Colocation
House your servers and networking equipment in a professionally managed, power-redundant, carrier-neutral data center — without building your own. Fibi compares rack, cage, and suite options from 300+ US colocation facilities and negotiates on your behalf.
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What Is It
Colocation (colo) means placing your own server hardware inside a third-party data center facility. You own the equipment; the facility provides the physical space, redundant power, precision cooling, physical security, and carrier-neutral network connectivity. You get data center-grade infrastructure without the capital cost of building your own.
Colo is the right choice when you need more reliability and connectivity than an on-premises server room can deliver, but want to retain control of your hardware and software stack. It's also ideal when you need direct cross-connects to specific carriers, cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), or financial exchanges — connections only possible in a carrier-neutral facility.
Fibi evaluates your space and power requirements (rack units, kilowatts), redundancy needs (N+1, 2N power and cooling), compliance requirements (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI), geographic preferences, and budget. We then compare facilities across major US markets and negotiate terms on your behalf at zero cost to your organization.
Why It Matters
Tier III and IV facilities offer 2N power redundancy (two independent paths to every rack) and N+1 or 2N cooling. Planned maintenance never takes your equipment offline.
Biometric access, 24/7 CCTV, man-trap entry systems, and armed security at many facilities. Colocation provides physical security controls most businesses can't afford on-premises.
Carrier-neutral facilities let you cross-connect to any carrier, cloud provider, or IX (Internet Exchange) in the building. No vendor lock-in, competitive pricing, and access to direct cloud on-ramps.
Top colo facilities carry SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA-eligible, and PCI DSS certifications. Their audit reports extend to your infrastructure for regulatory compliance purposes.
Facility technicians can perform hardware tasks on your behalf — rebooting servers, replacing drives, patching cables — without you traveling to the site. Critical for geographically distributed teams.
Colocation converts data center capital expenses (building, generators, UPS, HVAC) into predictable monthly operating costs. Most facilities offer 1–5 year terms with stable pricing.
The Fibi Advantage
Who Needs This
Replace your on-premises server room with a professionally managed colo facility. Get Tier III power redundancy, carrier-neutral connectivity, and 24/7 physical security — for a fraction of what it costs to build equivalent infrastructure yourself.
House your secondary/DR environment in a geographically separate colo facility. With cross-connects to the same carriers as your primary site, failover is fast and bandwidth doesn't become a bottleneck during a real DR event.
Co-locate in a facility with direct AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, or Google Cloud Interconnect cross-connects. Private, low-latency cloud connectivity without traversing the public internet.
Place your routing and WAN equipment in a carrier-neutral colo facility to access the best internet transit pricing and connect to multiple carriers, MPLS networks, and SD-WAN fabrics from a single location.
For firms requiring low-latency access to financial exchanges or data feeds, co-location in facilities adjacent to or housing exchange infrastructure (Equinix NY4/NY5, for example) is often a regulatory and performance requirement.
Healthcare, financial, and government-adjacent businesses that need SOC 2, HIPAA-eligible, or FedRAMP-authorized infrastructure benefit from colo facilities that carry those certifications and extend them contractually.
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