Colocation services allow businesses to host their IT infrastructure in data centers, eliminating the need to invest in a physical data center, or to take on the initial costs associated with traditional hardware infrastructure. Colocation facilities also offer cooling power, security, and cooling. This helps customers reduce their operational expenses (OPEX), by eliminating the requirement to maintain their own equipment.
With a nearly unlimited capacity for scaling, colocation allows companies to expand their resources to meet business growth and the ever-changing requirements for IT. This allows startups to stay clear of large upfront investments and provides a cost-efficient path for expansion of resources.
Moreover the flexibility and reliability of colocation enables companies to boost their efficiency and redundancy, thereby reducing business downtime risks. A colocation datacenter can, for example, provide low-latency edge computing performance with high-performance connectivity in order to support real-time applications and ensure uptime.
Furthermore, a colocation service can allow companies to connect to multiple cloud providers as well as third party vendors, and other sites using the use of carrier neutrality and dedicated connections to ensure the best connectivity for their infrastructure. This allows for a range of opportunities for expansion of business, while reducing complexity and allowing for seamless expansion across geographies and cloud ecosystems.
Many colocation providers offer dedicated racks, cages and cabinets to house the customer’s IT infrastructure. Space that is dedicated comes with dedicated bandwidth and private access to the facility’s network as well as dedicated local support engineers who can address your IT needs when needed.