About Us
Who We Are
Structure Research is an independent research and consulting firm focused exclusively on the digital infrastructure market. We specialize in data centres, hyperscale platforms, cloud, edge, and AI infrastructure. Our research team actively tracks, analyzes, and forecasts developments across the global digital infrastructure ecosystem.
What We Do
Our mission is to deliver the most trusted and forward-looking data centre research, intelligence and analysis in the digital infrastructure space. We offer the data centre industry’s most comprehensive data sets on digital infrastructure services.
Why It Matters
In an increasingly complex and competitive landscape, we provide the insight and perspective needed to make confident, strategic business decisions.
Our History
Structure Research to host infra / STRUCTURE executive summit for the second time in Las Vegas, Nevada. This will be the sixth annual edition of the summit.
Structure Research adds research director in Dubai, UAE to focus on data centres and hyperscale cloud.
Structure Research to publish new data centre and interconnection reports for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Mumbai, India.
Structure Research hosts infra / STRUCTURE executive summit for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Structure Research publishes market report on US data centre pipeline.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection reports for Bangkok, Thailand and Rome, Italy.
Structure Research publishes new AI infrastructure market tracking results.
Structure Research adds analyst in Toronto to focus on data centres and hyperscale cloud.
Structure Research adds analyst in Singapore to focus on data centres and hyperscale cloud.
Structure Research hosts infra / STRUCTURE executive summit in Toronto.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection reports for Milan, Italy and Frankfurt, Germany.
Structure Research publishes first ESG report.
Structure Research to bring back infra / STRUCTURE executive summit in Toronto.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection report for Manilla, Philippines.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection reports for Batam, Indonesia and Johor, Malaysia.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection report for London, UK.
Structure Research builds hyperscale data centre self-build tracker.
Structure Research adds analyst in Melbourne, Australia to focus on APAC data centre market.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection report for Madrid + Barcelona.
Structure Research publishes new data centre and interconnection report for Western Canada (Vancouver + Calgary).
Structure Research builds subscale cloud tracker.
Structure Research adds edge node tracking to hyperscale cloud report series.
Structure Research rolls out new webinar series amid pandemic environment.
Structure Research publishes new data centre supply reports for Paris + Marseille Amsterdam and Jakarta, Indonesia.
Structure Research expands hyperscale cloud tracking.
Structure Research promote Jabez Tan to Head of Research.
Structure Research hosts second annual infra / STRUCTURE executive summit in Toronto.
Structure Research publishes data centre supply reports for Toronto and Montreal.
Structure Research hosts first annual Structure Invest webinar in New York City.
Structure Research hosts first annual Structure APEX executive summit in Singapore.
Structure Research hosts first inaugural infra // STRUCTURE executive summit in Toronto.
Structure Research adds analyst in Toronto to focus on data centres and managed services.
Structure Research publishes data centre supply report for Japan.
Structure Research publishes first marketshare study on managed infrastructure services.
Structure Research publishes data centre supply report for Australia.
Structure Research pushes client count to 70+.
Structure Research adds analyst in UK to focus on data centre market.
Structure Research publishes data centre supply reports for Singapore and Hong Kong.
Structure Research publishes first marketshare study reports on hyperscale cloud and colocation.
Structure Research launches new data centre supply assessment methodology that accounts for both space and power and splits out sub-regions within a single market.
Structure Research introduces sell to service providers research and consulting program.
Structure Research launches proprietary database that tracks service providers and marketshare metrics.
Structure Research brings on second analyst with a focus on data centres and the Asia-Pacific region.
Structure Research hires first analyst with a focus on hosting in Europe.
Structure Research brings on first clients.
Structure Research builds out research product portfolio.
Structure Research, based in Toronto, was founded by Philbert Shih in October 2011 as a boutique firm focused exclusively on the Internet infrastructure value chain.
What Make Us Unique
FOCUSED RESEARCH
Structure Research is devoted to the digital infrastructure value chain. We are all about the digital infrastructure service provider world.
INFORMATION DELIVERY EFFICIENCY
We excel in delivering highly consumable data centre research content in shorter and concise formats.
DATA AND ANALYTICS
Structure Research has built extensive repositories of metrics and data points that informs our analysis and is available for client consumption.
INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO RESEARCH
Structure Research aims to disrupt traditional data centre research approaches with new ways of measuring and analyzing sector trends and developments.
INDEPENDENT PROVIDER SWEET SPOT
Structure Research remains focused on independent and newly formed data centre operators, particularly in emerging geographies and segments.
NIMBLE, AGILE AND FAST
We take pride in being a boutique research firm with no bureaucracy. We get stuff done and we get it done quickly.