22年前半期运营商中立市场的资料中心投资飙升

CNNO，对资料中心的互相连接等，技术的投资日益增加。再加上CNNO提供客户电力与其他的公共事业，成为运营商产业的永续性相关疑虑的中心存在。在今后2年～3年之间，将出现一批新型的基础设施网路资产整合所有者，融合塔、资料中心和光纤网路。这个会聚实际发生着。可是，现在资料中心成为热点。

本报告提供资料中心专门化的CNNO平台的市场方向性，2022年前半期的业绩和CNNO领域的市场活动概要。

涵盖范围

本报告所涵盖的公司及组织如下列。

目录

• 概要
• 资料中心CNNO市场主要企业
• 公开CNNO的财务
• 暗示
• 关于

MTN Consulting tracks three segments of network operators: telco, webscale, and carrier-neutral (CNNO). The CNNO market is by far the smallest, accounting for 2.2% of 2017-21 combined operator revenues, and 6.1% of combined capex. However, CNNOs are essential for the efficient functioning of operator markets. CNNOs help lower the cost of building and operating networks for telcos and webscalers, and accelerate their time to market. CNNOs also do much more than simply rent out space or capacity on neutral platforms. Increasingly they are investing in technology, for instance data center interconnect. Further, they provide electricity and other utilities to their customers, and as such are central to the sustainability concerns of the operator industry.

VISUALS

Within the CNNO market, there are three types of infrastructure focus: towers, data centers, and fiber/bandwidth. Many CNNOs own and operate two or all three of these infra types. Over time this integrated approach to CNNO infrastructure is becoming more common. As we argued in a July 2021 report: "a new breed of integrated owners of infrastructure network assets will emerge over the next 2-3 years, converging towers, data centers, and fiber networks." This convergence is indeed occurring. However, data centers are the hot spot at the moment. There is significant new investment into CNNO data centers from asset management and real estate firms, and there is a lot of M&A activity in the DC market aimed at building bigger portfolios. Some of the investment targets so-called "hyperscale" facilities designed for the needs of the largest Internet companies, such as the cloud providers which we track in the webscale market; other investment is aimed at smaller facilities at the edge of the network, serving a wider range of customers including mobile operators. We have reviewed first half 2022 earnings and market activity in the CNNO space to gauge market directions for data center-focused CNNO platforms. Spending outlook is generally modest for the key public CNNOs, but private asset management companies - plus DigitalBridge, a now-public CNNO with a private equity past - continue to make splashy announcements and acquisitions in the sector.

COVERAGE:

Companies and organizations mentioned in this report include:

Table of Contents

• Summary
• Key players in data center CNNO markets
• Public CNNO financials
• Implications
• About

FIGURES

• Figure 1: Revenues (US$M) and capex/M&A as % of revenues for 17 DC CNNOs (annualized)

• Figure 2: First half capex for top data center CNNOs, 2020-22 (US$M)

• Figure 3: DigitalBridge's strategy progression