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The difference between N+1 and 2N redundancy is not academic — it determines whether the facility can lose an entire power or…
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Physical security standards vary more between facilities than most buyers expect, and the gap between "has cameras" and a genuinely layered, audited…
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GPU racks draw power at a rate that simply was not on the roadmap for most facilities built even five years ago,…
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Certifications are a useful filter, not a guarantee. They confirm a facility has the right controls in place at the point of…
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Peering relationships determine real-world latency far more than geographic distance alone — two facilities the same distance from users can perform very…
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PUE is easy to quote and easy to misread — a low number on a marketing page does not always reflect real-world…
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The advertised rack rate is rarely the number that determines total spend — cross-connects, power draw, and renewal terms usually move the…
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Data sovereignty requirements have turned facility location from a cost decision into a compliance one, and the rules vary enough by jurisdiction…
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