostering seamless connectivity and unparalleled opportunities.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Malaysia
67
Bulk Infrastructure
Founded in 2006
CEO: Gisle M. Eckhoff
Bulk Infrastructure is a leading provider of sustainable digital infrastructure in the Nordics. Its ambition is to be the go-to player for anyone that wants to leverage the Nordics for data processing requirements of the future –whether in Denmark, Sweden or Norway.
Bulk Infrastructure’s track record of quickly delivering high quality and cost-effective customer solutions sets it as a key player racing to bring sustainable infrastructure to a global audience.
Bulk Infrastructure was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Oslo with operational teams and sites in other places in the Nordics, and owns strategic land parcels in several Nordic countries, developing more than 400,000sqm of industrial buildings including data centres.
Data Centres
Norway
http://www. bulkinfrastructure.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ bulk-infrastructure-as/66
CloudHQ
Founded in 2011
CEO: Hossein Fateh
http://www. cloudhq.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ cloudhq-llc
CloudHQ designs, builds and operates mission critical data centres, providing 100% availability with high-density power, flexible configurations and carrier-neutral connectivity. Founded by Hossein Fateh, CloudHQ aims to provide flexible solutions for businesses of all sizes, and partners with the world’s largest technology companies to provide reliable and secure power and operating infrastructure. The brand has grown significantly since its foundation and has expanded globally, with hyperscale data centre campuses in Ashburn and Manassas, Virginia, Chicago, Illinois, London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, and Sao Paulo. CloudHQ pride themselves on delivering scale solutions in high barrier to entry markets to meet its customers’ needs.
Cloud
United States
65
Kao Data
Founded in 2014
CEO: Lee Myall
http://kaodata.com/
Kao Data’s leadership team has over a century of combined experience in data excellence. The company has the financial backing from Legal & General Capital, Infratil Limited and Goldacre – Noé Group. Customers are treated to industryleading SLAs and a 24/7 dedicated customer portal.
Founded in 2014, the company is powered by 100% renewable energy, with hyperscale levels of efficiency from rack level to full occupancy. Kao Data is also Europe’s first data centre operator to use HVO fuel for back-up generators. Kao Data has three data centres in London, offering customers resilient and diverse hosting options.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United Kingdom
https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ kao-data/
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AtlasEdge Data Centres
Founded in 2021
CEO: Giuliano Di Vitantonio
http://www. atlasedge.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ atlasedge/
AtlasEdge is a leading European Edge data centre platform with over 100 locations across 13 countries, despite only being founded in 2021. Its distributed data centre portfolio allows customers to plan and shape their technology and network infrastructure, to meet the growing requirements for lower latency, higher performance and localised solutions.
Its mission is to create the leading edge platform in Europe, providing seamless, fast connectivity, low transit costs, localised and ultra-low latency digital infrastructure for its users. AtlasEdge has strategic partnerships with Digital Realty and Zayo, in addition to 12 acquired colocation sites from Colt DCS, AtlasEdge is unrivalled in the marketplace.
Data Centres
Netherlands
63 Landmark Dividend
Founded in 2010
CEO: Arthur Brazy
http://www. landmarkdividend. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ landmark-dividend/
Founded in 2002, Landmark Dividend specialises in the acquisition, development and management of real estate and infrastructure assets. The company is headquartered in El Segundo, California, USA, and has a focus on wireless communications, digital infrastructure, outdoor advertising and renewable power generation. Landmark acquires and oversees properties that form the backbone of phone masts, advertising boards, solar projects, wind turbines and critical infrastructure – like data centres. The team has been at the forefront of ground lease acquisition, offering comprehensive expertise to facilitate successful transactions. The company has a track record of over 5,000 completed deals surpassing US$1.8bn.
Financial Services
United States
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Echelon Data Centres
Founded in 2017
CEO: Niall Molloy
Echelon Data Centres is a data centre owner, developer and operator, which is building a network of large-scale data centre campuses across Europe. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and aims to meet the rising global demand for data processing and storage solutions.
The goal at Echelon Data Centres is to build sustainable data centre infrastructure which is ethical and efficient, responsible to employees, the wider community and to the planet. To do this, the company is reducing the strain of overburdened grid infrastructure and investing in renewable energy or alternative energy sources for the long term.
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365 Data Centers
Founded in 2002
CEO: Bob DeSantis
365 Data Centers is a leading provider of hybrid data centre solutions in twenty-edge markets. The company operates data centres, which operate as regional network hubs for carriers, in Boca Raton, Florida; Bridgewater, New Jersey; Carlstadt, New Jersey; Buffalo, New York; Commack, New York; and many more.
365 supplements its data centre facilities with a low latency, nationwide fibre network, including direct connectivity to the NAP of the Americas. Its robust, carrier-neutral ecosystem and secure, reliable edge colocation, network, IP, DRaaS, backup, cloud compute and storage, and business continuity services help organisations reduce costs, drive innovation and improve their customer experience.
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Prime Data Centers
Founded in 2017
CEO: Nicholas Laag
http://www. primedatacenters.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ prime-data-centers/
Prime is a global provider of hyperscale and wholesale data centres. Data-driven organisations such as cloud providers, internet businesses, and the Global Fortune 500 choose Prime for build-tosuit, powered-shell, and Prime-design data centres that help them advance, defend, and achieve their technology and sustainability objectives.
Prime differentiates with risk mitigation, nimble operations for predictable results, and data centres delivered on customer terms such as unique ownership options. Prime’s mission is to be the go-to infrastructure solutions partner for its customer base. With a roadmap of more than two gigawatts of critical power capacity spread across established and emerging markets, Prime will be where they need to grow next over the long term.
Telecommunications
United States
59 Netrality Data Centers
Founded in 2015
CEO: Gerald M. Marshall
http://www.netrality.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/netrality/
Netrality owns and operates strategic interconnected data centres and Meet Me Rooms, providing a mix of colocation, and powered shell and wholesale data centre solutions driven by fibredense, network-rich interconnection environments.
Today, Netrality’s 18 properties span 3.3mn square feet and over 100 megawatts of capacity in North America. Well-capitalised with a long-term investment from Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), Netrality is the largest privately held owner-operator of core interconnection facilities in the US. Netrality acquires strategically located, core network interconnection data centres that power latency-sensitive businesses, increase network resiliency and ensure always-on access to mission-critical applications.
