When your current server room starts feeling a little too snug, or your IT setup is growing faster than your space can handle, data centre colocation might be just what you need. It’s a smart middle ground between running your own infrastructure and moving fully to the cloud – perfect for businesses looking for a more reliable, secure setup without the costs of building one from scratch.
Colocation (or “colo”) is when a business places its own hardware, like physical servers and networking gear, in a third-party colocation data centre facility. You’re still in the driver’s seat – managing your own equipment – but it lives in a secure, purpose-built environment with optimal server performance, cooling, backup power, and around-the-clock support.
Imagine giving your servers a five-star hotel stay – they’re still yours, but they now benefit from professional-grade infrastructure at a dedicated colocation facility.
Here’s how the setup usually looks:
Most providers also offer remote hands support – their engineers can handle small maintenance jobs if you’re off-site.
Colocation data centre facilities come with a long list of perks, especially when compared to trying to scale your on-premises data centre or small server room.
Colocation sites are designed with cyber security in mind – we’re talking CCTV, firewalls, backup systems, and round-the-clock monitoring. Good data centres bake security into everything they do.
With redundant power, cooling capabilities, and multiple providers for network access, you’re looking at a setup built for operational reliability. Your core systems keep humming, even if your office loses power.
As your IT system evolves, colocation scales with you. Add more servers without needing a bigger in house data centre.
You share high-end infrastructure – like fire suppression, backup generators, and enterprise-grade cooling – with others. That keeps ongoing maintenance costs and data centre costs lower.
Multi tenant data centres often give you direct access to cloud service providers, ISPs, and carriers. That means faster, more flexible connectivity systems.
Colocation also supports many services data centres typically offer – from basic hosting to full-scale IT infrastructure support.
It’s not just global corporations using colocation – it’s also:
It’s also a great stepping stone in any digital transformation journey, helping bridge traditional systems and cloud infrastructure.
And if you’re relying on just one service – but need it running 24/7 – colocation makes that happen.
They might sound similar, but they’re not:
Think of colocation as a hybrid – the control of your own data center, with the resilience commercial data centres enable.
Colocation is a win-win. You keep control of your setup while benefiting from a data centre’s economies of scale, 24/7 support, and better uptime.
It ticks a lot of boxes:
It also slots neatly alongside cloud services, offering a steady foundation for hybrid setups.
And when you think about the broad services data centres provide, it’s easy to see how data centres benefit any company needing reliable infrastructure.
Maybe your server cupboard is overflowing, or your tech team’s stretched thin. Either way, colocation could be the next logical step – keeping your systems secure, supported, and ready for whatever’s next.
At Asanti, we provide secure, enterprise-grade colocation services from purpose-built facilities across the UK. Get in touch to see what’s possible.
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