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Colocation and data center suppliers in the Software Results portfolio
These are the data center operators we can put in competition for your equipment: national and global colocation providers, regional operators, edge facilities in secondary markets, and specialists in high-density power and cooling. It is the colocation directory we source from, not a ranking. The advice costs you nothing, and you sign directly with the operator you choose.
What colocation suppliers sell, and who buys it
Colocation means renting space, power, and cooling in someone else's data center for servers and network equipment you own. The operator provides the building, redundant power, cooling, physical security, and a meeting point for carriers and cloud providers, and you provide the equipment and decide what runs on it. Around that core sit remote hands, cross-connects, private cages and suites, and in some portfolios managed hosting or bare metal. The operators here range from companies with campuses in many countries to single-market operators who know every customer in the building.
The buyers are IT and infrastructure leaders moving equipment out of an office server room or an aging owned facility, consolidating several sites, adding a second location for recovery, or placing equipment close to carriers, clouds, or users. A growing share are placing dense compute for AI and analytics, where power per cabinet and cooling decide which buildings can take the load at all.
How we scope a colocation evaluation
We start with the load, not the floor space. For each deployment we record the equipment, the power it draws today and over the term, the density of the heaviest cabinet, the carriers and clouds it must reach, the markets that work for your team, and how much downtime it can absorb. That becomes a written requirement that every operator prices on the same basis: power, space, cross-connects, remote hands, and term.
Operators answer in writing first, with availability dates and annual escalation stated rather than left for the contract. We compare the proposals side by side, and your team tours only the finalist facilities.
All 37 Data Center & Colocation suppliers in the portfolio
Listed alphabetically, not ranked. Supplier names are listed for identification only and remain the trademarks of their owners. Listing here is not an endorsement by the supplier.
- 365 Data Centers
- Aligned Energy
- Apotech Data Centers
- Ark Data Centers
- AtlasEdge Data Centers
- Cologix
- CoreSite
- Csquare (formerly Centersquare)
- DartPoints
- DaSTOR (Dastor)
- Data Canopy
- DataBank
- Datum DataCentres
- DC Blox
- Digital Crossroad
- Digital Fortress
- Digital Realty
- Element Critical
- Equinix
- eStruxture
- Evocative
- Flexential
- Global Switch Limited
- Iron Mountain Data Centers
- Metrobloks
- Netrality Data Centers
- nLighten
- NTT Global Data Centers
- NYI
- OptiCool
- phoenixNAP
- Platinum Data Centers
- Switch
- TierPoint
- ValorC3 Data Centers
- Verne Global
- Volico / Sling Broadband / Faster.IO
Missing a name you expected? Ask us. If a supplier fits your requirement, reaching them through an advisor still costs you nothing. You can also search the whole portfolio.
Ask About a SupplierSourcing questions
How many colocation markets should we consider?
As many as your team can live with. Equipment that needs frequent hands-on work narrows the search to a short drive from your office, while equipment managed remotely can sit wherever power, connectivity, and terms fit, with the operator's remote hands covering the physical tasks. A recovery site belongs in a different market from the primary one, far enough apart that one regional event cannot take out both. Settling the acceptable markets first keeps the quotes comparable.
How far ahead should we start a colocation search?
Earlier than most teams expect. Space, power, and the circuits into the building each have their own lead time, and new circuits are often the slowest piece. High-density capacity in popular markets can also be committed well before it is built. Planning backward from the move date, with time to tour finalists, order connectivity, and stage the migration, avoids paying for a short extension at the current site.
What should we have ready before colocation operators quote?
An equipment list with measured or nameplate power draw, the number of cabinets and the density of the heaviest one, the growth expected over the term, the carriers and cloud providers you need to reach, acceptable markets, compliance requirements such as SOC 2 or HIPAA, and the date the space must be ready. With that, operators price power and space on the same basis and the comparison is like for like.
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