“WiredRE demonstrably exceeded our expectations!”
Data Center Research & Benchmarking
We provide fact-based research on the premium and wholesale data center industry nationally. We cover topics such as data center leasing rates, construction costs, technology trends, competition, buying criteria, and investment risk management. We work with and consult on data center and Internet service providers, including Equinix, Verizon, CoreSite, DuPont Fabros, Digital Realty Trust, Internap, and lesser know, privately held regional providers. We invite you to a free consultation on best practices, data center benchmarking, or other topics by request, or to view our US Data Center List.
Latest Analysis: NoVA Colocation Market
Written by Lisa Huff Northern Virginia (NoVA) is the second largest co-location market in the US with over 4-million sq-ft already built and close to another one-million planned to come on-line in the near future. Historically, it was driven by the federal government and Telcos (AT&T, UUNET, MCI) and the technology corridor they fueled. But it [...] READ MORE »
WiredRE Colocation Data Center Total Cost Calculator
Data center alternatives have multiplied enormously. Cloud, colocation, real estate, modularity, container, IaaS, PaaS, etc., make comparisons difficult. Even within the retail colocation space, with the emergence of hybrid-colocation, which incorporates some aspects of wholesale, many provider are now basing monthly charges on usage of power, with pass-through costs on power and cooling. How can [...] READ MORE »
Chicago Co-location Market
Written by Lisa Huff Chicago has become an increasingly important market for data center operators. More than 35 data center firms have facilities in the Chicago area – mostly retail providers. Less than 10 of these are wholesale, retail hybrid or shell. Data center demand in Chicago has historically come from telecom providers with ties [...] READ MORE »
Northeast Co-location Market
Written by Lisa Huff Many other analyst firms claim that demand outstrips supply in the data center co-location market. The fact is that this may be true in some regions, but is absolutely false in others. Gone are the days when telecom and co-location providers say “build it and they will come.” All have taken [...] READ MORE »
Data Center Design Research by Deerns
Research by Deerns has has produced numerous smart “add-ons” to data center infrastructure. What’s an “add-on” you ask? Could it be a “modular” solution? Whatever the definition, the research is leading to dramatic reduction in PUEs…see this white paper, Data Center Design Research by Deerns GC-DC 20110913 v1.0 READ MORE »
Data Center Market Trends, As the Office Market Goes, So Goes the Data Center…Sort Of
I’ve never been a believer in the infamous reports of data center supply shortage. In my mind, “data center shortage” is the number one myth in our industry. From where I sit, there’s a shortage in data center planning and operators, not the underlying facilities. Further, it’s far too simplistic to lump all demand and [...] READ MORE »
Data Center Research, Benchmarking
Cloud, Colocation, and Data Center Real Estate Analysis With the maturation of the IT infrastructure business, solution sets for any given need have multiplied and produced an alphabet soup of viable alternatives. IaaS, Cloud, Colo, PaaS, Container, etc., all serve essentially the same need for infrastructure services. Processor level advances have solved many problems, and [...] READ MORE »
Cloud, Colocation, and Data Center Real Estate Analysis
With the maturation of the IT infrastructure business, solution sets for any given need have multiplied and produced an alphabet soup of viable alternatives. IaaS, Cloud, Colo, PaaS, Container, etc., all serve essentially the same need for infrastructure services. Processor level advances have solved many problems, and now bottlenecks have emerged elsewhere in the solution [...] READ MORE »
Video and the Disruption of the Internet Hierarchy
I was recently reminded of the genius of Bill Norton, one of the founders of Equinix and now proprietor of DrPeering.com. Bill wrote back in 2008 about how the next wave of “disruptive” traffic growth would be 10X the first wave of 2001, and he also postulated several Internet Hierarchies that might evolve, namely: 1. [...] READ MORE »
TEN KEYS TO (PROVIDER) WHOLESALE DATA CENTER SUCCESS
I had the opportunity to speak with Geoff Hampson late last year regarding the data center market. If you don’t know Geoff, he has been the captain of the ship at several retail brands including Peer 1 Network and CoreLink Data Centers. Geoff had a few things to say about the current environment, “It used [...] READ MORE »