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Colocation

Baltimore, Maryland and Washington D.C. Data Center Colocation: Cabinets, Cages, and Suites

Why is Baltimore Technology Park the perfect location for colocation in Baltimore?
As the premier Baltimore data center, Baltimore Technology Park offers redundant power and cooling to protect your critical IT and telecommunications equipment. The Baltimore Technology Park data center is equipped with multiple layers of security and is Maryland's largest carrier-neutral data center, offering redundant connectivity and connections to network providers of your choice. Our downtown Baltimore location lets you conveniently colocate your servers and equipment in a purpose-built, state-of-the-art data center, just a few minutes off I-95 and MD-295.

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Colocation at Baltimore Technology Park is an ideal choice for any business in the Baltimore, Maryland, Washington DC or Mid-Atlantic region that needs a secure data center to meet disaster recovery or regulatory compliance requirements, or just needs to get critical equipment out of the back-office "computer closet" and into a reliable facility.

What is colocation or collocation?
You may have heard colocation services referred to as the three P’s: “pipe, power, and ping.” Pipe refers to the availability of a high-speed connectivity with redundant and diversely routed bandwidth. Power is the availability of fully redundant power. You may recognize the term “Ping” as the program that lets you verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests. When used in reference to colocation, it refers to Internet connectivity.

Colocation, which is also sometimes spelled as collocation, allows a client to manage his/her own equipment and applications within the data center, thereby maintaining full control. The data center provider focuses on supporting a redundant and secure environment, with the latest in electrical power, Internet connectivity, fire suppression, climate control and physical security.

What are the benefits of colocation?

  • Cost efficiency: Colocation in a data center provides predictable costs. Plus, businesses do not need to make the capital expenditures to build and manage their own data center.
  • Time savings & scalability: Colocation allows a business to have their infrastructure built in a short time period, providing the ability to go to market faster. The data center’s infrastructure will scale without having to invest capital dollars.
  • Access to technology and technical expertise: Many companies lack the technology and internal expertise to build and maintain a data center environment. Capacity and resource planning require considerably more attention than is often anticipated. By colocating in a data center, businesses can leave the task of building and maintaining data center infrastructure to the provider.
  • Security: Professional data centers provide multiple levels of facility security. Access is restricted to authorized personnel, and the business still maintains overall control of equipment and data.
  • Ability to focus on core competencies: Colocation in a data center allows businesses to focus on what they do best and leaves the task of infrastructure management to the provider. Valuable IT resources can be better utilized on strategic projects that build your business. At the same time, colocation customers retain total ownership and control over the operation and maintenance of their equipment.
  • Guaranteed reliability and responsiveness: Data centers are designed to offer redundant electrical and environmental systems and they guarantee their reliability and responsiveness with Service Level Agreements.


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