Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
Strategic acquirers, private equity (buyout funds and growth funds) firms, and valuation benchmarks for Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services
1.1 - About Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
Companies in the Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services category design, operate, and integrate colocation facilities, interconnection fabrics, and core compute/storage platforms that host mission‑critical enterprise workloads. They provide secure capacity, high‑density power and cooling, and on‑demand connectivity to clouds and networks, enabling customers to scale, meet compliance, reduce latency, and modernize data center operations with predictable performance and availability.
Typical offerings include private cages and secure cabinets, multi‑tenant suites, and build‑to‑suit campuses engineered for high‑density compute. Vendors deliver software‑defined interconnection and cloud networking to link data centers, private clouds, and public clouds. They provide bare metal servers for rapid deployment, hyperconverged infrastructure and enterprise storage modernization to simplify operations, as well as UPS/power systems, cooling, remote diagnostics, and DCIM monitoring, plus installation, commissioning, and lifecycle maintenance.
Primary buyers include global enterprises running regulated or latency‑sensitive workloads, cloud and hyperscale providers, and service providers building regional presence. Outcomes typically include faster time to deploy infrastructure, improved uptime and resilience through redundant power and cooling, scalable capacity for AI and high‑density compute, lower network latency via direct interconnects, and stronger compliance and security controls across hybrid and multi‑cloud architectures.
2. Buyers in the Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
2.1 Top strategic acquirers of Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services companies
Equinix
- Description: Provider of network-neutral data center colocation, interconnection and managed infrastructure solutions through a global network of International Business Exchange facilities, enabling carriers, cloud and IT providers, digital media, financial services firms and enterprises to achieve digital transformation and efficient, secure connectivity across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.
- Key Products:
- Private Cages & Secure Cabinets: Provide secure dedicated physical space for customer hardware within Equinix International Business Exchange data centers, enabling regulated enterprises to meet compliance and scalability requirements
- Equinix Fabric: Software-defined interconnection service linking customers to clouds, networks and partners on demand across Equinix global footprint, delivering low-latency connectivity and simplified hybrid multicloud architectures
- Equinix Internet Exchange: Peering platform allowing ISPs, content providers and enterprises to exchange Internet traffic directly within Equinix facilities, improving network performance, reducing transit costs and increasing resiliency
- Network Edge: Virtual network functions delivered at Equinix edge locations, enabling rapid deployment of firewalls, routers and SD-WAN without physical hardware, accelerating time-to-market and supporting dynamic scaling
- Rationale: Provider of Private Cages & Secure Cabinets colocation, Equinix Fabric interconnection, and Network Edge virtual networking delivering low-latency hybrid multicloud.
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2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
M&A buyer group 1: Datacenter Colocation
Equinix
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- Description: Provider of network-neutral data center colocation, interconnection and managed infrastructure solutions through a global network of International Business Exchange facilities, enabling carriers, cloud and IT providers, digital media, financial services firms and enterprises to achieve digital transformation and efficient, secure connectivity across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.
- Key Products:
- Private Cages & Secure Cabinets: Provide secure dedicated physical space for customer hardware within Equinix International Business Exchange data centers, enabling regulated enterprises to meet compliance and scalability requirements
- Equinix Fabric: Software-defined interconnection service linking customers to clouds, networks and partners on demand across Equinix global footprint, delivering low-latency connectivity and simplified hybrid multicloud architectures
- Equinix Internet Exchange: Peering platform allowing ISPs, content providers and enterprises to exchange Internet traffic directly within Equinix facilities, improving network performance, reducing transit costs and increasing resiliency
- Network Edge: Virtual network functions delivered at Equinix edge locations, enabling rapid deployment of firewalls, routers and SD-WAN without physical hardware, accelerating time-to-market and supporting dynamic scaling
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3.1 - Buyout funds in the Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
4 - Top valuation comps for Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services companies
4.2 - Public trading comparable groups for Enterprise Data Center Infrastructure Services sector
Valuation benchmark group 1: High-Performance Computing Data Center Operators
GDS Holdings
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- Description: Provider of data center and IT infrastructure services, offering colocation, managed hosting, and managed cloud services with a focus on high-performance data centers strategically located in China and Southeast Asia.
- Key Products:
- Colocation Services: Secure and reliable colocation solutions for business continuity
- Managed Hosting: Comprehensive hosting services to optimize IT performance
- Managed Cloud Services: Scalable cloud solutions to meet diverse business needs
- Disaster Recovery Solutions: Business continuity solutions for critical data protection
- IT Infrastructure Services: Integrated IT infrastructure management and support