Market comparison
Karachi, Pakistan vs Lahore, Pakistan
Both columns are built from the catalog and the price index: Karachi — 10 facilities from 7 operators, Lahore — 6 facilities from 4 operators. Where a benchmark or a tariff is not published, the cell says so.
Karachi, Pakistan
10
Tracked facilities · Operators: 7
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Lahore, Pakistan
6
Tracked facilities · Operators: 4
Wholesale benchmark, $/kW/month: not published
Markets side by side
| Field | Karachi | Lahore |
|---|---|---|
| Tracked facilities | 10 | 6 |
| Operators | 7 | 4 |
| Published IT capacity | not published | not published |
| Operational | 10 | 6 |
| Under construction / announced | 0 | 0 |
| Tier III+ certified sites | 5 | 2 |
| Sites with any certification | 9 | 4 |
| 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 | 19/100 across 10 sites | 15/100 across 6 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: Karachi — 10; Lahore — 6
- Operators: Karachi — 7; Lahore — 4
- Operational: Karachi — 10; Lahore — 6
- Tier III+ certified sites: Karachi — 5; Lahore — 2
- Sites with any certification: Karachi — 9; Lahore — 4
- Average Coloprice Score: Karachi — 19/100 across 10 sites; Lahore — 15/100 across 6 sites
Top facilities by score
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
Lahore, Pakistan
- University of Lahore HISPAR Networks University of Lahore HISPAR Networks
- PTCL Commercial Data Center-1, Lahore Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
- PTCL Commercial Data Center, Garden Town Lahore Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited
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