About the International Data Centre Group (IDC-G)

Headquartered in London, IDC-G is a data center advisory group representing two decades of a global data center experience across 5 continents, with a focus on both emerging and high-growth markets. IDCG was founded by Guy Willner, a pioneer in the industry whose first datacentre company was launched in 1999. IDC-G’s clients can leverage world-class industry experience combined with the local expertise of its Alliance Members, as well as the assurance that comes with the IDC-G stamp of data center excellence.

IDC-G’s founding principle is to help drive the global datacentre industry forward, creating new opportunities and bringing the power of the Internet to everyone.

A Growing International Network of Leading Independent Data Centers.

Data Centres

Cities

Countries

Continents

When you expect the highest possible SLA, IDC-G delivers by blending:

IDC-G Members

Data centres that have gone through our stringent selection and qualification processes.

Global Master Services Agreements

Providing flexibility and simplicity in procurement and management.

IDC-G Build+Operate

Where no suitable options exist, rather than settle for second best, we build to order or on our own account with a suitable anchor client.

  • Guy Willner

    Guy Willner

    Chairman and CEO

    Guy Willner, our Executive Chairman, is a world-renowned Data Centre expert and entrepreneur, having invested in and founded a number of DC startups including in emerging markets over the last 25 years.
    These include co-founder and Chairman of IXAfrica since 2018, Co-founder and Chairman of IXcellerate UK Ltd since 2011, investor and Director of Teraco Data Environments (South Africa) from 2008 to 2014. He previously served as the Co-founder and CEO of IXEurope (LSE: IXE, Acquired by Equinix Inc in 2007) from 1999 to 2007 and was President Europe at Equinix from 2007 to 2008. Willner is also Non Executive Director at Elea Digital a South American datacentre company based in Brazil.
    Mr. Willner founded IXEurope in 1998 and oversaw the company’s growth from a sole datacenter in London to a network of 14 datacenters located in four countries (France, UK, Germany, and Switzerland) and eight cities, fueled, in part, by the company successfully executing eight acquisitions between 2004 and 2006. This rapid expansion resulted in IXEurope winning first place in the 2002 UK Sunday Times Tech Track awards as the fastest growing technology company in the UK, and Mr. Willner was a finalist in the 2003 Ernst and Young UK Entrepreneur of the Year awards. With his team, the company was successfully listed on London’s AIM market (LSE: IXE) in April 2006. That same year, the company received the Queen’s Award for International Trade in recognition of its spectacular growth across Europe. In September 2007, IXEurope was purchased by Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX) for $555 million, and Mr. Willner remained as the President of Equinix’s European sector through June 2008.
    Mr. Willner invested in and joined the board of directors of Teraco Data Environments (South Africa) in 2008 and remained as a shareholder and board member until 2014 when the company was sold to Permira.
    In 2018, Mr. Willner co-founded IXAfrica, a hyperscale datacenter operator in Kenya that is projected to be the largest hyperscale datacenter campus in East Africa by 2025. In 2022 Guy joined the Board of Elea Digital in Brazil. Mr. Willner holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Oxford Brookes University.
    In 2022 Guy became an Advisor to Helios LLP in Digital Infrastructure with specific focus in the African Region.