Colocation
United States
58 Corporate Office Properties Trust
Founded in 1988
CEO: Stephen E. Budorick
http://www.copt. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ corporate-office-properties-trust/
Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) is an office REIT based in the Greater Washington, DC and Baltimore region of the US. COPT focuses on owning properties and entitled land near key defence installations and other knowledge-based government demand drivers, and in targeted markets or select urban or urban-like submarkets with durable Class A Office fundamentals and characteristics.
The company acquires, develops, manages and leases office and data centre properties. The business understands that real estate decisions can have a significant impact on a client’s business, and its leasing team is dedicated to creating space solutions that support clients to reach their full success.
Real Estate
United States
57 CDC Data Centres
Founded in 2007
CEO: Greg Boorer
http://www. cdcdc.com.au https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ cdc-data-centres/
Established in 2007 as a clean and green data centre provider, CDC Data Centres is Australia’s leading operator of sovereign, secure, worldclass data centre facilities. CDC Data Centres is headquartered in the Australian Capital Territory, which is currently home to six of its data centres across two diverse campuses. CDC’s Sydney campus at Eastern Creek is currently home to three data centres, with another under construction.
To support the demand of its customers, CDC Data Centres is currently expanding into New Zealand and Melbourne. Across all its data centres, CDC Data Centres provides secure data centre configurations that support colocation and containerised with all campuses interconnected with high-speed carrier-grade networks.
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Expedient Data Centers
Founded in 2001
CEO: Bryan Smith
https://www. expedient.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ expedient/
Expedient is a cloud and data centre infrastructureas-a-service (IaaS) provider with local operations in multiple areas across the US. Ranked as one of the top three managed services providers globally on Channel Futures’ MSP 501 list, Expedient’s converged solutions enable clients to focus on strategic business innovation. The Expedient team handles IT operations needed to support such innovation, but also upholds data-centre compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) as well as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Empowering customers with a multicloud approach, Expedient solutions are optimised for their entire IT estates with full-stack universal management services to accelerate digital transformation. IT
55 Telehouse
Founded in 1990
CEO: Takayo Takamuro
http://www.telehouse.net https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ telehouse-europe/
Telehouse is a provider of industry-leading data centre colocation services, with global connectivity and reach. Its data centres are strategically placed around the world to offer customers maximum data centre connectivity potential. Telehouse clients have access to one of the world’s densest networks of carriers, ISPs, internet exchanges, cloud service and data centre providers.
Its offerings enable affordable colocation which is achieved by a carrier-neutral solution which also leverages low-latency connectivity to a range of partner services, including leading internet exchanges and cloud. Telehouse is home to the London Internet Exchange as well as a diverse ecosystem of connectivity partners that share its vision for secure, resilient data centre operations.
Data Centre
United Kingdom
54 Green Mountain
Founded in 2010
CEO: Svein Atle
http://www. greenmountain.no https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ green-mountain-datacentre/about/
HagasethGreen Mountain designs, builds and operates highly secure, innovative and sustainable data centres in Norway and the UK and operates four data centre campuses in Norway – SVG1-Rennesøy near Stavanger, RJU1-Rjukan in Telemark, OSL1Enebakk near Oslo and in Hamar. The company specialises in delivering high-end data centre services to demanding enterprise and wholesale customers around the world. The data centres are powered by low-cost, 100% renewable power and are world-leading on energy efficiency.
Green Mountain is currently building Norway’s largest data centre campus at Hamar for social media giant TikTok. They have also partnered with German power company KMW to establish a new data centre in the Frankfurt region.
Colocation
Norway
53 H5 Data Centers
Founded in 2013
CEO: Josh Simms
http://www.
H5 Data Centers is one of the leading private data centre owners and operators in the US with over three million square feet of space nationwide. The organisation provides innovative, scalable data centre and facility solutions designed and engineered to address our customer’s business and operational requirements.
With access to sites across the states, H5 is a crucial partner for businesses look to strategically manage their mission-critical workloads, and the company prides itself on dealing services that are robust yet flexible to client requirements, and scalable in line with business growth – also offering lowcost power, connectivity, and an expert workforce.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
52 Nabiax
Founded in 2019
CEO: Emilio Díaz
https://nabiax.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ nabiax/
The company’s name is derived from the Spanish word “Nabia” – referring to the goddess of water and abundance – which justifies its ability to adapt to data centre demands and put all of its efforts into becoming as dynamic as possible.
Nabiax provides top-tier data centre services to enterprise customers, hosting and service providers, as well as cloud hyperscalers in Spain and across Latin America. In July 2019, Nabiax acquired 11 data centres from Telefónica, and has since expanded its offerings beyond these newly obtained sites. Working alongside Telefónica as partners, the company is advancing its services and developing reliable colocation services in both multi-carrier and carrier-neutral environments.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Spain
51 IRIDEOS
Founded in 2017
CEO: Danilo Vivarelli
https://irideos.it/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/irideos-s-p-a/
IRIDEOS supports the digital transformation of companies by enabling solutions concerning optical fibre, cloud, data centre, management of IT services and security. IRIDEOS, as well as Retelit, form the largest ICT player in Italy focused on the B2B market.
Its technological platform integrates a 27,000 km fibre optic network, data centres in Milan, Rome, Trento and Verona, including the Avalon Campus which is the largest Italian interconnection hub where national and international operators, OTTs and cloud providers are concentrated.
The company accompanies its clients with their own digital transformation, from design to implementation, up to the management of their IT systems.
50 Evoque Data Center Solutions
Founded in 2019
CEO: Spencer Mullee
https://www. evoquedcs.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ evoquedatacentersolutions/
Evoque Data Center Solutions delivers powerful solutions for enterprises by offering colocation, connectivity, cloud engineering and buildto-suit data centres for large enterprises and hyperscalers. It is a portfolio company of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, a leading global infrastructure asset manager that owns and operates high-quality, long-life assets in the utilities, transport, midstream and data sectors across North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe.
The company has more than one million square feet of 2N and N+1 mission-critical data centre space, as well as a 100% uptime track record. As a carrier-neutral infrastructure provider, Evoque offers more than 300 individual carrier connections to its data centres.
Information Technology & Services
United States
49 Tencent Cloud
Founded in 2010
CEO: Dowson Tong
https://tencentcloud.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ tencent-cloud/
With more than a billion users, Tencent is a global technology leader and the largest technology company in Asia. Its cloud provider, Tencent Cloud, is a world-leading provider and focuses on helping global enterprises succeed in China.
