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20 Years of London Colocation LINX105 May 2019
Tim Anker Founder & Director Colo-X
Director Amito
Docklands 20 years ago
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Band-X
The Marketplace for Telecoms Capacity
Tim Anker Band-X Co-location
November 2000
INTERNAL USE ONLY
INTERNAL USE ONLY
Band-X Routed
IP Exchange AS12885
Stats Server
Trading Sys
DNS Server
Mail Server
Stats Collector
Stats Collector
Stats Collector
Stats Collector
Buyer C
Buyer F
Buyer D
Buyer B
Buyer E
Buyer A
BAND-X Customer Connections
Seller A
Seller B
Seller C
Seller D
BAND-X Seller Connections
London IP Exchange
First transaction, Sept 1999
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August 2004
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May 2006
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May 2019
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Global Switch 2/East
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Global Switch 2/East
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Global Switch 2/London East
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State of the market 2005
State of the market 2005
LINX52 – Feb 06
LINX57 May 2007
LINX57 May 2007
LINX57 May 2007
LINX91 – Nov 2015
LINX91 – Nov 2015
LINX91 – Nov 2015
Recent changes – since 2015
Recent changes – since 2015
Evolution of London’s Data Centre Market
Evolution of UK’s Data Centre Market
Today’s UK Data Centre Market – Scale!
Today’s UK Data Centre Market – New Names
Ecosystems/Premium Colo/LINX
Interconnection = cross-connects
• Originalcarrierneutralmodel• Generally£0until2010• Nowwiderange:
• Install• MRC• Indexation(yesreally)• De-installfees
Market Continues to Evolve
• Wholesale• Hyperscale• Newlocations• Newoperators• Scale
• Retail• Consolidation• Steadygrowth• Ecosystems£££• Independents£
Market Continues to Evolve – and people!
Today - Crosspoint now Amito
Today – Colo-X
Brokerage Research
20 Years of London Colocation LINX105 May 2019
Tim Anker Founder & Director Colo-X
Director Amito