DIVIDE AND CONQUER :
THE RISE OF
DECENTRALISED
COLOCATION
John Hall , Managing Director at Proximity Data Centres , talks about remote work , cloud migration , and the pivotal role of decentralising data centre services .
WRITTEN BY : HARRY MENEAR
The rising tide of digital transformation - further buoyed by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic - is radically reshaping the colocation landscape . In the UK , the widespread adoption of remote and hybrid working , as well as associated cloud migrations and the wholehearted embrace of digital services , is also driving the growth of a trend in the colocation space . As more and more people work remotely , and edge computing architectures become more prevalent , colocation services are undergoing a process of decentralisation .
“ Until a decade or so ago , enterprise and colocation data centres in the UK were clustered around London telecom exchanges for sheer expediency . There was no other choice due to the need for lower latencies ,” explains John Hall , Managing Director at Proximity Data Centres , a UK-based digital infrastructure and colocation firm at the crest of this John Hall Managing Director Proximity Data Centres
42 December 2021