Bandwidth Costs in Colocation: What Drives the Price Per Mbps — Updated for 2026 (2)
Bandwidth costs in colocation vary by more than most buyers expect, and the price per Mbps is rarely the headline…
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Biometric and Physical Security Standards in Colocation — Updated for 2026 (3)
Physical security standards vary more between facilities than most buyers expect, and the gap between "has cameras" and a genuinely…
DDoS Protection at the Facility Level: What to Verify — Updated for 2026 (3)
DDoS protection at the facility level is worth verifying directly rather than assuming — the marketing language on this topic…
Water Usage Effectiveness: The Metric Colocation Buyers Overlook — Updated for 2026 (3)
Water usage is the metric that gets far less attention than PUE, yet it matters enormously in water-stressed regions where…
Regional Spotlight: Latin America Colocation Momentum — Updated for 2026
Latin America's colocation momentum is increasingly concentrated around a handful of metros where power, connectivity, and anchor tenants have reinforced…
Colocation for Government and Public Sector Workloads — Updated for 2026 (3)
Government and public sector workloads typically demand a level of vendor scrutiny and documentation that goes beyond standard commercial due…
DCIM Explained: What Buyers Should Ask Providers to Show — Updated for 2026 (2)
DCIM tooling is only as useful as the visibility it actually provides — a dashboard that looks comprehensive can still…
Data Sovereignty and Why Colocation Facility Location Matters — Updated for 2026 (4)
Data sovereignty requirements have turned facility location from a cost decision into a compliance one, and the rules vary enough…
The Case for Diverse Entry Points and Meet-Me Room Design — Updated for 2026
A well-designed meet-me room and diverse entry points are unglamorous details that matter enormously the one time a physical fibre…
Modeling Total Cost of Ownership for a Colocation Deployment — Updated for 2026 (4)
A total cost of ownership model only earns its name if it includes the costs that do not show up…