Structure Research Publishes Singapore Data Centre Supply Report for 2016

• September 20, 2016

New innovative research methodology measures and projects data centre supply from a space and power perspective, an aggregate and sub-regional basis and distinguishes between retail and wholesale colocation.’

TORONTO, Ontario and SINGAPORE – September 20, 2016 – Structure Research, a next-generation research firm focused on the global data centre and cloud infrastructure services industry, today announced the publication of its Singapore Data Centre Supply Report for 2016.

This nearly 100-page report takes an in-depth look at the size, growth trajectory and supply and demand dynamics of the Singapore colocation market – from both a space and power perspective. It includes a 5-year CAGR projection, detailed market share statistics, utilization trend graphs, leaderboards, extensive regional breakdowns, SWOT analyses and insight and commentary. There is also a comprehensive directory of providers, operational data centres and listings of the current build pipeline.

‘The Singapore data centre market continues to mature and has been a primary beneficiary of the shift to cloud infrastructure services. But that is just one part of a multi-faceted story,’ stated Jabez Tan, lead author of the report and research director at Structure Research. ‘It is critical for any proper analysis to account for the many different layers within the market. In Singapore, there remains a meaningful delta between space and power utilization, sub-regional growth dynamics remain distinct and the retail and wholesale segments have unique characteristics and trajectories that are important to call out.’

The data and analytics presented in this report are produced by Structure Research’s proprietary methodology that measures data centre capacity from both a space and power perspective. This is crucial because power is the truest unit of capacity in the data centre. Measuring on the basis of space alone only tells half the story.

The methodology also looks at sub-regional distribution within a given market. In Singapore, there are four distinct sub-regional markets that have its own unique characteristics. This report measures the size, growth trajectory and supply and demand dynamics in each of those regions and it is also done from both a space and power perspective.

This year, Structure Research has drilled into the data even further. All the relevant metrics – revenue, space, power, utilization and growth rates – are now identified as being retail or wholesale and presented in aggregate form and separately in these two categories.

This report is an excellent resource for any service provider, investor or enterprise end user looking to understand and project the data centre market in Singapore or find a service provider.

‘This is the bible of the Singapore colocation market,’ stated Philbert Shih, managing director of Structure Research. ‘Many legacy research firms are still focused on counting space and this approach is dated and fundamentally flawed. We have taken our data centre supply analysis to a whole new level and separated ourselves even further from research services that purport to know the Singapore market but haven’t put boots on the ground to gain a clear and thorough understanding.’

This is the second edition of the Singapore Data Centre Supply Report and it will be updated annually going forward. Our Hong Kong report will be updated early in 2017. A new market – Sydney, Australia – will be added in 2016-17 as well.