More companies are utilizing carrier neutral data centers to house and manage their IT infrastructure. When choosing a data or colocation center, companies have two choices. A single carrier operates a carrier specific data center and runs the entire site. But a carrier neutral data center works differently: it lets any carrier offer services and compete for a company’s business. Companies can choose between providers, switch at any point, or use different providers for different services.
The benefit of a carrier neutral data center lies in the competition between carriers. Each of the carriers operating in any given data center is competing for your company’s business. This gives companies the ability to pick and choose based on their business needs and budget. Budgets and needs can shift overnight. When they do, switching carriers stays simple because the company’s entire IT setup already sits in the data center. More companies now use carrier neutral data centers to get the most from the data center’s services. That means less downtime and more redundancy.
How companies can use carrier neutral data centers to improve their redundancy
Carrier neutral data centers help companies improve redundancy, reliability, flexibility, portability, and cost control.
More redundancy and reliability
Customers require 24/7 access to their data. When companies experience outages that cause a loss of critical data, they lose profits right away. A carrier neutral data center gives companies access to multiple carriers. That access sharply cuts the risk of an outage, so it protects your data. This redundancy keeps your critical systems running, even if your current carrier has an outage. The TIA-942 data center standard sets the redundancy bar this kind of setup meets.
A carrier neutral data center also lets you pick the carrier that best fits your company’s needs. You don’t give up the heating, cooling, and security the site provides. You no longer have to choose between a strong data center and the right carrier. Multiple carriers share the same site, so you get both.
Lower costs and more flexibility
More competition means lower prices. Multiple carriers share a single data center, so they compete for your business. That competition lets you pick a carrier by price and performance that fits your company’s needs and budget. The result is a lower cost of connection for your business.
Each carrier’s network uses fiber and copper cables that travel a different route. A carrier interconnect setup lets you tie them together. Each network also uses its own gear to run different services and apps. That’s why companies use carrier neutral data centers. They can choose the exact cables, routes, and apps that fit their needs. In a carrier neutral data center, a company can use any wiring route or service at any time. So this flexibility lets companies pick and choose as they scale.
Easier to move when you need to
Moving a company’s servers and IT systems to a data center costs real time and money. Once you finish that move, you want to avoid doing it all over again later. No matter how you feel about your current carrier, your needs and services will change over time. Carrier neutral data centers solve that problem, so you can change carriers without relocating your entire IT structure.
Carrier neutral data centers and your company
Companies utilizing carrier neutral data centers get a wide range of benefits, from more uptime to lower cost. To learn how your business could benefit, contact the three carrier neutral data centers closest to you. Speak with each provider’s customer service team. Then meet with your own team to decide if this is the best route for your business.
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