HQ : Overland Park , Kansas

CEO : Chad Williams

QTS Realty ’ s platform of 28 colocation data centres is divided across the United States , where it operates sites in New Jersey , Northern Virginia , and Silicon Valley , and the Netherlands , where the company has one data centre in Eemshaven and another in Groningen . QTS Realty was acquired earlier this year by US investment giant Blackstone for a lump sum of $ 10bn .

HQ : Charlotte , North Carolina

CEO : Christopher Downie

Headquartered in Charlotte , North Carolina , Flexential is a colocation , managed services and cloudhosting data centre operator with a network of almost 40 data centres spread across 20 markets . The majority of the company ’ s operations are concentrated in the US , although Flexntial has been making successful inroads throughout APAC , as well as in Europe and South America .

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