What is colocation?

Data CentreColocation isn’t a new concept, but as we collectively move more workloads to the cloud and cost-saving becomes an even more important driver for doing so, it’s never been more popular.

According to Grand View Research, the Data Centre colocation market was worth around US$60bn last year and is set to achieve annual growth of 14.2% between 2023 and 2030. By the end of the decade, the market could be worth over $155.4 billion.

As the name suggests, colocation is where a third party data centre rents or leases space in their facility for servers or networking hardware owned and operated by their customers or users.

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