Data centers in Mexico
89 data centers are listed in Mexico. The cities with the most listings are Mexico City (9), Santiago de Querétaro (9), El Marqués (5), Monterrey (5) and Qro. (5); together they hold 37% of them. The operators with the most listings are KIO (12), Scala (6) and Aligned (4), out of 37 named operators.
By type, the listings in Mexico are 37% unclassified, 33% enterprise and 25% colocation. By published utility power, the largest single buildings are Ascenty Querétaro 2 (Ascenty, 31 MW) and Digital Realty MEX02 (Digital Realty, 31 MW).
Worldwide, Mexico ranks 17th of 152 countries by number of listings, with 1% of all listed facilities. It has the most listings in Central America, ahead of Costa Rica (32), Guatemala (9) and Panama (9).
The three operators with the most listings hold 25% of them; 23 of the 37 named operators have a single listed facility here. Published power figures for single buildings add up to 162 MW of utility power across 6 buildings; buildings that publish no figure are not counted. 30 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (22 Tier III, 6 Tier IV and 2 Tier II). Tier IV: Centro de Computo Principal (CCP) 1, Complejo Tecnologico LE - CPD I, Complejo Tecnologico LE - CPD II, Complejo Tecnológico LE CPD I y CPD II and 2 others. Listings not yet in operation: 4 planned and 1 under construction. Among them: Scala SMEXTP02, Scala SMEXSJ01 – SMEXSJ03 – SMEXSJ04, Scala SQROQT01-SQROQT02 and Scala SMEXSJ02.
About Mexico
The directory lists 89 data centers in Mexico, 17th among the 152 countries it covers, run by 37 operators in 34 towns and cities. Its two Mexican markets are Mexico City with 32 facilities and Querétaro with 22. By city, Mexico City and Santiago de Querétaro have 9 each, followed by El Marqués and Monterrey with 5 each, and Apodaca and Atizapán de Zaragoza with 4 each.
KIO has the most listings, 12, followed by Scala with 6 and Aligned and Equinix with 4 each. 29 records are enterprise sites and 22 colocation sites, and 4 are cloud regions.
Capacity is published as utility supply for 6 buildings. The largest are Ascenty Querétaro 2 and Digital Realty MEX02 in Santiago de Querétaro, at 31 MW each. By floor area, Aligned's ODATA DC QR03 in El Marqués is the largest listed building at about 3.0 million square feet, well ahead of Aligned's ODATA DC QR01.
30 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification: 22 at Tier III, 6 at Tier IV and 2 at Tier II. The Tier IV sites include KIO/Q5 and the Grupo Salinas technology campus. Every facility in the pipeline belongs to Scala: SMEXTP02 is under construction, and 4 more are planned, including SMEXSJ02 and the SQROQT01–SQROQT02 pair.
86 of 89 facilities have coordinates.
Cities
Mexico City (9) · Santiago de Querétaro (9) · El Marqués (5) · Monterrey (5) · Qro. (5) · Apodaca (4) · Atizapán de Zaragoza (4) · Guadalajara (3) · Tultitlán (3) · San Juan del Río (2) · Tepotzotlán (2)
Markets
Mexico City (32) · Querétaro (22)
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| KIO | 12 |
| Scala | 6 |
| Aligned | 4 |
| Equinix | 4 |
| Ascenty | 3 |
| BBVA | 3 |
| Digital Realty | 3 |
| Amazon Web Services | 2 |
| Axtel / Avantel Infraestructura | 2 |
| Flō Networks | 2 |
| MTP | 2 |
| NextStream | 2 |
| Oracle | 2 |
| Triara | 2 |
| Alestra S. de R.L. de C.V | 1 |
| Auditoría Superior del Estado de Puebla | 1 |
| Axtel | 1 |
| Banco de México | 1 |
| Bleeding Edge | 1 |
| CEMEX | 1 |
| Centro Nacional de Supercómputo, CNS-IPICYT | 1 |
| Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores | 1 |
| Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. | 1 |
| Grupo Financiero Banorte | 1 |
| Grupo Imagen Multimedia | 1 |
Top 25 of 37 operators.
