What is Colocation centre?
'''Colocation''' is a [[Internet]] network service which involves the physical placement of [[client]]'s [[ server| servers]] on the technical site of a provider, or provision by the provider for [[lease]] to the user of its own server.<ref>{{Cite web|title =Going Open &#8211; Software vendors in transition|url=https://451research.com/report-long?icid=315|website=web.archive.org|date=2016-12-06|accessdate=2021-11-25|archive-date =2016-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206163805/https://451research.com/report-long?icid=315}}</ref> Colocation facilities provide space, power, cooling, and [[physical security]] for the [[Server (computing)|server]], [[Computer data storage|storage]], and [[Computer network|networking]] equipment of other firms and also connect them to a variety of [[Telecommunications network|telecommunications]] and [[network service provider]]s with a minimum of cost and complexity. == Related pages == * [[Data center]] == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Internet]]