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