Exploring Data Center Co-Location

Author(s): Melanie Davy

Data center co-location presents the enterprise with an opportunity to avoid facility and maintenance costs. Enterprises planning to build or refresh the data center should explore co-location options as an alternative to in-house facilities to realize cost savings associated with outsourcing the data center.

This note will discuss the following:

  • Co-location.
  • Managed services.
  • Fully managed services.
  • Case study for the build versus buy decision for co-location.

Understand the options in data center co-location to evaluate if it is a fit for the enterprise data center.


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