Yeah thanks I've seen that "article" too, good to get some names of pool operators but in the end a simple search about the current pool hashrate distribution would have yielded more up-to-date results  

I was actually more hoping to find a list of (or a thread discussing) datacenters that offer cloud mining and/or remote hardware hosting. I've spent quite some time already looking around, but the vast majority of "companies" I could find have either already disappeared or are obvious scams.