Largest data centers in Mexico by power
| Facility | Operator | MW of utility power |
|---|---|---|
| Ascenty Querétaro 2 | Ascenty | 31 |
| Digital Realty MEX02 | Digital Realty | 31 |
| Ascenty Querétaro 1 | Ascenty | 25 |
| Ascenty Querétaro 3 | Ascenty | 25 |
| Digital Realty MEX01 | Digital Realty | 25 |
| Digital Realty MEX03 | Digital Realty | 25 |
Top 10 of 6 buildings that publish their utility power in MW. Figures of other kinds (campus totals, or power without a stated measure) are not ranked with them.
Planned and new data centers in Mexico
| Facility | Operator | Status | Planned opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scala SMEXTP02 | Scala | Under construction | not recorded |
| Scala SMEXSJ01 – SMEXSJ03 – SMEXSJ04 | Scala | Planned | not recorded |
| Scala SMEXSJ02 | Scala | Planned | not recorded |
| Scala SQROQT01-SQROQT02 | Scala | Planned | not recorded |
| Scala SQROQT03 – SQROQT04 | Scala | Planned | not recorded |
Uptime Institute certified data centers in Mexico
| Facility | Operator | Certification |
|---|---|---|
| Campus Tecnologico Grupo Salinas, Sala 1 and Sala 2 | Grupo Salinas | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Computo Principal (CCP) 1 | Banco de México | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Complejo Tecnologico LE - CPD I | BBVA | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Complejo Tecnológico LE CPD I y CPD II | BBVA | Tier IV (Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Complejo Tecnologico LE - CPD II | BBVA | Tier IV (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| KIO/Q5 | KIO | Tier IV (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Alestra Querétaro DC Module 4 | Alestra S. de R.L. de C.V | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Cómputo del Centro Desarrollo México de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León Data Center | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Computo Principal de la CNBV | Comision Nacional Bancaria y de Valores | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Computo Tlalpan | Grupo Financiero Banorte | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Datos Principal IFT | Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Centro de Procesamiento de Datos Grupo Imagen Multimedia | Grupo Imagen Multimedia | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Axtel Apodaca | Axtel / Avantel Infraestructura | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center MTP Santa Fe | Mexico Telecom Partners | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center Tec de Monterrey CEDES | Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| DataPark Tultitlan | Axtel / Avantel Infraestructura | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility) |
| EDGE Data Center CDMX | Flō Networks | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| EDGE Data Center MTY | Flō Networks | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Global Data Center, Monterrey | CEMEX | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Efficient IT Activated; Efficient IT Stamp of Approval; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Infotec data center | Infotec | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica | Centro Nacional de Supercómputo, CNS-IPICYT | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Ixtlahuaca Data Center | NextStream | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents; Gold Certification of Operational Sustainability) |
| Main Data Center Aeropuerto de Guadalajara | Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, S.A.B. de C.V. | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Megacable Data Center Guadalajara, Floor 1 | Megacable | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| MEX 5, Suite 130 | KIO | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| MEX 5, Suites 110 y 120 | KIO | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| redIT DataPark | Metro Net, SAPI de CV | Tier III (Certification of Constructed Facility; Certification of Design Documents) |
| Universidad Iberoamericana, A.C. (Ibero CDMX) data center | Universidad Iberoamericana, A.C. (Ibero CDMX) | Tier III (Certification of Design Documents) |
| Data Center de la Auditoría Superior del Estado de Puebla | Auditoría Superior del Estado de Puebla | Tier II (Certification of Design Documents) |
| PRYSE Cybersecurity Data Center Cuernavaca | Grupo de Seguridad Privada PRYSE de México S.A. de C.V. | Tier II (Certification of Design Documents) |
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Aligned ODATA DC QR03 Data Center | Aligned | 2,960,072 |
| Aligned ODATA DC QR01 Data Center | Aligned | 563,490 |
| Ascenty Querétaro 2 | Ascenty | 258,334 |
| Aligned ODATA DC QR02 Data Center | Aligned | 240,821 |
| Digital Realty MEX03 | Digital Realty | 215,500 |
| Ascenty Querétaro 1 | Ascenty | 215,278 |
| Ascenty Querétaro 3 | Ascenty | 215,278 |
| Aligned ODATA DC QR04 Data Centers | Aligned | 167,217 |
| Digital Realty MEX01 | Digital Realty | 54,000 |
| Digital Realty MEX02 | Digital Realty | 51,500 |
| Equinix Monterrey MO1 | Equinix | 12,497 |