Research analyst

About The Role

Grade Level (for internal use):

10

The Teams: There has rarely been a time when an understanding of IT market disruptions has been more significant – or more needed. As part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P TMT’s Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team have a uniquely influential role in articulating a clear perspective on the trends driving innovation and disruption in the field. We cover the trends, services and technologies the datacenter industry is adopting to improve operational efficiency, drive competitive advantage and generate new revenue opportunities. Our team’s work in this field has been embraced and promoted by leading companies worldwide. In this role, the successful candidate will further research in various markets across the US.

The Role: Datacenter Research Analyst, US focused. This role will support the S&P Technology Media and Telecom Datacenter Services and Infrastructure analyst team in covering the trends and technologies driving the US datacenter markets.

Datacenter markets around the world continue to see explosive growth thanks to expansions of the hyperscale / cloud providers. Increasingly these expansions will be to accommodate artificial intelligence type hardware (GPU-based compute) as well as other compute types. While this growth has been exciting to watch, it also raises questions about the long-term sustainability of the energy demand and its impacts on local power grids, as well as the communities surrounding the datacenter developments. We are seeking a dynamic researcher to help further our coverage of this critically important segment.

Responsibilities Impact

451 Research’s Datacenter Services and Infrastructure team serves IT technology and services vendors, datacenter providers, service providers and their customers, the investment community, senior corporate leaders, IT practitioners and others. We provide insights on multiple topics from trends in the various datacenter markets, new technologies being adopted by datacenter providers, and the various sustainability issues facing the datacenter industry as a whole, to name a few. Our analysts help define and shape the markets they cover, as well as their clients’ strategies. Clients use our research when making investment and other key decisions.

• This role will conduct industry analyst research on the datacenter market and its trends, working both independently and in collaboration within a geographically dispersed, global team.
• The focus of coverage will center on trends in the various datacenter markets around the US. Specifically:
• Assessing build pipelines to understand who is building what, and how big
• Understanding pricing dynamics for the various colocation providers.
• Understanding vacancy rates within a market and the various dynamics influencing this..
• Writing is essential to this role and will include research and publication of both short (2-page) and long (10-25 page) reports on datacenter markets and providers, as well as on broader industry topics as relevant. Short reports will publish regularly and more frequently (approximately weekly); longer reports would be less frequent and planned in advance.
• End-user survey work is a potentially important element of this role. We have dedicated a portion of our end-user survey capacity to the topic of datacenter infrastructure and services. The successful candidate will play a role in developing our on-going survey research with end-users and analyze and deliver research reports based on the results.
  
  

In addition to the above responsibilities, the successful candidate will:

• Engage in briefings with key vendors and attend events (virtual, or other events contingent on travel conditions) focused on covered segments of the datacenter markets.
• and explain industry trends.
• Respond to inquiry requests from market vendors and enterprise users.
• Contribute to custom advisory research projects.
• Collaborate with fellow analysts on topics that cross practice boundaries, for example the impact of datacenters on power utilities.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

What We’re Looking For:

• 1-2 or more years’ experience in the above-described areas of datacenter services and infrastructure, with sufficient knowledge to communicate credibly to practitioners, vendors and investors in these markets.
• To be considered for interview, applicants will be required to provide examples of their writing appropriate to the S&P TMT audience. It is strongly recommended that applicants familiarize themselves with 451 Research and its output, beginning with our site at
• Experience in any of the following may be considered:
• Product management, product marketing, or practitioner experience in implementation.
• Vertical market or associated technology area research role with an industry analyst firm
• Market intelligence, competitive intelligence, strategy or business development role with a datacenter services vendor
• Journalism or technical writing covering these fields.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken), with superior writing and verbal communication skills.
• Undergraduate or graduate degree, either a technical degree (math, science, engineering, IT fields) or a business, writing/communications, or liberal arts degree with appropriate experience.
• Ability/willingness to travel domestically and internationally as conditions permit.
• The key to being a successful analyst is having an inquisitive nature; always looking to learn and explore.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• In addition to the experience above, exposure to or experience in broader or other markets of information technology.
• Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel skills
• Experience with public speaking
• Fluent in Spanish or Portuguese a plus
  
  

Compensation/Benefits Information

S&P Global states that the anticipated base salary range for this position is $78,492 to $109,846. Base salary ranges may vary by geographic location.

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Job ID: 319415

Posted On: 2025-09-08

Location: Virtual, Oregon, United States