What is Colocation?

Benefits of Colocation for your business
What to look for in a Colocation service provider
Security considerations- Physical & logical security
It is also important to make sure that the colocation provider has taken steps to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, such as GDPR and HIPAA. The provider should also have a comprehensive security policy in place, which includes measures such as encryption, firewalls, malware protection, and regular vulnerability scans. Lastly, it is important to evaluate the physical security of the facility itself, including access control systems and other measures designed to prevent unauthorized access or tampering with equipment or data.
Connectivity and Power Backup
Environmental monitoring and cooling equipment
Questions you may ask a Colocation provider include:
• How redundant is the facility in terms of power and network uptime?
• How flexible are their colocation services (contract lengths, range of rack size options, bandwidth, power usage, remote hands)?
• What uptime does the facility guarantee?
• Does the provider own or lease the data centre?
• Does the provider provide any additional support if needed? Are there engineers on site?

Colocation in comparison to Cloud Hosting and Dedicated Server Hosting

Colocation with CloudConnX
CloudConnX offer colocation at a choice of robust data centre locations. Some are owned by us, others we rent space within. Locations include East Sussex, Croydon and London Docklands. Other locations are available on demand. All of the facilities we provide colocation at offer power, cooling, network, and physical security as standard. Our co-location environments are heavily monitored to ensure that power, cooling and security is maintained. Support for your equipment is your own responsibility, however we are able to provide remote hands at additional cost. Backup power is standard at each of our facilities. If the power goes down batteries will take over as an immediate back-up. We also have generators, capable of keeping the whole operation running for days if required.
If you would like more information about our Colocation services please visit the colocation page on our website, email