Colocation
What Colocation actually is
Colocation rents power, cooling, security and bandwidth in a professional data centre. You buy or bring the servers. Leaseweb, Hivelocity, OVH, Servers.com and Cherry-class networks sell this next to dedicated.
How it is sold
Ship hardware, get remote hands, cross-connect to a carrier. You handle failed disks and firmware. The building handles diesel, cooling and physical access.
Who it is for
- Companies that already own servers
- Custom GPU or storage arrays
- Regulated hardware-ownership requirements
What to watch
- Remote-hands fees
- Power draw vs contract
- Who holds spare disks
How it differs from nearby products
- Dedicated servers — Dedicated rents their server. Colo racks yours.
- Bare metal — Bare metal is still their chassis, just fast to provision.
Ranked hosts for Colocation
OVHcloud
Anti-DDoS dedicated and VPS with a wide footprint
Support 7.4Quality 8.4Experience 8.3Value 8.8Reliability 8.0
From₹300/mo
Leaseweb
Enterprise dedicated servers and IP transit
Support 8.2Quality 8.8Experience 8.4Value 7.0Reliability 7.8
From₹3,400/mo
Cherry Servers
Hourly bare metal and GPU
Support 8.0Quality 8.6Experience 8.2Value 8.0Reliability 8.0
From₹1,270/mo
Hivelocity
US bare metal with fast provisioning
Support 8.4Quality 8.6Experience 8.0Value 6.8Reliability 7.6
From₹4,150/mo
Servers.com
Custom dedicated in US, NL and Hong Kong
Support 8.0Quality 8.5Experience 7.8Value 6.6Reliability 7.5
From₹4,200/mo
Atlantic.Net
HIPAA-aware US cloud with a Singapore node
Support 8.2Quality 8.0Experience 8.0Value 7.2Reliability 7.5
From₹510/mo
IBM Cloud
Enterprise hybrid, SAP and regulated workloads
Support 8.4Quality 8.6Experience 7.6Value 5.0Reliability 7.5
From₹3,400/mo
Questions buyers ask
Is colo cheaper than cloud?
At large, steady power and hardware you already own, sometimes. For one website, never.