For a sector that has been on fire for several years now, the colocation and data center space has had relatively few companies available for investment by the general public in the US marketplace. And with Switch and Data now part of the growing Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX, news, filings) empire, there are suddenly fewer still. There are of course the two REITs: Digital Realty Trust (NYSE:DLR, news, filings) and Dupont Fabros Technology (NYSE:DFT, news, filings), and there are Terremark (news, filings) [a subsidiary of Verizon (NYSE:VZ, news, filings)] and Savvis (news, filings) [a subsidiary of CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL, news, filings)] , but nevertheless there has been a common perception amongst some that Equinix is the only big game in town. That era seems about to end as a group of dynamic companies are rapidly moving to restore [Read more →]