Its global engagement teams are based worldwide, with decades of experience deeply rooted in delivering optimal digital engagement to its user base. Tencent has also recently launched Large Language Models-as-a-service (MaaS) to better train and assist clients and better address unique challenges faced by enterprises. It is part of a rich digital ecosystem that includes some of China’s top social, messaging, mobile payment, gaming, digital literature, music streaming, and video platforms. Cloud China
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Compass Datacenters
Founded in 2011
CEO: Chris Crosby
http://www. compassdatacenters. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ compass-datacenters/
Compass provides the world’s technology leaders a secure place to plug in, with custom, move-in ready data centres from edge deployments to core facilities serving hyperscale, cloud and enterprise customers.
Since the company was founded in 2011, it has embraced sustainability with efficient use of land, green energy, water free cooling, low waste designs and sustainable building materials. The ethos of its campuses is to empower customers with easily-scalable capacity, high levels of control and ultimate flexibility.
Compass has built and delivered more than US$5bn data centres worldwide, with its design developed to be geographically independent to support the requirements of all its users.
Information Technology & Services
United States
47 Pulsant
Founded in 1995
CEO: Rob Coupland
http://www.
Pulsant is the UK’s premier digital edge infrastructure company providing nextgeneration cloud, colocation and connectivity services. With a network of 12 edge data centres, Pulsant brings the advances of edge computing within reach of 95% of the UK population.
With a mission to help businesses prosper, the company aims to deliver transformational highspeed, high-bandwidth and low latency advances of edge computing. Regional enterprises and service providers across the UK use Pulsant’s platform to build, connect and deploy the applications they need to innovate and grow.
Pulsant has plenty of experience working with organisations to achieve their digital ambitions through edge infrastructure and hybrid cloud environments.
pulsant.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ pulsant-limited/46
Ark Data Centres
Founded in 2005
CEO: Huw Owen
https://arkdatacentres.co.uk https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ ark-continuity/
Ark Data Centres helps to empower businesses designing and operating data centres which lead the market in social responsibility. Its facilities have leveraged 100% renewable energy for the past six years, as well as providing optimum security, high availability and world-class sustainable scalability.
The company provides low-cost, private campus fibre connectivity to some of the world’s leading cloud providers, with its fibre-on-ramps providing direct access to public clouds. Some of its sustainable practices include a reduction in water consumption, harvesting rainwater for its data centre cooling systems, and building with steel as opposed to concrete with the aim of recycling up to 90% of its building fabric in the future.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United Kingdom
45 STACK Infrastructure
Founded in 2013
CEO: Brian Cox
http://www.stackinfra.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/stackinfrastructure/
STACK Infrastructure provides digital infrastructure to scale innovative companies worldwide. With a client-first approach, it delivers a comprehensive suite of wholesale build-tosuit, colocation, and powered shell solutions across the United States and Canada.
Its flexible expansion capacity provides the scale and geographic reach that hyperscalers need to support the latest technologies from public cloud to 5G to edge computing and more.
In June 2023, the company won the Virginia Department of Education and Virginia’s Community College System State Postsecondary Business and Industry Partnership Award. This recognises the company’s commitment to education within the Northern Virginia community as it helps foster the next generation of data centre talent.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
44 Stream Data Centers
Founded in 1999
CEO: Michael Lahoud
http://www. streamdatacenters.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ stream-data-centers/
Stream Data Centers has provided premium data centre services since 1999, with 90% of its inventory leased to Fortune 100 customers. Since its inception, the company has acquired, developed and managed data centres, with operations ranging from site selection to construction.
The company also develops colocation capacity and build-to-suit solutions for hyperscale and enterprise users, as well as sourcing and developing low-risk sites for data centre use.
All facilities feature carrier-neutral, low latency connectivity to network and public cloud providers. It holds US$5.8bn in annual transactions and 290+ million square feet of space in active markets.
Information Technology & Services
United States
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Aligned Data Centers
Founded in 2013
CEO: Andrew Schaap
https://www.
Aligned Data Centers is a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable, and adaptive scale data centres and build-to-scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers across the Americas. The company’s intelligent infrastructure allows densification and vertical growth within the same footprint, enabling customers to scale up without disruption, all while maintaining industryleading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). By reducing the energy, water and space needed to operate, Aligned Data Centers solutions, combined with patented cooling technology, offer businesses a competitive advantage by improving sustainability, reliability, and their bottom line.
Data Centres
United States
aligneddc.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ aligned-energy/
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T5 Data Centers
Founded in 2008
CEO: Pete Marin
http://www. T5datacenters.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ t5-data-centers/
T5 Data Centers (T5), the industry’s only full lifecycle data centre partner, provides customised build-to-suit, wholesale turnkey or powered shell data centres, expert critical facility construction, and ongoing Uptime award-winning facility management and IT operations services to enterprise and hyperscale cloud customers across the globe. As leaders in building and operating the digital infrastructure that powers today’s economy, T5’s ‘Forever On’ promise includes an unmatched record of over 2.8m hours continuously safely worked, and T5 Data Centers real time carbon tracking platform pledges T5’s commitment to the industry’s sustainability strategy and goals.
Full Lifecycle Data Centre Services
United States
41 Yondr Group
Founded in 2014
CEO: Dave Newitt
http://www.
Developer, owner-operator and service provider of data centres across the globe, Yondr facilitates the complex capacity needs of the world’s largest tech companies. Priding itself on consistency, flexibility and speed, the company aims to bring stability, clarity and confidence to tech firms housed in its data centres. With different solutions for bespoke scalability requirements, Yondr is able to serve a plethora of different needs and business capabilities. With a mission for global capacity and responsible delivery, the data centre provider continues to grow its operations, hyperscaling its services with bespoke solutions to serve the needs of its partner organisations.
