As data center configurations and applications require more computing power, managers are looking at new ways to address thermal management challenges.
The term “colocation” historically has more than one meaning. In current usage, colocation (or colo) commonly refers to a data center facility which rents space for servers and other computing hardware.
If you look at the evolution of critical facilities you will see a fairly consistent increase in complexities as the requirements and expectation of sustaining continuous operations became more and more demanding.
It is easy to perceive that both data centers and thoughts about data centers have shifted dramatically since the first giant computers took up entire rooms to themselves.