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In-house data centre capacity is set to decline as more and more firms turn to managed hosting and cloud computing, it has been claimed.
According to a new study conducted by industry analyst IDC, organisations are increasingly outsourcing the housing of their network equipment as third parties can offer faster and more reliable technologies such as Cat6 cables and fibre optic leads.
The research was carried out on behalf of managed service provider Interxion and polled 401 businesses in Germany, France the Netherlands and the UK.
According to IDC, the co-location market in those countries will be worth £1.75 billion by 2013 – which will amount to a 23 per cent compound annual growth rate.
At the same time, businesses expect their total in-house data centre capacity to fall by 1.1 per cent by March of next year.
"Overall, the market place has stayed same, espcially as some thought there would be a decrease because of the credit crunch," Anthony Foy, group managing director at Interxion, told Network World.
"We see continuing demand and growth for data centres, but it varies from company to company," he added.
Meanwhile, recent research by Gartner showed that managed hosting can save businesses money in the long term.
Last Updated: 08/09/2009 14:00
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