# Colocation providers for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026 Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "colocation provider" and as "data center colocation space", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/colocation-providers/enterprise **Standing:** Equinix leads with 66% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 44 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts. ## First-choice share | Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels | |---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | [Equinix](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/equinix/index.md) | 66% | 11% | 62 | | 2 | [Digital Realty](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/digital-realty/index.md) | 23% | 2% | 55 | | 3 | [CoreSite](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/coresite/index.md) | 2% | 3% | 39 | | 4 | [CyrusOne](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cyrusone/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 32 | | 5 | [QTS](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/qts/index.md) | 2% | 8% | 13 | | 6 | [TierPoint](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/tierpoint/index.md) | 2% | 21% | 19 | | 8 | [Flexential](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/flexential/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 23 | | 9 | [Iron Mountain Data Centers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/iron-mountain-data-centers/index.md) | 0% | 4% | 26 | | 10 | [NTT Global Data Centers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ntt-global-data-centers/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 21 | | 11 | [QTS Data Centers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/qts-data-centers/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 | | 12 | [Switch](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/switch/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 12 | | 13 | [DataBank](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/databank/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 10 | Rank is by share of first choices among all 67 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels. ## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt - Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice - GPT-5.4 mini: Equinix; alternatives Digital Realty, Flexential, TierPoint, US Signal - Gemini 3.5 Flash: Digital Realty, Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, DataBank, Flexential, Iron Mountain Data Centers - Perplexity Sonar: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, Digital Realty - Grok 4.20: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, CyrusOne, DataBank, Digital Realty - Mistral Small: CoreSite, Equinix; alternatives CyrusOne, Flexential - DeepSeek V4 Flash: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, Iron Mountain Data Centers - Llama 4 Maverick: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, Digital Realty, Qu Data Centres - Qwen 3.7 Flash: Equinix; alternatives Colt Technology Services, Digital Realty, Vantage Data Centers - Kimi K2: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, Digital Realty, Flexential, TierPoint - GLM 4.7 FlashX: Digital Realty, Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, QTS Data Centers, TierPoint - MiniMax M2.5: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, CyrusOne, Digital Realty, Iron Mountain Data Centers - GPT-6 Luna: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, Digital Realty - Muse Glimmer 30B: Equinix; alternatives CoreSite, Digital Realty, NTT Global Data Centers ## Sources the answers cite 70 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers: - quotecolo.com: 34 answers, 37 citations - metrocoloadvisory.com: 27 answers, 33 citations - gane.ai/index: 24 answers, 25 citations - netrouting.com: 20 answers, 32 citations - coresite.com: 20 answers, 25 citations - guideflow.com: 17 answers, 17 citations - dgtlinfra.com: 16 answers, 17 citations - techtarget.com: 15 answers, 15 citations Pages named in the most answers: - https://quotecolo.com/colocation-providers (31 answers) - https://gane.ai/index/it/cloud/colocation-providers/enterprise (24 answers) - https://metrocoloadvisory.com/provider-comparison (24 answers) - https://guideflow.com/blog/colocation-services (17 answers) - https://dgtlinfra.com/top-10-colocation-providers (16 answers) - https://datacentremagazine.com/top10/top-10-colocation-providers-4-march-2026 (13 answers) - https://netrouting.com/colocation/best (11 answers) - https://techtarget.com/news/5-top-colocation-providers-to-watch-in-2025/858239 (11 answers) - https://devx.work/blog/top-colocation-providers (10 answers) - https://netrouting.com/colocation/best-providers (10 answers) ## Warned against - Equinix: 7 of 62 labels negative. "Major providers like Equinix, Digital Realty, CyrusOne, and others have established track records, but even they have had outages and issues" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt) - ColoCrossing: 5 of 5 labels negative. "Many users advise staying away from this provider due to unreliable service and inadequate support during outages." (Mistral Small, negative prompt) - CyrusOne: 4 of 32 labels negative. "CyrusOne was linked to a ransomware incident affecting managed service clients, even while the company said its colocation services were not directly involved" (GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt) - Cyxtera Technologies: 3 of 3 labels negative. "Cyxtera Technologies is another provider that has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2023" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt) ## Movement since October 2026 Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. Same leader: Equinix at 66%. - CoreSite: 11% to 2%, −9. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 3 of 67, unchanged. - Equinix: 59% to 66%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 1 of 67, unchanged. - TierPoint: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 6 of 67. - Digital Realty: 24% to 23%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 of 67, unchanged. - CyrusOne: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 of 67, unchanged. - QTS: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 of 67, unchanged. - Flexential: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 8 of 67. - Iron Mountain Data Centers: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 9 of 67. - NTT Global Data Centers: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 10 of 67. - QTS Data Centers: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 11 of 67. - Switch: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 12 of 67. - DataBank: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 13 of 67. ## Record - Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology - License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.