The term “colocation” historically has more than one meaning. In current usage, colocation (or colo) commonly refers to a data center facility which rents space for servers and other computing hardware.
With increasing requirements for data, performance, reliability, and consistency across the network to support modern 24/7, 365 business, data center managers can effectively grow and expand on demand with less cost, fewer headaches, and reduced risk using a modular data center design approach with pre-configured cabinet solutions.
According to recent research from Gartner, the global colocation market is expected to double by 2020 to $50B. Rittal is seeing colocation providers move towards a hybrid cloud strategy to connect hyperconverged platforms.
The Colocation Data Center Usage Report is the result of an online survey of 226 U.S. enterprise data center managers regarding their use and future needs of colocation services.
The recent advances in computer technology and the growing adoption of high performance CPUs and GPUs are allowing users to achieve new heights in computer analytics including the use of Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, high-frequency trading, oil & gas research, and web scale business models.