Industry Findings: Increased colocation capacity and new private-connect options have turned Istanbul into a regional interconnection hub, shifting vendor strategies toward local peering and edge-enabled deployments: Equinix’s new IL4 facility, opened in late-2024, together with additional cloud on-ramps and edge nodes, has reduced latency for enterprise workloads and made locally hosted, low-latency SaaS offerings commercially viable for retail, gaming and finance customers.
Industry Progression: Equinix’s IL4 opening in Oct-2024 and AWS Direct Connect activation in May-2025 strengthened Istanbul’s interconnection fabric and enabled low-latency enterprise SaaS hosting. These infrastructure moves reduced cross-border performance friction while pushing carriers and integrators to scale private-connect cloud services for finance, gaming, and retail platforms.
Industry Player Insights: A large number of providers operate in Turkey including Turkcell, Equinix, Türk Telekom, and Vodafone Türkiye etc. Equinix’s IL4 opening (Oct-2024) and the AWS Istanbul Direct Connect site (May-2025) have combined to create stronger interconnection and private-access options; carriers such as Turkcell and Türk Telekom are packaging those options into telco-cloud services, which compels SaaS vendors to integrate with local carriers and colocation hubs to meet enterprise requirements for secure, low-latency deployments.