The well-known real estate adage “location, location, location” underscores the importance of site selection but doesn’t capture the complexity of factors affecting data center placement. While many facility issues are important in colo selection, enterprises can advance their colocation selection process by narrowing their range of choices geographically.
Enterprises seeking a new colocation data center can choose among almost 2,000 U.S. facilities plus another 2,500 internationally. Data center proximity, telecom latency, business continuity, employee availability, and environmental and economic factors are key in narrowing down colocation options according to geography.