Equinix is the top in carrier neutral data centers and internet exchanges.  With Verizon’s move buying Terremark, the Telcos are looking to expand leveraging their networks.

While researching a project for a client I was looking at Cloud Computing data centers and found an Equinix presentation that gave a lot of details on future growth.  Besides Equinix there are cloud presentations from IBM, HP, Dell, EMC, VMware, Wipro, and Telco.  The presentations were downloaded from a public site with no password logon.

Here are some of the slides from the Equinix presentation that I found interesting.

I have been presenting the idea that Telcos are the up and rising players in the data center industry for 4 months, and Verizon’s acquisition of Terremark worked out well to support my research of where the movement was going to occur.  But, some doubt a company like Verizon can build clouds.

Here is an article that discusses changes Verizon is making that supports its cloud efforts.

Verizon Crashes Silos to Build Clouds

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 | Carol Wilson | Post a comment |

The organization behind Verizon Business 's rapid rollout of cloud-based services isn't typical of the large telecom operator. Instead, it's an autonomous development and organization team that cuts across the traditional silos of a telecom operator by including experts from multiple functions within Verizon, including network operations, IT, data center operations and more.