Colocation for AI and GPU Workloads: Power Density Realities
AI and accelerated-compute workloads have rewritten the assumptions colocation buyers used to rely on, particularly around power density, which now…
Month: July 2026
How Subsea Cable Landings Shape Colocation Connectivity
Subsea cable landing points are not just a network engineering detail — they quietly shape which metros become colocation hubs…
Colocation SLA Penalties: What They Cover and What They Do Not
An SLA is only as good as its remedies. Service credits that amount to a small fraction of monthly fees…
Regional Spotlight: The Middle East Data Center Build-Out
The Middle East's data center build-out has been driven as much by economic diversification strategy as by raw digital demand.Ask…
Bandwidth Costs in Colocation: What Drives the Price Per Mbps
Bandwidth costs in colocation vary by more than most buyers expect, and the price per Mbps is rarely the headline…
Designing Colocation Resilience: Redundancy and Concurrent Maintainability
Redundancy on a spec sheet and resilience in practice are two different things — the gap between them only shows…
Provider Consolidation: What M&A Waves Mean for Buyers
Provider consolidation reshapes the market from the buyer's side too, often shifting negotiating leverage well before a renewal date arrives.The…
The Real Cost of Colocation: Beyond the Monthly Rack Rate
The advertised rack rate is rarely the number that determines total spend — cross-connects, power draw, and renewal terms usually…
Immersion and Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling: A Buyer Primer
Cooling strategy has quietly become a capacity question as much as an engineering one — the racks a facility can…
What a Facility Audit Should Actually Cover
A facility audit is only useful if it goes beyond the marketing tour — the questions worth asking are the…