Global data center colocation market is evolving and adding hosting options in response to enterprises looking for ways to improve IT cost efficiency, security and connectivity to the major hyperscalers. Data center colocation provides physical space, power, cooling and connectivity for servers and storage systems that are owned by other businesses. Data center colocation expands the current enterprise data center footprint by providing additional capabilities while maintaining the security and management requirements of the enterprise.
Software defined cloud interconnects (SDCI) provide private network connectivity between enterprises and public cloud service providers (CSPs). SDCIs pre-provision physical connectivity from their hubs to public cloud service providers, internet service providers (ISPs), and network service providers (NSPs). They serve as aggregators and intermediaries to quickly provision logical connectivity to cloud service providers and complement this with billing, monitoring/management, security, and administrative functions. For both performance and business continuity reasons, SDCI can be employed by enterprises with multi-cloud architecture.