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Cage & Dedicated Suite Solutions

Secure cages & dedicated suites

Colt DCS cage and dedicated suite options are designed for customers that want flexible options but want to retain complete control over their environment, from environmental conditions to security. A Colt dedicated suite or cage provides all this with the benefits that come with operating out of one of our highly connected, carrier-neutral multi-tenanted data centre sites.

We can offer flexible cage and dedicated suites that meet your individual requirements and have consultants on hand to help ensure you have the right design. Our interconnection options and additional services means you can have a high-end data centre experience in our shared data centres, and our flexible commercials mean you can alter your environment and solutions to suite your business’ needs.

Cage & dedicated suite solutions

Our cage and dedicated suite options are designed for customers that want flexible options, with peace of mind that their racks are secure within a dedicated environment.

Our Cage solutions offer:

  • A hall or dedicated suite with controlled access

  • Dedicated cages or securely contained aisles, which only you have access to

  • Control over humidity, density and other environmental factors

  • Power options for metered or fixed power

  • Dual resilient power circuits to each rack

  • Conditioned power to racks with redundant UPS and onsite generators

  • Additional security around each cage to provide area with exclusive customer access
data centre security defence in depth

Defence in depth

From the gate to the rack, intelligent systems to connectivity, and across our Colt DCS security teams, our unrivalled, intelligent approach to security covers every step of your journey no matter which country you are in and which data centre. Colt DCS recognises there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to security. Our in-house consultants can help you devise the best method covering physical access. Coupled with our standardised processes, ongoing access to our security experts and transparent approach, Colt DCS can ensure your most valuable assets are protected no matter where in Colt’s estate you are. We call this defence in depth.

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 have 100% carrier neutral sites with 10+ carriers in most locations. Plus, over 530 third party connected data centres with direct connectivity to public and private clouds.

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:

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Enterprises

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

network providers

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 services

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.