Los Angeles stands as one of the most significant data centre hubs on the West Coast, underpinning both national and global digital infrastructure. Due to its strategic geographic location, LA serves as a vital gateway for transpacific connectivity, linking North America with Asia-Pacific markets. The metro’s robust ecosystem is supported by a diverse range of enterprise sectors, hyperscalers, internet exchanges, and content delivery networks. As a result, Los Angeles caters extensively to media and entertainment industries, cloud providers, gaming platforms, fintech, and e-commerce giants who rely on secure, low-latency connections and scalable infrastructure. This market’s prominence is further highlighted by its role in disaster recovery strategies and its ability to support burgeoning digital transformation efforts across the Western United States.
As of 2024, the Los Angeles data centre market boasts over 80 operational colocation and cloud facilities, making it one of the largest clusters in the region. The city is serviced by more than 150 network providers, multiple major Internet Exchanges, and direct routes to international subsea cables, enhancing global reach and resilience. The average vacancy rate hovers below 10% as demand continues to surge, driven by the high presence of sectors such as content delivery networks (CDN), financial services, cloud computing providers, artificial intelligence (AI) companies, and video streaming platforms. The region’s power capacity and connectivity options are among the most extensive in the country, ensuring that businesses enjoy scalability alongside robust redundancy and security.
Establishing and maintaining a data centre presence within Los Angeles does come with unique challenges for global enterprises. High power and real estate costs, coupled with intensified competition for space and skilled technical talent, can create hurdles in rapid scaling or infrastructure deployment. Regulatory compliance, seismic risk, and environmental sustainability mandates also factor heavily into operational planning. Navigating local permitting processes and ensuring adherence to diverse regional cybersecurity standards require specialized expertise, particularly for organizations unfamiliar with California’s legislative landscape.
Through years of hands-on experience since entering the Los Angeles market on 2020, our remote hands team has developed deep situational awareness and technical proficiency tailored to this region’s requirements. Our local experts are well-versed in supporting daily operations, complex rollouts, migrations, and emergency response for all types of data centre tenants—including cloud, CDN, fintech, and media leaders. By leveraging our on-the-ground knowledge, established vendor partnerships, and understanding of LA’s specific compliance and connectivity landscape, companies can trust us to facilitate smooth expansions, maximize uptime, and ensure seamless integration with their global infrastructure strategy.
