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Colocation (or collocation or co-location) is the act of placing single or multiple servers, usually a Web server, located at a dedicated facility designed with resources which include a secured cage or cabinet, regulated power, dedicated Internet connection, security and support.

There are a number of reasons why companies make the leap from shared hosting to colocating their own servers :

• A large number of sites to host
  
  
• Custom software that is not permitted on shared servers
  
  
• Gaming Servers or Offsite Backups
  

You provide the server, we provide everything else - rackspace, connection to the Internet, IP addresses and power supply. It is your responsibility to run the server and maintain/replace the hardware in the unfortunate event of failure.

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