Data center decisions involve large capital commitments, long contract terms, and significant operational dependencies. We help you evaluate the full range of options, from colocation to hyperscale cloud to hybrid architectures, with no preference for any particular outcome.
Your server room was built for a different era and a smaller footprint. Power, cooling, and physical space are becoming constraints, and the cost of upgrading the facility rivals the cost of moving the workloads out entirely. The question is where they go next.
You signed a colocation contract five years ago based on requirements that have since changed. The facility may no longer be in the right location, the power density may not support your current hardware, or the contract terms have become restrictive relative to what the market now offers.
The migration to cloud was sold with a cost projection that assumed efficient usage. The reality is that cloud consumption grew beyond the plan, reserved instances were not optimized, and the monthly bill is now significantly higher than the infrastructure it replaced. Some workloads need to come back, and the question is where.
We assess your current infrastructure environment including on-premise equipment, existing colocation or cloud commitments, power and cooling constraints, and workload requirements to develop a clear picture of what you have and where it should go. The assessment drives the strategy rather than the strategy driving the assessment.
We source colocation from the national and regional providers that match your footprint requirements: Equinix, Digital Realty, CoreSite, DataBank, Flexential, TierPoint, and many others. We evaluate facilities on power redundancy, carrier density, geographic risk, SLA terms, and total cost of ownership, then negotiate contracts that protect you through the full term.
Most organizations are not purely cloud or purely colocation. We design hybrid architectures that put each workload in its optimal environment: latency-sensitive applications close to users, archival data in low-cost cold storage, burst capacity in public cloud, and regulated data in a controlled colocation environment. The architecture reflects your requirements, not a vendor's preference.
Moving workloads between data center environments requires careful sequencing, dependency mapping, and rollback planning. We build migration plans that sequence the move correctly, minimize downtime, and include tested rollback procedures. We manage the process with the rigor a critical infrastructure migration requires.
Colocation value often depends on what you can connect to from the facility. We evaluate carrier-neutral interconnection options, cloud on-ramps, and private peering arrangements that determine how well your data center investment integrates with your network and cloud architecture. A facility with excellent interconnection density is often worth more than a marginally cheaper one without it.
A second data center site, whether colocation or cloud, is the foundation of a credible DR strategy. We evaluate DR site options, design the replication and failover architecture, define your recovery objectives, test the process, and make sure your business continuity plan reflects what your infrastructure can actually support.
Each application in its optimal environment based on performance, compliance, cost, and recovery requirements, not based on who had the better sales process.
SLA terms, power guarantees, and exit rights negotiated to protect your interests through the full contract term, not just at signing.
Recovery objectives defined and tested before you depend on them. A DR plan that works in practice, not just on paper.
National and regional providers evaluated across every dimension that matters to your specific requirements and footprint.
Whether you are evaluating colocation, hybrid cloud, or full migration, our assessment gives you the data to make an informed decision without being sold into the wrong architecture.
We start with your workloads, your requirements, and your budget, not with a preferred vendor outcome. The assessment is free and the recommendation is honest.