Google, Amazon and VMware are the leading companies in the data centers theme, according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the cloud services sector from GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

Data centers are facilities used to house computer systems and associated networking equipment to capture, store, analyse and re-transmit data.

The three companies all gained the highest Thematic score (5 out of 5) for the data centers theme in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the cloud services sector. A Thematic score of 5 out of 5 indicates that the companies’ competitive position in this theme will significantly improve their future performance.

Also identified as dominant players in this theme are Cisco, Dell, Equinix, HP Enterprise and Interxion.

GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard ranks companies within a sector on the basis of overall leadership in the 10 themes that matter most to their industry, generating a leading indicator of future earnings growth.