Information Services
United States
yondrgroup.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ yondrgroup/
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Allied Properties REIT
Founded in 2002
CEO: Cecilia Williams
http://www.alliedreit.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/alliedproperties/
Allied Properties REIT is one of Canada’s leading owners and operators of urban workspaces in major cities. Presiding over across a network of urban data centres in Toronto, Allied’s properties are a key part of Canada’s hub for global connectivity. With a portfolio of 148 urban properties equal to 15m square feet, Allied is committed to operating urban workspaces that are sustainable, housing urban environments to boost the creativity and productivity of the businesses under its roof(s). Championing human wellness, Allied’s office spaces are predominantly Class I properties, stretching beyond Toronto to Montreal, Ottawa, Kitchener, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
Real Estate
Canada
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VIRTUS Data Centres
Founded in 2008
CEO: Neil Cresswell
http://www. virtusdatacentres.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ virtus-data-centres/
VIRTUS is a trusted global leader in the data centre industry and the UK’s leading data centre company, committed to delivering reliable, resilient and responsible digital infrastructure for our customers. VIRTUS is part of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), which operates across Singapore, the UK, India, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines, providing businesses an exceptional foundation that is built for their growth anywhere.
VIRTUS has a proven track record of more than a decade of designing and operating the UK’s most efficient facilities. The company is headed up by Neil Cresswell – who joined as CEO in 2013 –who has more than 35 years of experience in the data centre, technology and banking industries.
Data Centres United
38 DATA4
Founded in 2006
CEO: Olivier Micheli
https://www. data4group. com/en/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ data4-group/
Data4 designs, constructs, and operates data centres, as well as providing colocation services and infrastructure solutions.
Data4 says its centres are “designed to meet the highest industry standards for performance, availability, and energy efficiency”.
Based in Paris, France, Data4 differentiates itself through its commitment to sustainability, “ensuring our data centres are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly”, it says.
The company also focuses on delivering tailored solutions for customers, who come from a wide range of sectors and industries.
IT Services and IT Consulting
France
37 DataBank
Founded in 2005
CEO: Raul Martynek
https://www. databank.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ databank/
With its HQ in Texas, US, DataBank offers customers secure and reliable infrastructure solutions to businesses of all sizes. Its services include data centre colocation, cloud hosting, managed services and network connectivity.
The company’s facilities are designed to ensure high levels of security, redundancy, and availability for customers’ critical IT infrastructure.
Its clients come from industries including finance, healthcare, technology and government agencies. Its USPs are delivering scalable and flexible solutions; industry leading up-time; comprehensive compliance and security measures; and a customer-centric approach.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
36 Global Switch
Founded in 1998
CEO: John Corcoran
http://www. globalswitch.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ global-switch/
London-based Global Switch is a provider of carrier-neutral data centre solutions. It’s a strategic partner for businesses seeking secure and scalable data centre solutions. Customers include multinational corporations, financial institutions, government agencies, telecoms companies and technology providers.
The company says a point of differentiation is it offers state-of-the-art facilities, reliable powerand-cooling infrastructures, robust network connectivity and a commitment to sustainability.
Real Estate
United Kingdom
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Africa Data Centres
Founded in 2018
CEO: Tesh Durvasula
http://africadatacentres.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ africadatacentres/
Africa Data Centres (ADC) – whose HQ is in Johannesburg, South Africa – is a leading provider of data centre solutions across Africa. It runs carrier-neutral facilities that offer colocation, cloud services, interconnection, disaster recovery and managed-hosting solutions.
ADC’s goal is to deliver high-quality, scalable, and resilient data infrastructures, to support the digital transformation and growth of businesses throughout Africa.
Computer & Network Security
South Africa
34 TierPoint
Founded in 2010
CEO: Jerry Kenthttp://www.tierpoint.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/tierpoint/
US-based TierPoint provides data centre solutions and managed services. The company’s USPs are its centres’ robust infrastructure and its comprehensive suite of managed services.
TierPoint says that its data centres also offer high levels of security, redundancy, and connectivity – ensuring the uninterrupted operation of customers’ critical IT systems. Its customers include leading enterprises, healthcare organisations, financial institutions and government agencies. Customer collaboration is another feature of TierPoint’s service offerings.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
33 GlobalConnect
Founded in 2018
CEO: Martin Lipperthttps://www. globalconnectgroup. com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ globalconnect-a-s/
GlobalConnect is one of the leading digital infrastructure and data communication providers in Northern Europe. The group delivers FTTH offerings to private households and end-to-end connectivity solutions to enterprises across its infrastructure, consisting of 155,000km of fibre network and 35,000sqm of data centre space in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Finland. As the leading data centre partner in the Nordics, GlobalConnect employs a workforce of around 1,800 people and has 30,000 B2B customers, connecting more than 700,000 private households with a high-capacity fibre-based broadband. With data being business critical and deserving the greatest possible attention, GlobalConnect’s focus is taking responsibility for business’ data and IT while clients dedicate their time, energy and resources to their core business.
AirTrunk
Founded in 2016
CEO: Robin Khuda
http://www.airtrunk. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/airtrunk/
Australia-based data centre provider AirTrunk furnishes customers with leading-edge facilities with high-power capacity, innovative cooling systems and hyperscale designs that meet modern needs for data storage and processing. Its customers are typically cloud providers, content delivery networks and large enterprises. AirTrunk offers customised co-location and wholesale options to meet the burgeoning demands of their customers, enabling them to store and process vast amounts of data efficiently.
Telecommunications
Australia
31 Switch, Inc
Founded in 2000
CEO: Rob Roy
https://www.
Switch, Inc, a leader in exascale data centre ecosystems, edge data centre designs, industryleading telecommunications solutions and next-generation technology innovation. The company was founded by Rob Roy, who has developed more than 700 issued and pending patent claims in the data centre industry, that combined create the world-renowned data centre and technology solutions Switch, Inc provides. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Switch, Inc was founded on the intelligent and sustainable growth of the internet, and the belief that the future progress of humanity depends on this. Switch, Inc’s ecosystem of data centres empowers its clients with unlimited options for innovation, economies of scale, risk mitigation, sustainability and investment protection.
Information Technology & Services
United States
switch.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ switch-data-centers/
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EdgeConneX
Founded in 2009
CEO: Randy Brouckman
http://www. edgeconnex. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ edgeconnex/
Focused on driving innovation and helping customers define and deliver their own unique vision for the Edge, EdgeConneX was founded in 2009 to deliver innovative and proximate data centre solutions.
EdgeConneX works closely with its customers to provide the scalable capacity, power, and connectivity needed to meet growing demands of both businesses and their end users. Customers can rest easy knowing that their content, connectivity, cloud services or any data requirement is securely delivered with enhanced performance and lower latency to any device, anywhere.
