Michigan Colocation

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Colocation in Detroit Michigan

Looking for Colocation near Detroit, Michigan?

For Detroit colocation, Online Tech’s Mid-Michigan data center is the largest Michigan Colocation data center in the states. This data center was originally built by EDS as GM’s Disaster Recovery Data Center for GMAC and other brands.

It has all of the specifications that ensure you are getting the support, security, and uptime to meet your Detroit colocation needs.

32,500 square feet: 22,500 of raised 24” floor; 8,000 work place recovery in stand alone building.

Dual pooled 1300 KVA diesel generators

Three 2,000 Amp Emerson switches

Three pooled 562.5 KVA UPS

Over 300 tons cooling

Pass card and biometrics for data center entrance

Environmental monitoring with laser based smoke and particulate sensors

Ground level entry dock and semi truck loading dock with pallet jack allow for large deliveries.

Video surveillance with 90 day DVR

Gigabit fiber connections and gigabit fiber connection to the Internet

This is one of two data centers Online Tech owns and operates here near Detroit Michigan, all within 50 miles of Detroit with Colocation and Managed Server Solutions. All of the colocation data centers are SAS-70 Type II Audited and provide the security and reliability you need to protect your data.

What is Colocation?

Colocation is a cap-ex free (no capital expense required) alternative to maintaining your own data center. Rather than invest the capital in backup generators, UPS and HVAC units, and network and the operating expense in trained data center expertise, colocation lets you leverage a multi-tenant data center that has already made the investment in the infrastructure and personnel.

Why Use Colocation?

Colocation hosting may be ideal if you are looking to run your servers in a high availability data center without taking on the infrastructure and staff costs required to run a world class data center. You can leverage the SAS-70 and PCI audits and HIPAA compliance processes that the data center operator has undertaken and audited at a fraction of the cost of doing it yourself.

You can choose to invest in the multiple outside power feeds, transformers, transfer switches, generators, uninterruptible power supplies, redundant HVAC systems, fire suppression, multiple ISP connections and a redundant Cisco network infrastructure required to deliver the highest level of uptime for your applications. Or you can leverage a colocation data center operator that has already made the investment and can amortize that investment across hundreds of customers. Colocation allows you to buy your data center incrementally. Rather than invest upfront to build a data center that can meet your needs for the next 5 years, with colocation, you can buy your data center a rack at a time. Colocation also lets you leverage the on-site expertise and training of the colocation operator’s staff, rather than invest in development and retaining of data center expertise on your staff.

When selecting colocation, there are three factors that drive your choices and costs:

Space – number of racks or square feet of dedicated colocation area that you need

Power – power required in each rack – specified by voltage and current (Amps)

Internet bandwidth – typically measured in Megabits per second (Mbps)

Armed with this information, Online Tech can provide you a quote to colocate your IT equipment to one of our data centers that best suits your needs.  Our engineers can also help you explore which of the colocation managed services make sense for you.

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Michigan Colocation: Low Risk of Natural Disasters

State’s Lowest Incidence Rate of Natural Disasters Gives Michigan Colocation Hosting an Edge.

Hosting in Michigan? National Lowest Natural Disasters.

From a disaster prevention perspective, it’s best to pick colocation in an area that has a very low incidence of natural disasters.  One of the advantages to Michigan colocation is that Michigan has the lowest incidence of natural disasters in the entire continental U.S.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Billion Dollar US Weather Disasters Analysis, Michigan stands alone in the fewest number of natural disasters of any kind in the country.

Combine the Midwest work ethic, access to world class technical talent from leading Universities like the University of Michigan and Michigan State, and the cool weather with the lowest number of natural disasters in the country, makes Michigan colocation a logical choice for any high availability hosting requirement.

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Take Advantage of Business Benefits of Michigan Colocation

Choosing where to store your data, whether internally or to an outside hosting provider, is a very important decision for any company these days. In addition, your IT staff is becoming more and more important as technology becomes more of a factor in how we do business.

They’re not only worrying about keeping client data secure and network infrastructure up among its employees, but also trying to maintain business applications internally. Allocating some of those responsibilities from your IT staff could really benefit you and your IT staff in the long run.

Michigan: Ideal Location for Colocation and Data Centers

Here are three reasons on how Michigan Colocation can benefit your business:

1. Location – Michigan is considered one of the best states in the country for Colocation Services. Why is it one of the best? Here are some facts:

Cool Climate – Michigan is primarily cool for most of the year, with only 4 months out of the year being over 60 degrees. This results in free cooling for most of the year and more cost-effective data centers.

Low Risk of Tornadoes, Hurricanes, & Earthquakes – Michigan has never experienced a hurricane, is highly unlikely to experience downtime from any seismic activity due to its location, and faces a significantly lower amount of tornadoes than most of the United States.

Few Natural Disasters – From 1980 to 2009, Michigan had one of the fewest number of natural disasters that resulted in over $1 billion in damage.

2. Readily Available Support – Outsourcing to a Michigan Colocation provider gives you the option of having a support team in charge of your managed dedicated servers, saving your IT team time and most importantly, money. By paying an outside provider for their services, you’re not paying for power, space for your servers, air conditioning and extra IT staff in your company. Now you can you put that extra time and money into other areas of your business.

3. Security & Peace of Mind – When you choose a Michigan Colocation provider, you are providing your data to a company whose main goal is to secure your data and keep your company up and running. They live and breathe security and they take it very seriously when it comes to your data. Depending on what your company does, you may also have to follow strict policies, procedures and compliance regulations (HIPAA, PCI,SOX) with the data you have stored, and those can be steep hurdles to climb to achieve those standards. Not having those standards can result in major fines to your company.

Having a peace of mind that your data is secure and that your applications or website have 100% uptime is a good feeling for any business executive. Achieving that on your own is another story. It is definitely possible, but you’ll be putting a lot of time and resources into getting it done. Why not save that time and invest in a Michigan Colocation provider that can tailor to your business needs and can guarantee that your data is secure and always up and running? It becomes a Win-Win situation for both parties.

Want more information on Michigan Colocation? Check out our E-Tips where you can check out our Managed Colocation Guide, and find out What To Expect From Your Managed Colocation Provider.