The UK remains by far the largest colocation market in Europe - accounting for 27% of Q1 revenues - followed by Germany, France and the Netherlands. Together the top four countries account for 65% of regional revenues. The next largest markets are Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Ireland. In the carrier neutral retail segment, the regional market leader is Equinix, closely followed by TelecityGroup and Interxion. Telehouse (KDDI) and Colt are the next largest players, though a long way behind the top three.
“Despite the presence of all the major telcos in the European colocation market, the carrier neutral segment is far larger than the bandwidth provider segment” said Synergy Research Group’s John Dinsdale. “Clearly customers see benefits in having a choice of carriers and consequently the relatively open European market has enabled the growth of pan-European colocation specialists.”