@david_chisnall It also matters that, as "the cloud" and the approaches that work for it are better and better understood, managing on-site infrastructure with cloud approaches is becoming more accessible.
That is not to say that there aren't still things that a dedicated DC can do better than smaller on-site installs, ofc.
From what I'm told from a cloud CTO friend, the hosting business is mostly a marginal race to the bottom at this point, which obviously presents its own issues re. quality.