The Case for Diverse Entry Points and Meet-Me Room Design — Updated for 2026 (4)
A well-designed meet-me room and diverse entry points are unglamorous details that matter enormously the one time a physical fibre…
Month: July 2026
Contract Length Trade-Offs: Short-Term Flexibility vs Long-Term Rates — Updated for 2026 (5)
Colocation contracts reward careful reading precisely because the parts that matter most — renewal escalators, exit terms, and SLA remedies…
Exit Strategy: Planning a Colocation Migration Before You Need One — Updated for 2026 (4)
Migrations are won or lost in the planning phase — the technical move itself is rarely the hard part, sequencing…
Colocation Site Selection: Seismic, Flood, and Climate Risk — Updated for 2026 (2)
Physical site risk rarely gets the scrutiny it deserves during procurement, even though a facility's location says as much about…
Greenfield vs Brownfield Data Center Development — Updated for 2026 (4)
The greenfield-versus-brownfield choice in data center development comes down to a trade-off between design freedom and speed to operational capacity.It…
The Economics of Remote Hands and On-Site Support Tiers — Updated for 2026 (3)
Remote hands economics are easy to overlook during procurement and easy to notice once the invoices for on-site support start…
Why PUE Matters: Energy Efficiency in Modern Colocation Facilities — Updated for 2026 (7)
PUE is easy to quote and easy to misread — a low number on a marketing page does not always…
Colocation Due Diligence: Questions to Ask Before You Sign — Updated for 2026 (5)
Due diligence on a colocation provider is worth treating like due diligence on any critical vendor: verify what is claimed,…
Contract Length Trade-Offs: Short-Term Flexibility vs Long-Term Rates — Updated for 2026 (4)
Colocation contracts reward careful reading precisely because the parts that matter most — renewal escalators, exit terms, and SLA remedies…
Colocation vs Cloud: When Physical Infrastructure Still Wins — Updated for 2026 (2)
The colocation-versus-cloud debate is less binary in practice than it appears on paper; most serious infrastructure strategies end up using…