Power Density Trends in Colocation: From 5kW to 80kW Racks — Updated for 2026 (4)
Power density has quietly become the real constraint on colocation capacity, often binding well before a facility runs out of…
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Renewable Energy Procurement and Colocation Facility Selection — Updated for 2026 (2)
Renewable energy procurement has become a genuine factor in facility selection, not just a sustainability talking point — and it…
How Often Should You Actually Test Disaster Recovery? — Updated for 2026 (4)
Disaster recovery plans that have never been tested are, in practice, untested assumptions — and the gap between assumption and…
What Colocation Market Consolidation Means for Pricing Power — Updated for 2026 (2)
Colocation pricing rarely lines up cleanly across providers, because the headline rate is only one line in a bill shaped…
Biometric and Physical Security Standards in Colocation — Updated for 2026 (4)
Physical security standards vary more between facilities than most buyers expect, and the gap between "has cameras" and a genuinely…
How Vacancy Rates Are Reshaping Colocation Negotiations — Updated for 2026 (4)
Tightening vacancy rates change the negotiating dynamic entirely — in a supply-constrained market, buyers who move early keep leverage that…
Why PUE Matters: Energy Efficiency in Modern Colocation Facilities — Updated for 2026 (5)
PUE is easy to quote and easy to misread — a low number on a marketing page does not always…
Colocation for Healthcare: HIPAA and Data Residency Basics — Updated for 2026 (4)
Healthcare workloads bring data residency and compliance requirements that narrow the provider shortlist well before price ever enters the conversation.The…
Writing a Colocation RFP That Gets You Comparable Bids — Updated for 2026 (3)
A well-structured RFP is what makes provider quotes genuinely comparable — without one, buyers are often comparing apples to oranges…
Colocation Power Contracts: Fixed, Variable, and Pass-Through Models — Updated for 2026 (2)
Colocation contracts reward careful reading precisely because the parts that matter most — renewal escalators, exit terms, and SLA remedies…