Peering and Latency: Why Network Topology Shapes Performance
Peering relationships determine real-world latency far more than geographic distance alone — two facilities the same distance from users can…
Category: Insights
DCIM Explained: What Buyers Should Ask Providers to Show
DCIM tooling is only as useful as the visibility it actually provides — a dashboard that looks comprehensive can still…
N+1 vs 2N Redundancy: What the Difference Actually Costs
The difference between N+1 and 2N redundancy is not academic — it determines whether the facility can lose an entire…
Regional Spotlight: Latin America Colocation Momentum
Latin America's colocation momentum is increasingly concentrated around a handful of metros where power, connectivity, and anchor tenants have reinforced…
The Rise of AI Workloads and What It Means for Colocation Demand
AI and accelerated-compute workloads have rewritten the assumptions colocation buyers used to rely on, particularly around power density, which now…
Regional Spotlight: What Makes a Metro a Colocation Hub
What turns a city into a genuine colocation hub is rarely one factor alone — it is the combination of…
High-Density Colocation: What Liquid and Rear-Door Cooling Really Mean
Cooling strategy has quietly become a capacity question as much as an engineering one — the racks a facility can…
Negotiating a Colocation Contract: SLAs, Terms, and Exit Clauses
Colocation contracts reward careful reading precisely because the parts that matter most — renewal escalators, exit terms, and SLA remedies…
Choosing Between Retail and Wholesale Colocation Pricing
Colocation pricing rarely lines up cleanly across providers, because the headline rate is only one line in a bill shaped…
GPU Rack Power Delivery: The Infrastructure Behind the Chip
GPU racks draw power at a rate that simply was not on the roadmap for most facilities built even five…