Data centre scalability

Flexible and scalable colocation solutions

Your company’s data centre requirements need to adapt to new technologies and changing business requirements. That is why we have built flexibility into every aspect of our proposition. We offer a wide range of colocation solutions, leveraging our modular designs for customised – and simplified – services delivered with flexible and transparent commercial solutions.

Colt DCS has more than 20 years’ experience in delivering best-in-class data centres. We are a pioneer of modular, flexible design and operation of highly resilient and efficient data centres.

Flexibility and scale is increasingly important in an age where some applications that are here today could be gone tomorrow, while others will proliferate and require room to grow in the data centre and across geographies. Our ability to cater for this movement is one of the reasons customers choose Colt DCS.

We offer colocation range of solutions including rack, caged, dedicated and bespoke.

Contractual flexibility for future proof solutions

We realise that our customer’s future business and technology strategies may change their overall data center requirements. The reality for many enterprises is that technology strategies — such as virtualisation, flash storage, hyper convergence and cloud-first hosting — all introduce levels of uncertainty over demand for future data center needs. For many IT leaders, establishing multi-year contracts without the flexibility to contract or divert spend into alternative services may be inappropriate. We offer pricing and contractual terms that are dynamic. This ensures that colocation costs remain optimised as requirements change over time.

Our rack-based solutions offer:

Power commitments

Fixed or metered power pricing (or a hybrid between the two)

Scalability

The ability to scale up and down with power or footprint

Power Density

High and low density options side by side

Migrations

The ability to migrate workloads and undertake workload management requirements

Pay as you grow

Ability to scale up on flexible contracts with options for right of first refusal

Our flexibility service is ideal for:

Enterprises

Enterprises looking to future proof their IT strategy with connectivity to the cloud.

Network Providers

That want to expand into addressable markets, gain secure access to cloud service providers and require the ability to scale as their business grows alongside Colt DCS.

Cloud Providers

Cloud providers seeking solutions that can scale on a metro or global basis, and who want to develop the right solutions for customers.

Managed Service Providers & Systems Integrators

Who want to gain access to a vast ecosystem of users and cloud providers across Europe and Asia, and looking for a partner to help them expand as their markets change.

Leading Cycle Designs

Modular 2.0 is Colt’s latest iteration of our standardized approach to building data centres. It removes reliance on on-site teams for construction and reduces deployment times from industry norms of 18 to 24 months down to just six months. Our repeatable designs mean we can deploy Modular 2.0 anywhere the market expects and our teams will have a deep understanding of how to operate these facilities on a global scale and local support. Modular 2.0 has also reduced our cost to build meaning we can offer more competitive rental rates for our customers.

Benefits of Colt DCS’ modular approach

As a cusomer you will benefit from repeatable solutions that can be deployed many times Reduced reliance on external contractors and known operational support for our repeatable designs Reduced deployment time Just-in-time CAPEX deployment, and reduced cost to build (savings that can be passed on to our customers)

CDC modular version 2.0

Modular 2.0 is Colt’s latest iteration of our standardised approach to building data centres. It removes reliance on on-site teams for construction and reduces deployment times from industry norms of 18 to 24 months down to just six months.