What ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Mean When Choosing a Colocation Provider — Updated for 2026 (2)
ISO 27001 signals that a facility has a structured information security management system in place — useful evidence, though it…
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Modeling Total Cost of Ownership for a Colocation Deployment — Updated for 2026
A total cost of ownership model only earns its name if it includes the costs that do not show up…
How to Choose Between Tier III and Tier IV Colocation Data Centers — Updated for 2026
Tier IV facilities are engineered for fault tolerance — every capacity system is dual-powered, so a single failure never takes…
Designing Colocation Resilience: Redundancy and Concurrent Maintainability — Updated for 2026
Redundancy on a spec sheet and resilience in practice are two different things — the gap between them only shows…
Fire Suppression Systems in Modern Data Centers — Updated for 2026
Fire suppression design varies more between facilities than most buyers realise, and the difference matters enormously if it is ever…
A Buyer’s Guide to Carrier-Neutral Colocation — Updated for 2026
A good buyer's guide earns its keep by naming the questions vendors hope you will not ask, not by repeating…
Colocation for AI and GPU Workloads: Power Density Realities — Updated for 2026
AI and accelerated-compute workloads have rewritten the assumptions colocation buyers used to rely on, particularly around power density, which now…
Colocation for Healthcare: HIPAA and Data Residency Basics — Updated for 2026
Healthcare workloads bring data residency and compliance requirements that narrow the provider shortlist well before price ever enters the conversation.Ask…
Provider Consolidation: What M&A Waves Mean for Buyers — Updated for 2026
Provider consolidation reshapes the market from the buyer's side too, often shifting negotiating leverage well before a renewal date arrives.Ask…
Interconnection Ecosystems: Why Carrier Density Drives Value — Updated for 2026
Interconnection density compounds in value over time: every additional carrier and cloud on-ramp in a facility makes it more attractive…