The report that places India on the 20th spot, states, “At the centre of the global outsourcing revolution, India is now home to a number of data centers in strategic cities.  Power quality and outages still represent a challenge in many locations and increasing IT loads are also a risk and a disincentive to investment in the country.”

The report will definitely stir up some controversy as it rates Brazil among the most risk prone data center location on the planet. It would be worth noticing that off late, Brazil has been the most active data center market.Unites States been successful in holding on to the number one spot as the least risk prone data centers location. U.K. comes fifth mainly because of its high international bandwidth capacity. Hong Kong has ranked on top in Asia.

Here is how the countries rank:

1. UNITED STATES
2. CANADA
3. GERMANY
4. HONG KONG
5. UNITED KINGDOM
6. SWEDEN
7. QATAR
8. SOUTH AFRICA
9. FRANCE
10. AUSTRALIA
11. SINGAPORE
12. BRAZIL
13. NETHERLANDS
14. SPAIN
15. RUSSIA
16. POLAND
17. IRELAND
18. CHINA
19. JAPAN
20. INDIA

With the introduction to cloud computing, more and more companies are hunting for new locations to set up their data centers. This report should help these organizations to locate a place that will suit best for their requirements.