Colocation without the enterprise sales runaround.

Typical market pricing runs $50–$150/month for a single 1U server, $500–$900 for a half rack, and $800–$2,000 for a full cabinet. The variables that move the number: power (metered vs. committed kW), market tier (Dallas and Kansas City are cheaper than Silicon Valley or Northern Virginia), bandwidth commitment, and contract length. We shop 400+ providers to find the right combination for your workload.

For steady-state workloads — servers that run hot 24/7, storage-heavy systems, anything with meaningful egress traffic — colocation usually wins on 3-year total cost, because your hardware amortizes while cloud list prices never do, and there are no egress fees. For bursty or experimental workloads, cloud stays the better fit. Most of our clients land on a hybrid: stable core in colo, elastic edge in cloud.

Remote hands is the facility's on-site technicians doing physical work on your gear at your request — power-cycling a hung server, swapping a failed drive, racking new hardware, tracing a cable. If your office isn't a short drive from the facility, it's essential. Most facilities include basic remote hands and bill hourly for bigger jobs; we negotiate included hours into your contract where possible.

Usually not. With remote hands, IPMI/iDRAC out-of-band management, and our managed-IT support, most clients touch their hardware in person once or twice a year. What matters more is network latency to your users — we help you pick a market that's close to them, not necessarily close to you.

Smaller footprints (1U–quarter rack) usually include a fixed power allocation in the monthly rate. Half racks and up are typically sold per-circuit (e.g., 120V/20A or 208V/30A) or metered per kW. Power is the single biggest driver of colo pricing — quoting it correctly is most of the reason to let us run the procurement.

Near-zero, yes. The playbook: stand up networking at the new facility first, pre-stage replicated data where the workload allows, move hardware in a scheduled maintenance window, and cut over DNS with low TTLs. For genuinely can't-go-down systems we run temporary parallel infrastructure during the move. We scope this in the audit before you sign anything.

The facilities in our network carry SOC 2 Type II as a baseline; HIPAA-ready, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP-adjacent options are available where required. Remember the split: the facility's audit covers physical security and environmental controls — your controls still cover what runs on the servers. We help you map both sides for your auditor.

No. Like the rest of our procurement practice, the provider pays us a referral commission out of their margin — the same channel program budget they'd otherwise spend on their own sales team. You pay the same or less than going direct, because we bring volume across 400+ partners and negotiate accordingly. Consulting is free, always.