Since 2013, EdgeConneX has built over 50 data centres in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and South America.
Telecommunications
United States
29 Flexential
Founded in 2000
CEO: Chris Downie
http://www.flexential.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/flexential/
Operating in 19 highly connected markets, Flexential empowers the IT journeys of America’s most complex businesses. It does this by offering tailored hybrid IT solutions delivered via the FlexAnywhere platform of integrated colocation, cloud, connectivity, data protection, managed and professional services.
FlexAnywhere allows customers to solve the most complex hybrid IT infrastructure requirements such as reliability and performance, agility and scalability, and interconnection, to seamlessly connect applications and users.
Flexential believes that to thrive and win in a competitive marketplace, you need a partner who can empower technology leaders with strategic paths to solve not only today’s problem but to adapt to future unknown challenges.
IT Services and IT Consulting
United States
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CyrusOne
Founded in 2000
CEO: Eric Schwartz
http://www. cyrusone.com/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ cyrusone/
Being a leading global data centre developer and operator delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions, CyrusOne has more than 50 high-performance mission-critical facilities worldwide. With its solutions, CyrusOne ensures the continued operations of digital infrastructure for nearly 1,000 customers.
CyrusOne’s platform of hybrid-cloud and multicloud deployments provides its customers with colocation, hyperscale, and build-to-suit environments to enhance strategic connections for their essential data infrastructures, as well as support sustainability goals.
CyrusOne also offers flexibility, modernisation, simplification, rapid response to changing demands for its customers to ensure long-term stability and strategic advantage at scale.
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Princeton Digital Group
Founded in 2017
CEO: Rangu Salgame
http://www. princetondg.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ princetondg/
As a leading developer and operator of internet infrastructure, Princeton Digital Group (PDG) – headquartered in Singapore – is present and operates in China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, and Japan. Its portfolio of data centres helps to power the expansion of hyperscalers and enterprise in the fast-growing digital economies in Asia.
Founded in 2017, PDG was formed via a partnership between Rangu Salgame, Varoon Raghavan and Warburg Pincus. The company entered the Chinese market through a joint venture with 21Vianet.
With a leadership team made of industry veterans, PDG offers unmatched expertise and a unique three-pronged investment strategy of acquisition, development, and carve-outs to support its mission to bring scale with speed to Asia.
GLP
Founded in 2007
CEO: Ming Z. Mei
http://www. glp.com/global/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/glp-pte-ltd/
GLP’s deep expertise and operational insights makes this company a leading global business builder, owner, developer and operator of logistics real estate, data centres, renewable energy, and related technologies.
GLP owns and operates high quality and scalable assets and businesses in 17 countries across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
CurrentlyGLP Capital Partners has US$125bn in assets under management and is the exclusive investment and asset manager of GLP. Leading global business builders and innovators in new economy sectors, GLP takes a strategic and innovative approach to growth and value creation.
GLP was founded by Ming Mei and Jeff Schwartz with operations in Japan and China.
Real Estate
Singapore
Founded in 2010
CEO: Craig Ian Scroggie
http://www. nextdc.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ nextdc/
Enabling business transformation through innovative data centre outsourcing solutions and connectivity services, NEXTDC is an ASX100 listed technology company. Being Australia’s largest, locally owned and operated data centre provider, NEXTDC has national footprint of nine data centres certified to the highest global standards.
Providing secure, reliable, and high performance data centre and interconnection solutions, NEXTDC has built and operates Australia’s most cloud-connected data centre network. The company provides organisations with direct access to leading public cloud platforms, networks, and IT service infrastructure.
Recognised by Frost & Sullivan as a leading data centre solution in Australia, has a channelfirst ethos and sustainability at the forefront.
IT Services and IT Consulting
Australia
24 Cologix
Founded in 2010
CEO: Laura Ortman
https://www.cologix.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/cologix-inc/
Reinventing the edge, Cologix builds data centres of tomorrow by integrating hyperscale edge capacity with robust interconnection. With experienced local teams dedicated to providing industry-leding services and supporting customers through every aspect of the digital infrastructure journey, Cologix empowers its customers with its ecosystem to digitally transform and connect them to solutions and partners they need.
With a carrier-dense ecosystem of more than 700 networks, over 350 cloud providers, and in excess of 30 onramps across its platform, Cologix helps more than 1,600 customers in 11 North American Markets. Cologix describes itself as customer focused, personalised local support, and a robust, interconnected ecosystem.
Data Centre Management
United States
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QTS Data Centers
Founded in 2003
CEO: Chad Williams
http://www.
QTS Data Centers is a leading provider of data centre solutions across a diverse footprint of more than nine million square feet of mega scale data centre space in North America. By harnessing its software-defined technology platform QTS is able to deliver secure and compliant infrastructure solutions, that have robust connectivity and premium customer service.
QTS Data Centers core values sit at the heart of the business, guiding its operations. Such values include honorable and principled behaviour; action, innovation, and accountability; team orientated; respect customers; family, faith and community; and integrity.
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Scala Data Centers
Founded in 2020
CEO: Marcos Peigo
https://www. scaladatacenters.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ scaladatacenters/
Leading the data centre industry in Latin America for sustainability and hyperscale, Scala Data Centers is headquartered in Brazil and founded by DigitalBridge. With a highly qualified team of more than 700 professionals, the company was developed to meet the growing demand for digital access in Latin America.
Scala Data Centers applies its flexible and innovative approach to provide exceptional quality colocation services to its hyperscale clients, as well as cloud-based software and services provides, and large enterprises.
Scala Data Centers prides itself on its ability to provide customisable state-of-the-art solutions for each client, offering the latest generation of data centres, high availability, best energy rates, and superior density.
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21 Cirion Technologies
Founded in 2022
CEO: Facundo Castro
http://cirion.it/3Rc7cbr https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ ciriontechnologies/
Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fibre network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America’s progress through technology. Cirion serves more than 6,400 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Its understanding of the rapidly-changing world drives its customised solutions in a bid to capture organisations’ technological needs. Cirion works to innovate, anticipate, and facilitate its customers with the necessary IT resources to meet the challenges, characteristics, and existing opportunities in Latin America and worldwide.
