The perception of the colocation sector as the "white elephant" of the 21st century is finally beginning to change. Of those who embarked so optimistically a few short years ago, there have been some spectacular failures, quite a few players who still hover more or less at the brink and a very few who have demonstrated that their models were more in tune with reality and who are now on course for success.
Along with many areas in the Internet industry, the economic slowdown has imposed very negative and, in some cases, critical effects on the data centre market.