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Data Center Seismic Safety: What Rack Stability Really Depends On
Earthquakes hit without warning, and the consequences for a data center floor can unfold in seconds. According to the USGS 2023 National Seismic Hazard Model, nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, meaning seismic risk extends far beyond California’s coastlines. T...
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Run Your Colocation HIPAA Audit With This Practical Checklist
Healthcare organizations reported 770 HIPAA breaches in 2025, the highest annual total on record, and the average breach now costs $7.42 million per incident, maintaining healthcare’s position as the costliest sector for data breaches for 14 consecutive years. If your organization colocates serve...
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Is Colocation the Right Choice for Businesses Outgrowing Shared Cloud
At a certain point in many businesses’ growth, the cloud hosting bill arrives, and the number on the page no longer feels like a fair trade. Variable egress fees, unpredictable compute charges, and the performance ceiling of multi-tenant environments start costing real money and real productivity...
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What Is a BAA Agreement and When Does HIPAA Require One?
Healthcare organizations share patient data with dozens of vendors every year: billing services, IT providers, cloud storage platforms, transcription tools, and more. Every one of those relationships carries a legal obligation most organizations underestimate. Healthcare data breaches have alread...
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What Is SOC 2 and Why Should Your Colocation Datacenter Have It
If your business colocates servers in a third-party data center, the security posture of that facility is inseparable from your own. According to the IBM 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the global average cost of a data breach dropped to $4.44 million, but average costs in the U.S. surged to a...
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Colocation vs Dedicated Servers: Which Wins on Total Cost of Ownership
The decision between colocation and a dedicated server is rarely about which option generates a lower bill any given month. It is about which model costs less over the life of your infrastructure, and that calculation is more nuanced than most buyers expect. The monthly invoice may be the most vi...
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