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20 Colt Data Centre Services
Founded in 2010
CEO: Niclas Sanfridsson
http://www.coltdatacentres.net https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ coltdatacentreservices/
Colt Data Centre Services provides sustainable design, build, delivery and operational management of hyperscale data centres across Europe and APAC. It delivers data centre solutions to hyperscale and large enterprise customers across 14 stateof-the-art carrier neutral data centres spanning eight cities. Colt Data Centre’s hyperscale and colocation solutions allow its customers freedom to plan effectively for the growth of their business, knowing that their data centre strategy is ready for the demands of tomorrow.
With more than 25 years of experience in the industry, it puts environmental awareness at the heart of its operations and is taking ownership to reduce its environmental impact globally and make sustainability a key strategic driver.
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NTT Global Data Centers
Founded in 2000
CEO: Abhijit Dubey
Global Data Centers is a division of NTT. Its global platform is one of the largest in the world, spanning more than 20 countries and regions, including the Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA and India. As a neutral operator, Global Data Centers offers access to multiple cloud providers, a large variety of internet exchanges and telecommunication network providers including its IPv6-compliant Tier I Global IP Network. Benefits to customers include tailored infrastructure, and experience consistent best practices in design and operations across all of its reliable, scalable and customisable data centres. It is dedicated to facilitating client adoption of next-generation technologies for computing at scale, virtualisation, data migration, and cloud and B2B private connectivity both regionally and across the globe.
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https://services.global.ntt/globaldatacenters https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ ntt-global-data-centers/Ascenty
Founded in 2010
CEO: Chris Torto
http://www. ascenty.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ ascenty/
A Digital Realty and Brookfield company, Ascenty is the largest data centre and connectivity service provider in Latin America, currently featuring 34 units in operation or under construction in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia. The facilities are interconnected by 5,000km of dedicated fibre-optic network. Its data centres also offer connection to the world’s top cloud providers, allowing clients to choose the unit based on the most strategic location for their business. Ascenty was founded in 2010 and since, its focus has been on the construction and operation of world-class data centres, serving the largest technology companies in the world.
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Vantage Data Centers
Founded in 2010
CEO: Sureel A Choksi
http://www.
Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across five continents in North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data centre design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, United States, it was founded in 2010 and is now one of the leading providers of wholesale data centre infrastructure to large enterprises and hyperscale cloud providers. Vantage has a leadership position in the Silicon Valley market, one of the largest data centre markets in the world.
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Mapletree Industrial Trust
Founded in 2008
CEO: Tham Kuo Wei
http://www. mapletree.com.sg https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ mapletree/
Headquartered in Singapore, Mapletree is a global real estate development, investment, capital and property management company committed to sustainability. Its strategic focus is to invest in markets and real estate sectors with good growth potential. The group, founded in 2000, manages four Singapore-listed REITs and seven private equity real estate funds, which hold a diverse portfolio of assets in Asia Pacific, Europe, the UK and the US. Mapletree owns and manages S$78.7 billion (US$58.2bn) of office, retail, logistics, industrial, data centre, residential and lodging properties, with assets located across 13 markets globally. To support its global operations, Mapletree has established an extensive network of offices.
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15 OVHcloud
Founded in 1999
CEO: Michel Paulin
https://www.ovhcloud. com/en/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ ovhgroup/
OVHcloud is a global player and a leading European cloud provider operating more than 450,000 servers within 34 data centres across four continents, reaching 1.6 million customers in over 140 countries. Spearheading a trusted cloud and pioneering a sustainable cloud with the best price-performance ratio, the group has been leveraging for over 20 years an integrated model that guarantees total control of its value chain. Its unique approach enables OVHcloud to independently cover all the uses of its customers so they can seize the benefits of an environmentally conscious model with a frugal use of resources and a carbon footprint reaching the best ratios in the industry.
CtrlS
Founded in 2007
CEO: Sridhar Pinnapureddy
http://www.ctrls.in https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ctrls-datacenters-ltd/
CtrlS is Asia’s largest Rated 4 data centre and managed services provider and trusted advisor to over 3,500 of the world’s leading organisations, including 15 of the Fortune 100 Global Multinationals and 25 of the ET 100 Indian companies supported by 200 innovations.
The company operates data centre facilities in Hyderabad – where CtrlS is headquartered –Mumbai, Noida and Bangalore spanning across one million square feet. Founded in 2008, the company is now made up of more than 1,800 employees.
CtrlS is a frontrunner in innovation and ushering in a paradigm shift in technologies and infrastructure and has pioneered several initiatives, including launching India’s first and Asia’s largest data centres.
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Cyxtera Technologies
Founded in 2017
CEO: Nelson Fonseca
http://www. cyxtera.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ cyxtera/
Billing itself as ‘the global data centre platform’ with upwards of 60 data centres and more than 2,300 customers, Cyxtera operates in over 30 markets and has more than 1,000 networks. Cyxtera provides more than 2,300 enterprises –including US federal government agencies – with the technology solutions needed to scale faster and achieve financial goals. The company, now the third largest publicly traded global retail colocation and interconnection services provider, boasts a comprehensive portfolio of data centre services.
Cyxtera was founded by former Terremark CEO Manuel Medina in 2017 and is headquartered in Coral Gables in Florida. Nelson Fonseca has been CEO since 2019 and has been with the company since its founding year.
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DigitalOcean
Founded in 2011
CEO: Yancey L. Spruill
http://www.digitalocean. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/digitalocean/
DigitalOcean is headquartered in New York City with data centres worldwide offering IaaS platforms for software developers. With its mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean helps users rapidly build, deploy and scale applications to accelerate innovation and increase productivity and agility.
Launched as a startup in 2012, it now has 15 globally distributed data centres worldwide and is popular with open source developers, startups, and SMBs.
Headed up by CEO Yancey Spruill since 2019, DigitalOcean’s success is driven by its workforce, of which Spruill says: “Our team is dedicated to helping every customer achieve their objectives and overcome challenges with free access to highly technical and hands-on customer support.”
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American Tower
Founded in 1995
CEO: Tom Bartlett
Founded in 1995, American Tower started off as a subsidiary of American Radio and began to grow through acquisitions. Now one of the largest global REITs, it is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communications real estate, growing over 28 years from the 2,700 towers it had in its founding year to today’s global portfolio of more than 220,000 owned or managed sites.
