How Colocation can Benefit Businesses?

In these tough economic times, businesses are looking for ways to save money anywhere they can find them. The rising costs of power, infrastructure, and employment makes it difficult for some companies to sustain their own data centers. Because of this, many of them have turned to colocation as a money-saving solution.

Colocation simply means that a company’s servers are housed, powered, and protected within another company’s data center. In many cases, the colocation provider does nothing else but take care of data centers, meaning they are well-equipped to manage and take care of powering, cooling, and securing servers.

Colocation is ideal for businesses that cannot afford or do not wish to have their own data centers. In the long term, it can save them money and make it easier to use their servers.

Data centre colocation offers many benefits to businesses, which we have highlighted  below:

Improve efficiency and performance
Data centres that house colocation are designed with efficiency and performance in mind, from cold aisle cooling containments to temperature monitoring. These measures ensure your servers remain at an optimal temperature and performance is consistent.

Improve reliability and availability
By housing your servers in a data centre you’re automatically guaranteed improved reliability and availability. Colocation providers offer uptime guarantees on power which are highlighted in their Service Level Agreement’s.

Reduce and eliminate costs
Cost savings is one of the main reasons behind why businesses choose to colocate, as it can be a lot more cost-effective than building your own data centre.

Easily scalable
Choosing a data centre that has ample space to grow benefits businesses profusely in the long-run, as access to quickly expand your colocation presence is key to keeping up with your businesses growth demands.

Reduce risk
By taking data centre colocation businesses also benefit from the additional security that these facilities provide, ensuring your systems are protected from any potential threats. Data centres offer security features comparable to a highly controlled government building including; on-site security, video surveillance, biometric systems, and perimeter fencing are standard security procedures.

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