Historical
- Since 2008,the largest data center leases that have been signed are technology-related companies such as Google,Yahoo,Microsoft,Apple and Facebook.
- Facebook has absorbed more wholesale data center space than any other company during the last two years. However,colocation and cloud companies are not far behind.
- During the last two years,companies have shifted their focus from building their own data centers to leasing from third-party operators.
- Some of the reasoning behind this is to reallocate capital to core operations,as well as the availability of wholesale space and competency of the operators.
- According to Gartner,50 percent of data centers that were built . . . →Read More:Data Center Investment