Colocation providers · November 2026 Edition
Digital Realty vs ColoCrossing
Zero of fourteen models named Digital Realty first on the direct prompt; zero named ColoCrossing. Digital Realty was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ColoCrossing by twelve and Digital Realty carries 39 labels and ColoCrossing 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share5%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate21%67%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3912A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Digital Realty reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Flexential was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Flexential vs Digital Realty · Flexential vs ColoCrossing · Equinix vs Digital Realty
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the colocation providers page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Digital RealtyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsColoCrossing
Direct001 against Digital Realty
Paraphrase302 against Digital Realty
Comparative40
Budget-constrained023 against Digital Realty
Scale-constrained00
Negative102 against Digital Realty · 8 against ColoCrossing
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Digital Realty and ColoCrossing stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | |||
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | ||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Digital Realty ColoCrossing first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Digital Realty on the left and ColoCrossing on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Digital Realty and ColoCrossing stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Perplexity SonarFlexential alternatives: CoreSite, DataBank, Digital Realty, Equinix
Qwen 3.7 FlashCoreSite alternatives: Digital Realty, Iron Mountain Data Centers, Liquid Power, Vantage Data Centers
GLM 4.7 FlashXTierPoint alternatives: CoreSite, Digital Realty, Equinix, Flexential
Muse Glimmer 30BFlexential, TierPoint alternatives: Digital Realty, Equinix, ServerMania
Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniEquinix, TierPoint alternatives: CoreSite, Flexential
Gemini 3.5 FlashFlexential alternatives: CoreSite, DataBank, TierPoint
Grok 4.20Flexential alternatives: DataBank, TierPoint
Mistral SmallCoreSite, Equinix alternatives: Flexential, ServerMania
DeepSeek V4 FlashFlexential, TierPoint alternatives: 365 Data Centers, DataBank
Llama 4 MaverickTierPoint alternatives: 365 Data Centers, CoreSite, Equinix, ServerMania
Kimi K2Flexential, TierPoint alternatives: 365 Data Centers, DataBank
MiniMax M2.5CoreSite alternatives: DataBank, Flexential, TierPoint
GPT-6 LunaDataBank alternatives: CoreSite, Equinix, Flexential
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Digital Realty leads by two points.
Digital Realty2%#10 of 12ColoCrossing0%#12 of 12Mid-marketThe figures above
Digital Realty leads by two points.
Digital Realty5%#7 of 12ColoCrossing4%#8 of 12Enterprise
Digital Realty leads by twenty-three points.
Digital Realty23%#2 of 12ColoCrossing0%#– of 12What the models said about Digital Realty
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid for tight budgets: Premium names like Equinix or Digital Realty” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Market giants (like Equinix, Digital Realty, or CoreSite) offer top-tier infrastructure, but their business models cater primarily to enterprises” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Some models recommend avoiding hyperscale giants like Equinix and Digital Realty for smaller or mid-market firms due to cost and complexity.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“prioritize Tier III certified or Tier IV facilities operated by carrier-neutral entities (like Digital Realty, CoreSite, CyrusOne” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Equinix and Digital Realty dominate the global market as the largest, carrier-neutral providers” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Equinix and Digital Realty dominate with roughly 40–50% combined global retail/wholesale market share.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about ColoCrossing
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid providers that have a documented history of outages, poor support, or financial distress (e.g., ColoCrossing, INCERO, HorizonIQ, Cyxtera” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid if you want production reliability: ColoCrossing (especially Dallas), Cloudnium, and INCERO.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Multiple reviews on Trustpilot warn against using ColoCrossing due to issues with their services” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“providers with published 1U rates such as ColoCrossing $59/mo, GigeNET Chicago $99/mo or Sharktech $65-$99/mo are the lowest entry points” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Get a quote from Sharktech or ColoCrossing” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“ColoCrossing, offering colocation at $59 per month” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.