The United States’ market for colocation and hosting is growing rapidly. In order to understand what trends and driving factors are impacting the market, Digital Realty Trust conducted a survey, in conjunction with The WHIR magazine, of senior executives of colo and hosting companies across the country. This paper provides an overview of the study’s major findings.
The United States’ data center market continues to grow at a steady pace. In order to understand what trends and driving factors are impacting the market, Digital Realty Trust conducts an annual survey of senior executives from enterprise sized companies ($1B or more in revenues and/or 5,000 total employees) to capture their perspectives on the industry. In the recently completed 2011 survey, 300 of these corporate leaders we surveyed on a variety of issues ranging from the use of PUE to their expansion plans for the coming months. This paper provides an overivew of the study’s major findings.
Jim Smith Digital Realty Trust CTO, and Rachel Dines, Data Center Industry Analyst with Forrester Research presented and discussed the results of Digital Realty Trust’s 2011 US market demand survey. During this webinar Jim and Rachel examined and offered their opinions on a number of issues that characterize the US data center market and will impact on the demand for data center capacity in 2011. Among the areas discussed are:
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2011 – What’s Driving the US Datacenter Market
