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Colocation explained in plain English

Everything a first-time buyer needs, without the acronyms. Each guide takes a few minutes and links to the next logical topic.

Beginner guidesPricingPowerReliabilityConnectivityOperationsResilienceFacilitiesSecurityAIArchitectureMigration

Beginner guides

What Is Colocation? A Beginner’s Guide for Australian Businesses

Colocation lets a business place its own servers in a professionally operated data centre with reliable power, cooling, security and connectivity.

6 min read

Rack vs Cage: Which Colocation Space Do You Need?

A rack suits compact deployments, while a cage provides a larger private area for multiple cabinets, added separation and controlled growth.

6 min read

The First-Time Data Centre Buyer’s Checklist

Use this checklist to compare colocation providers on space, power, connectivity, resilience, security, support, pricing and migration risk.

7 min read

Pricing

How Much Does Colocation Cost in Australia?

Australian colocation pricing depends on rack space, reserved power, energy use, connectivity, support, location and contract length.

7 min read

Power

Data Centre Power Explained: kW, Feeds and Redundancy

Understand kilowatts, electrical feeds, PDUs and redundancy before comparing data centre colocation proposals.

7 min read

Reliability

What Is N+1 Redundancy in a Data Centre?

N+1 redundancy means a system has the capacity required for normal operation plus one additional component for backup.

6 min read

Tier III vs Tier IV Data Centres: What Is the Difference?

Tier III focuses on concurrent maintainability, while Tier IV adds fault tolerance for critical power and cooling infrastructure.

7 min read

Connectivity

Data Centre Cross Connects Made Simple

A cross connect is a dedicated physical link between your equipment and another network or service inside the same data centre.

6 min read

Cloud On-Ramps and Hybrid Cloud Explained

Cloud on-ramps provide private connectivity between colocated infrastructure and public cloud platforms for hybrid and multicloud architectures.

7 min read

Connectivity Choices Explained for Colocation Buyers

Colocation buyers can combine internet, private WAN, dark fibre, peering and cloud connectivity to match different application requirements.

7 min read

Operations

Remote Hands: Your Team on Site

Remote hands gives authorised data centre technicians permission to perform defined physical tasks on your equipment when your staff cannot attend.

6 min read

Resilience

Disaster Recovery for First-Time Data Centre Buyers

A practical disaster recovery plan defines critical systems, recovery targets, secondary infrastructure, data replication and tested failover procedures.

7 min read

Facilities

Data Centre Cooling Technologies in Plain English

Data centre cooling removes heat from IT equipment using airflow management, chilled water, evaporative systems and increasingly liquid cooling.

7 min read

Security

Physical Security and Compliance in Data Centres

Data centre security combines layered access controls, surveillance, operating procedures and independent compliance evidence.

7 min read

AI

AI Infrastructure and Colocation

AI colocation must support high-density power, advanced cooling, fast networks, large data flows and scalable access to cloud and partner ecosystems.

7 min read

GPU Hosting Options in Australia

Australian GPU hosting options include public cloud, dedicated GPU servers, managed private platforms and customer-owned hardware in colocation.

7 min read

Architecture

Edge Computing and Regional Data Centre Sites

Edge computing places processing closer to users, devices or data sources to reduce latency, improve resilience and control data movement.

7 min read

Migration

Migrating Into a Data Centre: A Practical Guide

A successful data centre migration requires accurate discovery, completed connectivity, tested racks, controlled transport, rollback plans and post-move validation.

8 min read