Often referred to as colo, colocation is housing different private servers and networking equipment in one third-party data center. Instead of managing an in-house server room, most organizations ...

Colocation—a system where traders place their servers close to the exchange for ultra-low latency trading—has reached an all-time high of 35.7% in the cash market (CM) segment in 2024 ...

Some enterprises manage their own websites in-house; however, they can also move their servers to a colocation center to avoid having to house, power and cool the equipment (see colocation).