Colocation share of total data center capacity

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20%

Global · Q4 2025

Colocation share of total data center capacity worldwide stood at 20% in Q4 2025 (Synergy Research).

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Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031
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15 Sep 2026
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With non-hyperscale colocation capacity accounting for another 20% of total capacity, that leaves enterprise on-premise data centers with just 32% of the total.

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Synergy Research Group. (2025). Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/hyperscale-operators-to-account-for-67-of-all-data-center-capacity-by-2031. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ58
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Synergy Research Group. "Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031." 2025, https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/hyperscale-operators-to-account-for-67-of-all-data-center-capacity-by-2031. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ58.
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Synergy Research Group. "Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031." 2025. https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/hyperscale-operators-to-account-for-67-of-all-data-center-capacity-by-2031. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ58.
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@misc{synergyresearch2025colocation50cq58, author = {{Synergy Research Group}}, title = {Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67\% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCJ329G1VRE4150CQ58}, note = {Original source: https://www.srgresearch.com/articles/hyperscale-operators-to-account-for-67-of-all-data-center-capacity-by-2031. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031
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Hyperscale Operators to Account for 67% of all Data Center Capacity by 2031
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15 September 2026
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