Physical security
Access control, CCTV, security staff and locked cabinets, so your kit is not behind a door a contractor props open.
Cloud & Hosting
Colocation & Data Centre Hosting
If you already own hardware that earns its keep, replacing it just to move to the cloud is expensive and pointless. Colocation gives it the power, cooling and security a single office cannot, and keeps working kit in service for longer.
What this protects
Getting more life from the kit you own
The equipment is often fine. The room around it is the limiting factor, and that is the cheaper thing to change.
Protecting the investment
Hardware you have already paid for keeps earning its keep, instead of being replaced because the office cannot house it properly.
Physical security
Access control, CCTV and locked cabinets remove the risk of kit sitting behind a door somebody props open.
A room that keeps running
Redundant power and cooling mean a heatwave or a power cut is not the day your systems stopped.
Hosting and colocation are not the same thing
With hosting, we provide the server and you use it. With colocation, you keep the server, or the rack of them, and we provide the building around it. Power, cooling, bandwidth, physical security and the people who notice when something goes wrong at two in the morning.
Colocation suits a business that bought specific hardware for a reason, or has storage and compute that would be expensive and pointless to replace just to move to the cloud. It stops making sense when the kit is old, failing, or held together by a warranty nobody can renew.
What a proper data centre gives you
Redundant power
Dual feeds, uninterruptible power and standby generators, the sort of resilience a single office supply cannot give you.
Cooling and environment
Temperature and humidity controlled and monitored, so hot summers do not become hardware failure season.
Connectivity
Multiple carriers into the building and cross-connects to your chosen internet and cloud providers.
Rack space and power
Half rack, full rack or per-unit, with the power your kit needs rather than the other way around.
Remote hands
Engineers on site to reseat a cable or swap a failed drive without you driving four hours to do it.
Colocation suits you if
- You own servers, storage or network equipment that is still doing a useful job
- On-site power, cooling or cabling has become the limiting factor
- You need connectivity resilience that a single office line cannot deliver
- You have regulatory or residency reasons to keep hardware under UK jurisdiction and your own control
- You want physical presence without the cost of building and running a data room
Questions we get asked about Colocation & Data Centre Hosting
Do we own the equipment in colocation?
Entirely. You supply the hardware, licences and applications. We provide the environment, connectivity, physical security and the hands when something needs attention. It is the opposite arrangement to our hosting service.
How much rack space will we need?
That depends on the kit and its power draw, which often matters more than the number of units. We work it out with you from the equipment list rather than guess.
Can you connect us to Microsoft 365 and Azure from the data centre?
Yes. Private connections from the facility to the major cloud providers are available, which can be quicker and more predictable than routing everything over the public internet.
Is colocation more expensive than hosting?
Sometimes, especially at small scale, because you are paying for rack space and power as well as management. It becomes cost-effective when you have real hardware that earns its place. We will tell you honestly which side of that line you are on.
What happens if a piece of our kit fails?
Remote hands swap what can be swapped. For deeper hardware failure you are responsible for spares or a vendor contract, and we would flag that this is worth having in place before you move in.
Not sure whether you need colocation & data centre hosting?
Book a free 60-minute health check. We will tell you what you actually need, including when the answer is nothing.