Tom Bartlett has been the President and CEO of American Tower since 2020. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, American Tower is a Fortune 500, S&P 500 and Forbes Global 2000 company that provides the infrastructure for modern digital communications with operations throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Iron Mountain
Founded in 1951
CEO: William Meaney
http://www. ironmountain. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ iron-mountain/
Iron Mountain was founded in 1951 by Herman Knaust in Livingston, New York. Known as the “Mushroom King,” Knaust purchased an iron ore mine and land in 1936 for his mushroom-growing business – but in 1950, had a vision to repurpose the mine and named it “Iron Mountain.”
After World War II, Knaust sponsored the relocation of Jewish immigrants with records lost during the war. This, along with concerns about the Cold War, inspired him to focus on protecting vital information, leading to the founding of Iron Mountain Atomic Storage, Inc. in 1951. The first vaults were built inside Iron Mountain and a sales established in the Empire State Building.
By 1978, Iron Mountain had established its first above-ground records storage facility in New York, and expanded further by opening a site in New England in 1980 which catered to the requirement for computer backup data protection. The acquisition of New England Storage Warehouse in Boston
in 1983 strengthened its position in the medical and legal records management markets.
In 1988 Iron Mountain acquired Bell & Howell Records Management, leading to Iron Mountain becoming a national service provider. Today, it is a global leader in storage and information management services, serving 170,000 customers in 37 countries.
Its data centre arm operates a global colocation platform that enables customers to build tailored, sustainable, carrier, and cloud-neutral data solutions. The company leads the industry in highlyregulated compliance, environmental sustainability, physical security, and business continuity.
Iron Mountain is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as IRM, part of the S&P 500, and is a member of the Fortune 1000 – a successful reflection of Herman Knaust’s vision back in 1951 and demonstrates the company’s decades-long commitment to protecting vital information.
9 SAP BTP
Founded in 1972
CEO: Juergen Mueller
https://www.sap. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/sap/
SAP’s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, it helps companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best, with SAP customers generating 87% of total global commerce.
Its machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give people and organisations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. Simplifying technology for companies so they can consume software the way they want – without disruption, SAP’s end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make
a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives.
SAP’s Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) brings together data and analytics, artificial intelligence, application development, automation, and integration in one, unified environment.
To minimise the negative impact of its internal and external data centres, SAP-owned data centres run with 100% renewable electricity. SAP also achieves a ‘green cloud’ by investing in high-quality, EKO energy-certified Energy Attribute Certificates to foster renewable energy generation.
SAP also takes measures that are based on industry and technology standards to protect data virtually and physically against data breaches, fires, terror attacks, and other threats.
8 IBM Cloud
Founded in 2005
CEO: Arvind Krishna
https://www.ibm. com/cloud https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ ibm/
Renowned for specialising in cuttingedge cloud computing solutions, IBM was founded in 1911 and has established itself as a leading player in the industry. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA, it operates globally, serving a diverse range of customers across various sectors.
With cloud services tailored to meet customers’ unique needs, it caters to a broad customer base of enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses and individuals across a variety of industries including healthcare, finance, retail and manufacturing.
With a comprehensive suite of cloud-based offerings, IBM Cloud enables its customers to enhance productivity, streamline operations, and leverage the power of advanced technologies.
Formerly known as Bluemix under SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., It was founded in 2005 before being acquired by IBM in 2013 and going through a re-brand in 2017.
At the helm of IBM is CEO Arvind Krishna, who has more than three decades at the company. IBM Cloud’s notable USPs include its robust infrastructure and the company’s extensive network of data centres enables seamless integration and efficient data management, providing a solid foundation for businesses to thrive in the digital era. Its range of advanced tools and services – like AI, blockchain, IoT, and data analytics – empowers its customers to unlock new opportunities and achieve their goals.
IBM Cloud continues to be considered a leader in baremetal and has distinguished itself by providing more than 11 million possible custom configurations with the latest Power, Intel, and AMD CPUs and Nvidia GPUs.
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Meta
Founded in 2004 CEO: Mark Zuckerberg
https://www.meta. com/gb/ https://www.linkedin.com/ company/ meta/
Meta’s network of global data centres helps bring its technologies and services to life, along with future immersive experiences like the metaverse: what it describes as the next chapter of the internet.
Operating numerous data centres globally, with locations in the United States, Ireland, Sweden, and Singapore, Meta’s facilities utilise cuttingedge technology and energy efficiency.
Meta is committed to playing a positive role and investing in the long-term vitality of the communities in which it operates. From technicians and heating and cooling specialists to administrative support and planning, the company’s data centres provide quality job opportunities for the local community.
With its data centres among the most efficient in the world, Meta is focused on renewable energy, efficiency, eliminating waste, boosting employee wellness and incorporating greener products.
The operations of Meta’s data centres and offices have already reached net zero emissions – supported with 100% renewable energy through its strategy of adding renewables to local power grids.
Energy efficiency has been part of Meta’s data centres DNA since the company started designing its first data centre over a decade ago. The company’s no-frills server design saves significant amounts of energy through innovations including allowing air to flow more freely to keep them naturally cooler, and utilising small backup batteries nearby to help prevent the waste of energy
Meta’s water stewardship programme, meanwhile, focuses on minimising data center water use by prioritising onsite water efficiency, supporting impactful water conservation to help the company achieve its goals to be water positive by 2030.
6 Oracle Cloud
Founded in 2016
CEO: Safra Catzhttps://www. oracle.com/uk/cloud/ https://www.linkedin. com/ company/oracle/
Oracle Cloud provides the full breadth of business cloud services, including storage and applications. Its services have grown hugely in recent years, placing it amongst the long-standing industry giants. In fact, Oracle famously – and unexpectedly –won the highly sought-after Pentagon contract, alongside Google, Amazon and Microsoft. The cloud technology company provides organisations around the world with computing infrastructure and software to help them innovate, unlock efficiencies and become more effective.
Oracle Cloud created the world’s first – and only –autonomous database to help organise and secure its customers’ data. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offers higher performance, security, and cost savings. It is designed so businesses can move workloads easily from on-premises systems to the cloud, and between
cloud and on-premises and other clouds. Oracle Cloud applications provide business leaders with modern applications that help them innovate, attain sustainable growth, and become more resilient.
In Oracle Cloud’s eyes, its work is not only transforming the world of business, but helping defend governments and advance scientific and medical research. From nonprofits to companies of all sizes, millions of people use Oracle Cloud solutions to streamline supply chains, make HR more human, quickly pivot to a new financial plan, and connect data and people around the world.
