With advancement in every field, companies are getting smarter and smarter by the day. They have started locating their resources where they are most needed and don’t sign themselves up to any tiresome task that can be done or achieved either ways and putting more attention to provide service to the enterprise. They are putting all their focus and energy to drive more ideas that can use the capabilities of AI (Artificial Intelligence), network automation and edge computing to support all the growing technological requirements and accomplishing business needs. Cloud hosting services is one of the is one of the most trusted markets among all the fields and server colocation is the new go to hosting preference.
Europe is home to some of the world’s biggest data centers that provide world class cloud hosting services. As more and more businesses are migrating to Cloud storage & computing, the role played by a colocation data center becomes all the more important in the present context. They rent out server space and full maintenance facility to an organization, as you retain complete control over your servers. A company like “Dataknox” which is based out of Newark CA offers the best-in-class data colocation services by renting out their dedicated data storage & shared/private server facility.
UK
UK has one of the most powerful, efficient and secured data centers providing cloud hosting servers. There are approximately 411 data centers as per the numerical data. The major colocation sites in UK are contributed by London, Manchester, Nottingham, Gosport and Glasgow. They are known for their environmental friendly facilities that have reduced the carbon emission over years which is a commendable job in its own. The data centers of UK have contributed the most to make Europe exceed the colocation footprint of United States which has been gasconading with 2130 data centers.
Germany
Germany one of the largest countries of Europe both in terms of size and population and beats many countries in terms of number of colocation data centers. Inside Germany, most of these colocation centers lie around Frankfurt. Though not being the capital Frankfurt is Germany’s leading internet exchange point.
France
France along with UK, Germany and Netherlands is among the 4 leading colocation markets. The colocation services are widespread and are commonly known as “hbergeurs serveurs”. It is house to 251 data centers. Apart from this it is also profitable for your data center to host in France as it is home to 31 of the Fortune 500 companies and is third largest ICT market in Europe.
Netherlands
Amsterdam the capital of Netherlands is often noticed as the first landing point for providers connecting from the UK into greater Europe. The digital industry of Netherlands contributes 7.6 % in its GDP. With primary data colocation centers in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Almere.
Sweden- Sweden has approximately 91 internet users per 100 and the ecosystem is made up of 89 colocation data centers. Bahnhof Pionen in Sweden is a cold war nuclear bunker is deemed one of the world’s most secured data center which was once known to be the home to Wiki-leaks.
Effect of Brexit on the business of colocation data centers
According to some of the latest reports, Brexit has struck the colocation industry of UK due to which UK has to lose some of the deals. But the situation is not all doom and gloom as the latest news it is gaining momentum by deals with French tech firms. In fact, some names have come up and announced of building new data centers in London. So these updates denote that Europe will stick around to be an attractive over next couple of years.
