This RadarView™ is designed to inform enterprises about data center best practices and provide a relatively granular understanding of key service providers. It begins with a summary of key trends shaping the supply side of the market. It continues with a detailed assessment of 27 providers offering data center managed services. Each profile provides an overview of the service provider, its key IP assets, and a list of clients and partnerships, along with brief client case studies. Each profile concludes with analyst insights on the provider’s practice maturity and future proofing.
This report provides critical insights into how enterprise data center managed services are evolving. It examines which industries are driving demand, with manufacturing and banking leading adoption, and highlights sectors taking a cautious approach. The report also explores emerging pricing models, including outcome-based constructs tied to KPIs and cost optimization. Additionally, it analyzes provider investment priorities such as AI-first asset development, ecosystem alliances, and automation across IT operations. These findings will help enterprises and providers align strategies for efficiency, resilience, and modernization, based on Avasant’s assessment.
The Data Center Managed Services 2025–2026 RadarView™ highlights key supply-side trends in the data center management space and Avasant’s viewpoint on them. It aids companies in identifying top service providers to assist them in adopting data center managed services. It also analyzes each service provider’s capabilities in technology and delivery support, enabling organizations to identify the right strategic partners for managing their data centers.
This RadarView includes a detailed analysis of the following data center managed service providers: Accenture, Atos, Capgemini, Coforge, Cognizant, Dell Technologies, DXC Technology, Ensono, Equinix, HCLTech, HPE, Infosys, Kyndryl, LTIMindtree, Microland, NTT DATA, Rackspace Technology, Red River, Tata Communications, Tech Mahindra, T-Systems, TCS, Unisys, UnitedLayer, Wipro, YASH Technologies, and Zensar.
Our evaluation of service providers is based on primary input from the providers, focused briefings, public disclosures, and Avasant’s ongoing market interactions. The assessment is across the two dimensions of practice maturity and future proofing, leading to our recognition of those service providers that have brought the most value to the market over the past 12 months.
About the report (Page 3)
Key reports of Avasant’s data center managed services research (Page 4)
Executive summary (Pages 5–11)
Supply-side trends (Pages 12–16)
Service provider profiles (Pages 17–69)
Appendix (Pages 70–73)
Key contacts (Page 74)
Read the Research Byte based on this report. Please refer to Avasant’s Data Center Managed Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™ for demand-side trends.
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