Data Centers
Mar 20, 2025

New on the Pod: Lightyear Considers the State of Connectivity

We're pumped to have Dennis Thankachan, Co-Founder and CEO of Lightyear, back on TeleGeography Explains the Internet.

Last time Dennis joined us on the show, we dug into Lightyear's approach to creating a digital telecom lifecycle automation platform for enterprise networks.

This time, we discuss their State of Connectivity Report, which dovetails nicely with many of the issues we research here at TeleGeography. (Perhaps this read is a perfect companion to our State of the Network? A match made in heaven, etc.)
Mar 12, 2025

Data Centers 101: Technical Terms You Should Know

From cross connects to PUE, the data center industry is packed with technical jargon.

Today, we’re breaking down 13 key colocation terms. Whether you're new to the field or just need a refresher, this simple glossary can help.
Feb 19, 2025

Evaluating Interconnection Market Health

What makes a city a hub? And what makes a hub healthy?

Before we answer these questions, we must acknowledge that the interconnection market is not a homogeneous thing. It's an ecosystem comprised of numerous critically interdependent parts, much like a body or a machine.
Feb 17, 2025

The State of the Network: Your 2025 Update on the Telecom Industry

Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the 2025 State of the Network Report—our eighth edition.

The TeleGeography team spent the last year compiling market surveys, building algorithms, and analyzing emerging trends, and now we're ready to share the highlights. 
Jan 30, 2025

What You Need to Know About Network as a Service in 2025

Welcome back, TeleGeography Explains the Internet listeners. We took a nice long break for the holidays, and we've returned refreshed with another batch of telecom conversations for your feed.

Our first guest of 2025 is Fahim Sabir, Director of Digital Solutions at Colt.

Jan 28, 2025

An Alternative To Aerial and Underground Fiber, or Just a Pipe Dream?

Our team always talks about the fiber-optic cables running across the ocean. But what about running fiber through… water pipes?

Here are the top headlines circulating in TeleGeography’s Slack channels lately.
Jan 6, 2025

The Fastest-Growing Cities for Data Center Connectivity (As of Q1 2025)

In November, we unveiled our new Market Connectivity Score (MCS) and dropped our first public rankings of the top ten most connected and fastest-growing cities in the world.

Because we update the MCS quarterly, it's time to see how those rankings have changed.
Nov 20, 2024

Data Center Capacity Growth: The Haves and the Have Nots

Our Data Center Research Service estimates that there are 24 metropolitan markets that have more than 1 million square feet of operational data center capacity and four-year CAGR of at least 10%.

Nine of those 24 markets are in Asia and seven are in Europe. Even more extraordinary—four of the Asian markets are in India alone.
Nov 13, 2024

Data Centers: That’s a Lot of Power!

The data center market is in the midst of an unprecedented shift that started—publicly at least—five years ago with the announced moratoria on new development in Singapore and Frankfurt. Those regulatory interventions highlighted the challenges the industry faces in securing sufficient power.

Since then, it turned out that data centers would need much more power than had been realized—just at a time when regulators and community organizations were growing increasingly critical of the sector's existing demand.

Our Data Center Research Service estimates that, as of 2024, colocation operators in the top ten data center markets by MW consume about 13 gigawatts (GW) of power.

That's enough power to generate electricity for roughly 10 million homes—or, in this case, only about 1,000 commercial data centers!
Nov 1, 2024

The Fastest-Growing City for Data Center Connectivity

Many of the world’s top data center markets face issues such as rising energy costs, connectivity, and in some cases, moratoriums on new data center buildouts.

To help decision-makers navigate these challenges and prepare for the future, we’ve launched the Market Connectivity Score (MCS), a dynamic tool that measures current and potential connectivity and data center market size for 3,000 cities worldwide. 

As of Q4 2024, the MCS ranks Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the fastest-growing city for near-future connectivity infrastructure growth. 

 

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