The company prides itself on its diverse workforce, encouraging personal and professional growth, and celebrating a global team of passionate people developing innovative technologies that help people and companies tackle real-world problems headon. It was initially released six years ago in 2016 as an offering from the Oracle Corporation.
5 Equinix
Founded in 1998
CEO: Charles J. Meyers
http://www. equinix.com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ equinix/
A key player for 25 years, Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers its success.
Headquartered in Redwood City, California, the multinational company specialises in internet connection and data centres.
The company is a leader in global colocation data centre market share, with 248 data centres in 27 countries on five continents. Equinix enables today’s businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage. With Equinix, they can scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value.
Equinix interconnects industry-leading organisations such as finance, manufacturing,
retail, transportation, government, healthcare and education across a digital-first world.
Equinix was founded in Silicon Valley in 1998 as a vendor-neutral multi-tenant data centre provider where competing networks could securely connect and share data traffic.
Through Platform Equinix and its ecosystem of leading service providers, digital leaders fast-track competitive advantage across clouds, networking, storage, compute and software. CEO Charles Meyers says Equinix has “an unwavering commitment to become the trusted centre of a cloud-first world” and highlights how its team of more than 11,800 of the industry’s most talented workforce enables Equinix’s success. “The future beckons with opportunities, and Equinix will be where these opportunities connect.”
4 Digital Realty
Founded in 2001
CEO: Andrew Power
http://www.digitalrealty.com/ http://www.digitalrealty.com/
San Francisco-headquartered Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions. Its global data centre platform PlatformDIGITAL provides customers with a secure data ‘meeting place’.
Digital Realty enables its customers with the connected data communities that matter to them – with a global data centre footprint of more than 300 facilities in more than 50+ metros across 27 countries on six continents.
Riding the wave of digital transformation, the core of Digital Realty’s DNA is to be the safe and open meeting place for companies, technologies and data of all shapes and sizes, from all types of industries.
In the last year Digital Realty has focused on becoming a unified global company, helping to simplify and drive
forward an even more collaborative and customerfocused business. And as the world becomes growingly digital – and reliance on technology and connectivity grows as a result – Digital Realty is urged to find new, efficient ways to come together.
Fast forwarding from its foundation in 2004, Digital Realty is now looking forward to a new era of innovation made possible from the connection and exchange of both processes and people and data. Specialising in providing data centre solutions, Digital Realty caters to a broad customer base, including enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses and individuals. With a comprehensive suite of services, Digital Realty enables its customers worldwide –it has an extensive global footprint – to securely store, process, and manage their critical data.
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Google Cloud Platform
Founded in 2008
CEO: Sundar Pichai
https://cloud.google.com/ https://twitter.com/googlecloud
Using the same infrastructure as Google end-user products – such as Google Search, Gmail, Google Drive, and YouTube – Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services. It was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Google Cloud consists of a set of physical assets, such as computers and hard disk drives, and virtual resources, such as virtual machines that are contained in Google’s data centres worldwide. Its data centres are available in specific regions across five continents – with a region being a collection of zones. As of 2022, Google Cloud Platform is available in 34 regions and 103 zones. A region is a specific geographical location where users can deploy cloud resources.
Google lists over 100 products under the Google Cloud brand, and while offering a multitude of solutions also has a strong commitment to sustainability. It actively focuses on reducing its environmental impact through energy-efficient data centres, carbon offset programs, and sustainable practices and enables customers to run their workloads on a green and environmentally responsible platform. Citing digital transformation as more than ‘lifting and shifting’ old IT infrastructure to the cloud for cost saving and convenience, Google Cloud Platform says true transformation spans the entire business and enables every person to transform – something it understands about today’s technology requirements and continuously innovates to meet growing demand.
Microsoft Azure
Founded in 2010
CEO: Satya NadellaFounded in 2010, Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud computing platform. With 160 active data centres in 60 regions around the world – more than any other cloud provider – the Azure cloud platform is now made up of more than 200 products and cloud services designed to help bring new solutions to life, solving today’s challenges and shaping the future. Its cloud services include compute, analytics, storage and networking.
Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, Azure’s robust infrastructure and comprehensive suite of services allows it to offer a secure and scalable cloud platform for deploying applications, storing data, and accessing computing resources.
Using Azure can help organisations achieve their sustainability goals. The Azure platform, Microsoft says, can be up to 93% more energy efficient than using a traditional enterprise data centre. Microsoft has been carbon neutral since 2012 and is committed to being carbon negative by 2030, with
the commitment by 2050 to remove all the carbon it’s directly emitted since its founding in 1975.
The Azure platform also provides enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure on which customers and partners can rely. This includes physical elements like redundant power, networking, and cooling, as well as software elements like safe deployment processes, impactless maintenance, and failure prediction enabled by ML.
Microsoft also makes use of infrastructure innovations such as underwater data centres, liquid immersion cooling projects, and hydrogen fuel cell technologies to boost the performance, efficiency, power consumption, and costs of Azure. It shares server and data centre infrastructure designs, emphasising security and standardisation, as part of the Open Compute Project – promoting a vibrant industry ecosystem for global data centre deployment in the cloud.
With the likes of ASOS, Daimler and McKesson among its clients, Azure delivers fast and personalised experience to some of the world’s leading brands.
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Amazon Web Services
Founded in 2006
CEO: Adam Selipskyhttp://aws.amazon. com https://www.linkedin. com/ company/ amazonweb-services/
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services, in today’s world widely known as cloud computing. A prominent data centre company, AWS’ cloud computing allows the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Using AWS businesses can take advantage of Amazon’s expertise and economies of scale to access resources to deliver results faster and at a lower cost.
In the last 17 years AWS has grown and now comprises more than 200 products, with hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world using AWS
to lower costs, become more agile, and innovate faster – compared to the 150,000 developers who signed up to use AWS at its cloud computing inception in 2006. With data centre locations in the US, Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries can take advantage of AWS’ low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform. Notable AWS customers include NASA, Netflix and Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.
As a data centre company, AWS provides a robust infrastructure to support businesses’ computing and storage needs. Its vast network of data centres, strategically located across the globe, ensures high availability and scalability. Customers can leverage AWS’s infrastructure to deploy their applications, store their data, and access computing resources as required.