Market comparison
Islamabad, Pakistan vs Karachi, Pakistan
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Islamabad — 6 facilities from 6 operators, Karachi — 10 facilities from 7 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Islamabad, Pakistan
6
Tracked facilities · Operators: 6
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Karachi, Pakistan
10
Tracked facilities · Operators: 7
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Islamabad | Karachi |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 6 | 10 |
| Operators | 6 | 7 |
| Published IT capacity | not published | not published |
| Operational | 6 | 10 |
| Under construction / announced | 0 | 0 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 3 | 5 |
| Sites with any certification | 5 | 9 |
| Liquid-cooled sites | 0 | 0 |
| AI-ready sites | 0 | 0 |
| Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month | not published | not published |
| Benchmark change, yoy | not published | not published |
| Industrial power tariff, $/kWh | $0.148 | $0.148 |
| Average Coloprice Score | 20/100 across 6 sites | 19/100 across 10 sites |
| Latency between the two | not published | |
Counts are the Coloprice catalog as of 2026-10-01; benchmarks are the Colocation Price Index (Q3 2026). Operators publish some facts and not others — an empty cell means «not published», not zero.
Where they differ
Only fields both sides publish and where the values are not identical. This is not a judgement: the right choice depends on the workload, the contract and the site.
- Tracked facilities: Islamabad — 6; Karachi — 10
- Operators: Islamabad — 6; Karachi — 7
- Operational: Islamabad — 6; Karachi — 10
- Tier III+ certified sites: Islamabad — 3; Karachi — 5
- Sites with any certification: Islamabad — 5; Karachi — 9
- Average Coloprice Score: Islamabad — 20/100 across 6 sites; Karachi — 19/100 across 10 sites
Top facilities by score
Islamabad, Pakistan
- Nayatel Cloud Datacenter NayaTel
- Zong High Performance Computing Center (Zong HPCC) Zong Pakistan
- Karakoram 1 Sky47 Limited
Karachi, Pakistan
- HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION PAKISTAN CLOUD DATA CENTER HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION PAKISTAN
- Pakistan Petroleum PPL Data Center Pakistan Petroleum
- State Bank of Pakistan SBP Main Data Center (MDC) State Bank of Pakistan
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