New data from TeleGeography’s Colocation Database reveal that colocation service providers are struggling to keep up with demand. Despite significant new construction, colocation site capacity is more constrained in 2010 than it was in 2009. More than 41% of sites surveyed by TeleGeography were at least 80% full at mid-2010, up from 34% of sites a year earlier. Among the worst hit areas are London and the South of England, where surging power costs and a squeeze on physical space are causing colocation costs to rocket. With wholesales power costs set to raise 13% over the next year and potentially over 100% before the end of the decade. The use of power efficient data-centre equipment is going to be critical to the ability of service providers to compete.
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