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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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Data Center Wildfire Risk Is a Real Factor in Your Hosting Decision
When you choose a hosting provider, you probably think about uptime guarantees, bandwidth, and price. Wildfire risk probably sits much further down the list, if it appears at all. That is a mistake worth correcting. A recent study found that 79% of global data center capacity sits in areas with e...
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Data Center Physical Security Goes Far Beyond Locked Doors
When most people imagine a secure data center, they picture a locked server room. The reality is far more demanding. According to IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach report, the average cost of a data breach globally was $4.44 million in 2025. For healthcare organizations operating under HIPAA, th...
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HIPAA Compliant Hosting: Your 2026 Certification Checklist
If your organization handles patient data in any digital form, the hosting environment you choose is not a commodity purchase; it is a compliance decision. The average cost of a healthcare data breach reached $7.42 million per incident in 2025, which means a misconfigured server is not just an IT...
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Server Health: Why Data Centers Win Over Server Closets
Think your servers are “reasonably safe” in a repurposed office closet or backroom? It’s a common belief, but let’s cut to the chase: office ...
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