Job Description
451 Research
The Role: APAC Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure.
Grade ( relevant for internal applicants only ): 11
The Location: Virtual, US
The Team: Our team has been deeply involved with the datacenter market for over a decade. We produce both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the market, providing insight into the competitive strategies of the providers; the considerations and needs of their customers; and insights about providers and geographic markets.
The Impact: We serve a wide variety of customers, including datacenter providers, their customers, the investment community, cloud and managed services vendors and others. Customers depend on us to cover trends and issues around datacenters by country, as well as topics that impact the industry more broadly, such as energy management and sustainability, how workloads for AI and IoT impact datacenters, the cloud in all its forms, and government regulation. Customers use our research when making investment and other key decisions.
What's in it for you:
Basic Qualifications:
S&P Global Market Intelligence
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we know that not all information is important-some of it is vital. Accurate, deep and insightful. We integrate financial and industry data, research and news into tools that help track performance, generate alpha, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation and assess credit risk. Investment professionals, government agencies, corporations and universities globally can gain the intelligence essential to making business and financial decisions with conviction.
S&P Global Market Intelligence is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit
EOE Statement:
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
The EEO is the Law Poster describes discrimination protections under US federal law.
20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RESECH202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority - Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning)
Job ID: 259290
Posted On: 2021-01-28
Location: Virtual, New York, United States
The Role: APAC Analyst, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure.
Grade ( relevant for internal applicants only ): 11
The Location: Virtual, US
The Team: Our team has been deeply involved with the datacenter market for over a decade. We produce both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the market, providing insight into the competitive strategies of the providers; the considerations and needs of their customers; and insights about providers and geographic markets.
The Impact: We serve a wide variety of customers, including datacenter providers, their customers, the investment community, cloud and managed services vendors and others. Customers depend on us to cover trends and issues around datacenters by country, as well as topics that impact the industry more broadly, such as energy management and sustainability, how workloads for AI and IoT impact datacenters, the cloud in all its forms, and government regulation. Customers use our research when making investment and other key decisions.
What's in it for you:
- The opportunity to become a well-known expert in the industry.
- Exposure to a wide variety of people, from industry C-level executives to investment professionals, government officials, engineers and fellow analysts.
- The ability to determine your own research topics while managing your tasks, time and priorities independently (in consultation with your manager and with help from your manager and teammates if needed).
- Travel around Asia and to the US (once travel restrictions are lifted).
- Search publicly available news and data sources.
- Research and publish both short (2-page) and long (10-15 page) reports on datacenters in specific cities/countries and on broader industry trends.
- Gather data points from both public and private companies and update/maintain the data accurately in our proprietary database.
- Communicate effectively with other analysts and with a broad range of industry professionals.
- Conduct research in support of client consulting engagements and the rest of the datacenter research team.
- Share thought leadership on webinars and at industry conferences.
Basic Qualifications:
- Fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese (written and spoken)
- Undergraduate or graduate degree, either a technical degree (math, science, engineering, MIS, IT) or a business, writing/communications or liberal arts degree.
- Excellent written communication skills.
- Ability/willingness to travel to/throughout Asia once pandemic restrictions are lifted and occasionally to events in the US.
- The key to being a successful analyst is having an inquisitive nature; always looking to learn and explore.
- 1-3 years' work experience in strategy, business development, or marketing; or as a consultant, journalist or investment advisor. Experience in the datacenter industry or a related sector, such as hosting, managed services, technology or real estate is a plus, but is not required.
- Experience beyond the 3-year mark would be an input for a more senior position.
- PowerPoint and Excel skills.
- Enthusiastic public speaker.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we know that not all information is important-some of it is vital. Accurate, deep and insightful. We integrate financial and industry data, research and news into tools that help track performance, generate alpha, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation and assess credit risk. Investment professionals, government agencies, corporations and universities globally can gain the intelligence essential to making business and financial decisions with conviction.
S&P Global Market Intelligence is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit
EOE Statement:
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.
If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.
The EEO is the Law Poster describes discrimination protections under US federal law.
20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), RESECH202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority - Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning)
Job ID: 259290
Posted On: 2021-01-28
Location: Virtual, New York, United States
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