Greenfield vs Brownfield Data Center Development — Updated for 2026 (3)
The greenfield-versus-brownfield choice in data center development comes down to a trade-off between design freedom and speed to operational capacity.There…
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Understanding Colocation Pricing: Per-kW vs Per-Rack — Updated for 2026
Colocation pricing rarely lines up cleanly across providers, because the headline rate is only one line in a bill shaped…
Colocation for Healthcare: HIPAA and Data Residency Basics — Updated for 2026 (3)
Healthcare workloads bring data residency and compliance requirements that narrow the provider shortlist well before price ever enters the conversation.It…
Rack, Cage, or Private Suite: Choosing the Right Colocation Footprint — Updated for 2026 (3)
Choosing between a shared rack, a locked cage, and a private suite is really a question about how much control…
Choosing a Colocation Facility Near Subsea Cable Infrastructure — Updated for 2026 (7)
Subsea cable landing points are not just a network engineering detail — they quietly shape which metros become colocation hubs…
Peering and Latency: Why Network Topology Shapes Performance — Updated for 2026 (2)
Peering relationships determine real-world latency far more than geographic distance alone — two facilities the same distance from users can…
Right-Sizing Your Colocation Footprint as You Scale — Updated for 2026 (3)
Right-sizing a footprint is a moving target, not a one-time calculation — the deployments that age well are the ones…
Realistic Uptime Expectations Behind the “Five Nines” Claim — Updated for 2026
Headline uptime figures are easy to publish and hard to verify independently, which is exactly why asking for real incident…
The Rise of AI Workloads and What It Means for Colocation Demand — Updated for 2026
AI and accelerated-compute workloads have rewritten the assumptions colocation buyers used to rely on, particularly around power density, which now…
Choosing a Colocation Facility Near Subsea Cable Infrastructure — Updated for 2026 (6)
Subsea cable landing points are not just a network engineering detail — they quietly shape which metros become colocation hubs…