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Few businesses outside the largest hyperscalers like Amazon , Facebook and Alibaba will build their own data centres . Most ‘ colocate ’ and share the space , so considering who will be your ‘ neighbours ’ is a valuable exercise . For most businesses , connecting to other companies in their regional ecosystem is an important part of day-to-day operations . When those businesses operate from the same data centre provider , even the same facility , they can interact at the best possible speed . A data centre ’ s customers also indicate specialist expertise . Providers working with government or finance clients will boast the highest levels of security , redundancy and stability , while providers with a focus on bitcoin mining offer little more than a “ powered tent ”. If your business strategy involves access to the major global cloud providers ( AWS , Azure , Google Cloud , etc ), identifying which providers in your region have agreements with or direct channels to the cloud can help ensure the best support for your IT strategy .

JULY 2019