Introduce more resilience with colocation
Introduce more resilience into your IT environment with higher availability, total security and the ability to scale fast with colocation services that put you in complete control. You provide the hardware and we will secure, power and connect your complete solution in our data centres. With state-of-the-art colocation services, there’s never been a better time to introduce agile IT services into your organisation.
Certifications & Features
- ISO 9001: 2015 – Quality Management
- ISO 14001: 2015 – Environmental Management
- ISO 2000-1: 2018 – IT Service Management
- ISO 22301: 2019 – Business Continuity Management
- ISO 27001: 2013 – Information Security Management
- ISO27001-certified data centres
- Security personnel onsite 24×7
- Full perimeter fencing
- Multilayer access control
- CCTV and FM200 & IG55 fire suppression
Four regional data centres along the M1 Corridor
Derby
Derby
| Capacity 16,000 square feet 330 Racks 4 Data Halls | Security Perimeter Fencing CCTV 24/7 Manned Security ISO27001 | Power 2.5 MVA Power from diverse substations N+1 Generator Backup N+1 UPS |
| Environment N+1 DX Cooling Air Conditioning FM200 Fire Suppression Full concurrent maintainability | Connectivity Dedicated Internet MPLS (PoP) | Services Onsite Support Team Remote Hands and Eyes Managed Services Cabling |
Northampton
Northampton
| Capacity 41,000 square feet 800 Racks 3 Data Halls | Security Perimeter Fencing CCTV 24/7 Manned Security Anti-pass-through data centre entry ISO27001 Caged areas available | Power 4.0 MVA Power, Quad Transformers N+1 Generator Backup N+N UPS Fully concurrent maintainability |
| Environment N+N with Air Handlers IG55 Argon/Nitrogen Plus VESDA Detection Full concurrent maintainability | Connectivity Dedicated Internet MPLS (PoP) | Services Onsite Support Team Remote Hands and Eyes Managed Services Cabling |
Leeds
Leeds
| Capacity 26,000 square feet 450 Racks 4 Data Halls | Security Perimeter Fencing CCTV 24/7 Manned Security Anti-tailgating pod ISO27001 Caged areas available | Power 3.3 MVA Power from diverse substations Dual Transformers N+1 Generator Backup N+N UPS Fully concurrent maintainability |
| Environment N+N Water Cooled Chillers with N+N Air Handlers FM200 / IG55 Argon/Nitrogen Plus VESDA Detection Full concurrent maintainability | Connectivity Dedicated Internet MPLS (PoP) | Services Onsite Support Team Remote Hands and Eyes Managed Services Cabling |
Slough (Equinix)
Slough (Equinix)
| Capacity 226,042 square feet 7,000 Racks 4 Data Halls | Security Perimeter Fencing CCTV 24/7 Manned Security ISO27001 | Power 4.0 MVA Power, Dual Transformers N+2 Generator Backup N+1 UPS |
| Environment (N+2) Air Cooled Chillers with Free Cooling Facility Double-interlocked Pre-action fire suppression (Dry Pipe) | Connectivity Dedicated Internet MPLS (PoP) | Services Onsite Support Team Remote Hands and Eyes Managed Services Cabling |
Colocation FAQ’s
What’s the difference between colocation and a data centre?
Colocation means that instead of hosting your IT equipment on-premises, you host it offsite in a data centre run by a colocation provider. You might colocate your primary equipment, or a secondary backup as part of your business continuity and disaster recovery strategies. A data centre is the purpose-built facility that hosts your IT equipment. Racks within the data centre provide storage, and your colocation provider will manage and monitor the environment to ensure that conditions are at their optimum. Here at Node4, for instance, we build, design and manage our data centres, taking into account security, connectivity, space, power and cooling.
What is the difference between colocation and cloud hosting?
Cloud is a type of colocation, where you move your IT to a third-party data centre and they operate the hardware and software infrastructure for you. Many businesses are moving to cloud for cost-savings and scalability. It’s a great option if you don’t have an existing infrastructure, or you want to replace existing, ageing infrastructure.If you want full control of your hardware and don’t want to be reliant on a third-party for its operation, colocation is a good alternative. It means moving your own IT equipment into a colocation data centre, and still benefiting from having it in a purpose-built environment.
Why have a UK colocation data centre?
There are several benefits to colocation, when compared with hosting IT on premises. Predictable monthly OPEX costs, and the ability to easy scale up (or down) or move offices without having to move your IT equipment, are a just a few.Also, with colocation, you can leave building and maintaining the infrastructure to your provider – and instead focus on what you do best. Colocation providers invest millions in their purpose-built data centres, more than most businesses can. This means they provide better security, disaster recovery and resilience. Operating at a larger scale, they often have better green credentials too.
What is colocation?
Colocation allows your business to host your server in a third-party environment and share their bandwidth as your own. Moving your on-premises server into a data centre means that you can leave the time and cost of maintaining its environment to your UK colocation provider.
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