Data center colocation: is renting better than building?

Find out what data center colocation is and how the solution Floripa Airport increases IT security while helping your company reduce costs.

In the digital age, the data center is the foundation of every connected business. Everything goes through there, from data storage to the way the company responds internally and externally to the market.

In other words, every organization needs this structure. But this raises the question: which is better, building or renting a data center? The second option is known as data center colocation and it could be the solution you were looking for reduce costs. So, if you want to prepare for the growing demands of Information Technology (IT), ask the following questions:

• Is it better to build or rent a data center?
• What is data center colocation?
• What are the advantages of the colocation service?
• How can a data center in Florianópolis help your company?

Follow the explanation and get ready to expand your business.

Build or rent a data center?

Several technology trends have been increasing the demand for data centers. Cloud computing, artificial intelligence, the internet of things (IoT) and the 5G connection have increased the need for space and speed in data storage and processing. Faced with this scenario, businesses basically have two options: building or renting a data center. However, one of the main disadvantages of having your own data center, also known as in-house or on-premise, is the related cost. Investment in construction requires:

• an adequate physical space;
• a specific refrigeration system;
• redundant electrical power in case of outages;
• also redundant connectivity with the internet;
• physical and electronic security system;
• 24-hour monitoring;
• protection against natural disasters;
• specialized team to deal with the equipment;
• routine maintenance services;
• new investments to scale the operation.

A power outage, overheating or even an accident during cleaning can put the business offline. This is a huge risk to sales, customer experience and the company's reputation.

This is where data center rental or colocation comes in. This is an IT solution that provides the structure, power, connectivity, thermal control, security and scalability you need to grow. And all this with enormous savings.

Understand better what data center colocation is

Data center colocation is the practice of rent or outsource data center services together with an external partner. Solutions like Floripa Datacenter, inside the Zurich Airport Brasil airport in Florianópolis, invests in a modern and complete structure that can be shared by hundreds of companies looking for more security, high performance and cost reduction.

With this option, it is possible to have access to a cutting-edge infrastructure built by a specialized company. It will take care of the operation of the data center, including power supply, cooling, internet connection links, racks, rooms and security for the entire site. 

So what would your business do? Just installing the servers themselves in the contracted spaces and maintaining them.

In data center colocation, the rent is per space. It can range from a rack — a shelf that stores equipment — to exclusive rooms. It all depends on the need. For a startup or small business, for example, a single rack may be enough. As demand increases, it is possible to hire more space and scale the operation.

This is a growing market worldwide. According to Grand View Research, the colocation segment is expected to grow 14,2% per year until 2030. The biggest advance is in small companies, with a projected increase of 16% per year, precisely because of the economy.

But large organizations have also realized the advantages of renting a data center. We will talk about this in detail below.

Advantages of the colocation service

As defined by Wilson Felicio Victer, IT manager at Floripa Data center:
“Especially in the case of Zurich Airport Brasil, we can highlight the benefits of data center colocation as being the following: local security, uninterrupted energy and air conditioning services, in addition to the dual approach to internet links”.

Shall we analyze each of these items together?

Security

This factor covers a series of levels, for example:

• security that the operation will not be interrupted;
• safety against fire and the forces of nature;
• security against human action and theft.

You can find all of this in a data center colocation like Floripa Airport. The structure supports the operations of the airport itself, which provides an additional guarantee that it was planned to have very high efficiency in the most different scenarios.

more so, the environment is monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round, with strict access control. Everything to guarantee the highest level of safety for the operation.
By the way, in times of the General Data Protection Law, it is always good to reinforce the security of your business's sensitive data with qualified partners for this.

Energy and air conditioning

Energy is what sustains the data center. Therefore, the colocation company you choose needs to have different layers of supply to preserve continuity of operation. In case of Floripa Datacenter, the structure inside the airport has redundant electrical power, a park of generators and exclusive UPSs to maintain service availability. Speaking of availability, Zurich Airport Brasil's data center in Florianópolis has an uptime or available time greater than 99,99%. The same energy that keeps computing services and servers operating is responsible for cooling the environment. 

Connection

In addition to offering more than one internet connection, The location of the data center colocation service is also important. You know why?

Because this affects latency, that is, the time it takes for data to go from the server to its consumer and vice versa. Rent one data center in Florianópolis, close to major consumption centers in Brazil, can make a difference for your business.

The data center inside the airport also works with the largest internet operators in the region with a dual connection approach. That is, each operator arrives via fiber from two different points, which connect the island to the mainland via different routes. Thus, even if a path is interrupted, operation is maintained by redundancy in the connection.

Data center colocation in Florianópolis

So, how does the data center in Floripa Can Airport specifically help your company?

We saw that the Floripa Zurich Airport Brasil datacenter offers:

• IT cost reduction;
• specialized management and maintenance;
• reinforced security 24x7;
• high service availability;
• cutting-edge structure;
• and low latency.

Along with this, we can add the fact that this is a standard Tier 3 data center, according to the Uptime Institute classification.

A Tier 3 data center makes the chance of service interruption increasingly remote. It is focused on redundancies — from energy to internet — to have 99,982% availability of the time. It is also possible to carry out maintenance without harming the various businesses that share the structure.

For those of you who think about growth of your company, scalability is another advantage of Floripa Datacenter. As the solution’s IT manager highlights:

“We are fully ready for the growth in demand for our partners’ services.”

Another security is 24 hour service with a dedicated team for the data center. He needed it, he called. The team will be ready to assist you.

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