Colocation

Colocation services provide a robust option for businesses to host their critical IT infrastructure while maintaining control and accessibility. Colocation, also known as “colo,” involves renting space in a third-party data center facility to house and operate your servers and networking equipment. Historically, this option has been cost prohibitive for small businesses due to the infrastructure needed. Daily Data offers colocation services as small as a single unit server with no need for additional equipment. 

Via colocation, businesses can leverage the data center’s physical security measures, redundant power and cooling systems, and redundant high-speed internet connectivity, while still retaining complete control over their hardware and software configurations. 

Why you should consider co-location services instead of housing your server on-premises: 

• Secure Remote Access: By colocating their servers and infrastructure, businesses can provide remote employees with secure access to company resources, such as databases, applications, and file storage, without exposing sensitive data to potential threats associated with public cloud services or home networks.
• High Availability and Redundancy: Colocation data centers are designed with redundant power supplies, cooling systems, and internet connections, ensuring that your IT infrastructure remains operational and accessible even in the event of localized outages or disasters. This level of redundancy is crucial for supporting a distributed workforce relying on continuous access to company resources. For example, Daily Data has maintained over ‘five nines’ uptime (that is 99.999% uptime) for our colocation clients – including during the Texas ice storm of 2021. 
• Scalability and Flexibility: As your remote workforce grows or your IT needs evolve, colocation facilities allow you to easily scale your infrastructure by adding or removing servers and equipment as needed, without the need for significant upfront capital investments in your own data centers.

Overall, colocation services offer a secure, scalable, and regulatory-compliant solution for businesses seeking to host their IT infrastructure while enabling a remote workforce. By offloading the responsibility of maintaining a physical data center, companies can focus on their core operations while ensuring reliable access to critical resources for their distributed teams.