Colocation & data centers
Compare colocation facilities by the space, power, connectivity and operating support your equipment needs. CHNLSYNC helps organize facility proposals and migration dependencies so the comparison covers more than a cabinet’s monthly price.
Prepare a useful comparison
Bring the target markets, equipment inventory, rack units, measured power requirements, network carriers, access needs, current contract and move date. Flag equipment that needs special handling or cooling.
- Usable power and space
- Ask for the exact cabinet or cage allocation, usable power, metering method and expansion options. Check the proposed configuration against your equipment and growth assumptions.
- Network access
- Confirm the carriers and cloud connections available at the specific facility. Separate cross-connect installation and monthly charges from the underlying circuit or cloud service.
- Operations and resilience
- Review access procedures, remote-hands scope, maintenance communications and service-level exclusions. Ask for evidence supporting the facility characteristics your application requires.
- Move and contract
- Price transport, cabling, installation, overlapping service and out-of-hours work. Document move acceptance, escalators, notice deadlines and equipment removal obligations.
Compare the approaches
Compare colocation with keeping an on-premises server room and moving suitable workloads to cloud services. Include equipment ownership, staffing, network connections and migration work in every option; the lowest space price is only one input.
How CHNLSYNC helps
- Define the purchase
Turn your requirements, constraints and renewal dates into a common scope suppliers can respond to.
- Compare relevant proposals
Document the capabilities, exclusions, costs and delivery responsibilities. Will Kennedy reviews the recommendation.
- Plan the handoff
Confirm the selected supplier’s terms, implementation scope and support ownership before proceeding.
CHNLSYNC is supplier-paid, with no buyer advisory fee. Supplier services, implementation and third-party charges still apply as agreed. Read how we are paid and what a technology broker does.
Common questions
Technical background: Equinix’s colocation documentation. Use the proposed agreement to confirm the scope for your purchase.
What is colocation?
Colocation places an organization’s own servers and related hardware in rented space at a third-party data center. Space, power, cooling, connectivity and support are scoped by the provider’s agreement. Owning the hardware still leaves operating responsibilities to allocate.
How does sourcing colocation through CHNLSYNC work?
We document the equipment, markets, power and connection requirements, then compare relevant facility proposals. Will Kennedy reviews the recommendation and its assumptions. The supplier proposal and project plan define installation, migration and ongoing responsibilities.
How hard is it to migrate into a colocation facility?
The work depends on the equipment, network dependencies, distance and downtime allowance. Prepare an inventory, move sequence, circuit readiness checks, acceptance tests and rollback plan. Confirm who carries out physical handling and cutover work before scheduling the move.
What should we watch for in a colocation contract?
Compare usable power, overages, cross-connects, remote-hands charges, service levels, escalators and renewal notice periods. Confirm installation and exit costs, reserved expansion capacity and the circumstances in which credits or termination rights apply.
What does CHNLSYNC’s help cost?
CHNLSYNC uses a supplier-paid brokerage model with no buyer advisory fee. The buyer still pays for the selected services and any agreed installation, implementation, usage or third-party charges. Ask us which suppliers were considered and how we are compensated; confirm all charges in the written proposal.
Related purchase decisions
Bring your requirements.
Start with the problem, the current contract and the decision date.