Data centers in the Shanghai market
The Shanghai market, as defined here, takes in every listed facility within 60 km of Shanghai: 60 data centers in 2 towns and cities, led by Shanghai (58) and Kunshan (2). That is 15% of the listings in China, the 2nd largest of 2 markets there.
The operators with the most listings are GDS Holdings (13), China Telecom Shanghai Branch (5) and Equinix (5), out of 30 named operators.
The three operators with the most listings hold 38% of them; 20 of the 30 named operators have a single listed facility here. 18 facilities hold an Uptime Institute Tier certification (11 Tier III and 7 Tier IV). Tier IV: Pujiang Data Center, D1 Building, Floor 2, Centrin East China Data Center, Building 6, Data Halls 304 and 404, Zhenru Data Center Bldg3L1, Shanghai Jiading Financial Information Industry Base and 2 others.
About the Shanghai market
The directory lists 60 data centers in the Shanghai market, 24th of the 64 markets it covers and 15 percent of all listings in China. 58 are recorded in Shanghai itself, 97 percent of the market, and 2 in Kunshan.
30 operators are listed. GDS Holdings has the most listings, 13, followed by China Telecom's Shanghai branch and Equinix with 5 each and the Shanghai Stock Exchange with 3. China Unicom, Microsoft, Sinnet and Telehouse have 2 each. Enterprise data centers (29) and colocation sites (28) are close in number.
Floor areas come only from Equinix: SH6 is the largest listed building, at about 32,000 square feet, ahead of SH5 at about 26,000.
Only 2 listed facilities are recorded as operational and the other 58 carry no status in the data; none is recorded as planned or under construction. 18 facilities hold an Uptime Institute certification, 11 at Tier III and 7 at Tier IV. The Tier IV sites include GDS Shanghai Pujiang, Jin Qiao Data Center Building D1, Zhenru Data Center and the Shanghai Jiading Financial Information Industry Base. Only 5 listings in the market have a precise location.
Towns and cities
Facilities
Operators
| Operator | Facilities |
|---|---|
| GDS Holdings | 13 |
| China Telecom Shanghai Branch | 5 |
| Equinix | 5 |
| Shanghai Stock Exchange | 3 |
| China Unicom Shanghai Branch | 2 |
| Langfang Shucheng Data Technology Co., Ltd. | 2 |
| Microsoft | 2 |
| Shanghai Qnet Networking Technology Co., Ltd | 2 |
| Sinnet (Shanghai) Information Service Co., Ltd. | 2 |
| Telehouse | 2 |
| 21Vianet Group, Inc | 1 |
| Bank of Communications | 1 |
| Centrin Data OpCo | 1 |
| Centrin Data Systems Ltd. | 1 |
| Chengdi Xiangjiang (Shanghai) Cloud Computing Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| China Life | 1 |
| China Merchants Bank | 1 |
| China Mobile Communications Group Shanghai Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| China Transport Telecommunications and Information Center Shanghai Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| China Unicom | 1 |
| Chindata | 1 |
| EdgeConneX | 1 |
| Global Data Solutions Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Guotai Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Ping An | 1 |
Top 25 of 30 operators.
Largest facilities by floor area
| Facility | Operator | Floor area, sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Equinix Shanghai SH6 | Equinix | 31,969 |
| Equinix Shanghai SH5 | Equinix | 26,393 |
| Equinix Shanghai SH3 | Equinix | 15,134 |
| Equinix Shanghai SH2 | Equinix | 12,041 |
| Equinix Shanghai SH1 | Equinix | 678 |
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