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Modern businesses are under pressure to run faster, leaner, and more securely than ever before. As IT teams juggle rising costs, regulatory complexity, and the demand for always-on operations, one infrastructure model continues to stand out: managed colocation services.
This hybrid solution blends the control of owning your own hardware with the scalability and expertise of enterprise-grade data centers. It’s not just an alternative to cloud or on-premise setups. It’s a smarter way to ensure infrastructure security, maximize uptime, and improve operational efficiency.
According to Uptime Institute, global Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) averages have hovered between 1.55 and 1.59 since 2020, but modern colocation environments now hit as low as 1.4. That kind of energy optimization reflects a broader shift toward smarter, more sustainable IT infrastructure.
Managed colocation services allow businesses to colocate their own physical servers inside a third-party data center while offloading day-to-day infrastructure responsibilities like power management, cooling, physical security, and routine technical tasks. This model gives companies the best of both worlds: You retain hardware ownership and control, but your provider manages the critical (and costly) facility operations.
It’s worth clarifying how this differs from similar models. In unmanaged colocation, your team is responsible for everything beyond the space and power. In managed hosting, the provider owns the servers, and you rent them like you would software. Managed colocation services land in the middle, offering control without complexity.
At OTAVA, we provide full-stack support, built-in compliance, and geographic redundancy across a global footprint. Our facilities are designed for resilience, but our real differentiator lies in how we partner with clients. We make complex infrastructure manageable, scalable, and secure without the hassle of micromanagement.
Control and convenience don’t have to be mutually exclusive. This is where the colocation vs. managed services discussion gets interesting.
With traditional colocation, you get maximum control over your hardware. Your team configures, monitors, and maintains the environment exactly how you want. However, it also means you’re responsible for sending technicians onsite to perform upgrades, resolve issues, and keep up with evolving compliance mandates.
In contrast, fully managed services remove much of that burden by giving your infrastructure to a provider. You benefit from their expertise, but you give up ownership and fine-tuned customization.
For some organizations, especially startups or SaaS vendors, that’s fine. But for others, especially those in healthcare, financial services, or government sectors, hardware control is a non-negotiable.
Managed colocation services bridge this gap. You own your stack, but we provide the power, cooling, security, and hands-on operational support to keep it all running at peak performance. For many of our clients, that flexibility is what makes long-term growth sustainable.
Security starts with location, and managed colocation hosting services offer one of the most secure setups available today. It goes far beyond a locked server room or a firewall at the edge.
OTAVA’s data centers include:
Every touchpoint is monitored. From the moment your hardware is racked to the moment it’s decommissioned, our team keeps an eye on everything. This level of physical protection is not feasible for most in-house IT setups, and frankly, it shouldn’t be your job to worry about it.
Then there’s cybersecurity. We handle the following:
We handle the infrastructure-layer defense so you can stay focused on application-layer priorities.
Our compliance portfolio includes HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and more. These are built into how we operate. Combined with remote hands support, which lets your team deploy, update, or troubleshoot remotely, OTAVA gives your business an enterprise-grade security perimeter without the overhead of maintaining one yourself.
When your environment goes down, you risk customer trust, lost revenue, and potential legal exposure. Managed colocation services are designed to minimize that risk through layered redundancy.
Every OTAVA facility uses:
If one power source fails, another kicks in instantly. Network connections follow the same logic. Each data center is equipped with multiple carrier pathways, so if one ISP suffers an outage, traffic reroutes seamlessly through another. This diversity eliminates single points of failure, a must for mission-critical workloads.
Cooling systems use intelligent airflow controls and hot/cold aisle separation to keep temperatures stable, even when demand spikes. Unlike office server rooms or leased spaces, our facilities are purpose-built for 24/7 uptime.
We also invest in proactive maintenance and 24/7 monitoring. That means our teams catch issues before they become outages, keeping your services online even when hardware or environmental stressors flare up.
Energy efficiency is directly tied to how well your infrastructure performs and how long it lasts. A system running too hot or drawing erratic power is unstable.
Modern data centers use sophisticated environmental controls to reduce risk and waste. Hot/cold aisle containment keeps server racks at optimal temperature, reducing fan strain and preventing overuse. Precision air conditioning fine-tunes airflow in real time, adjusting based on load and ambient temperature.
The industry’s go-to performance benchmark is power usage effectiveness (PUE). The lower the PUE, the more of a facility’s power is used by IT equipment versus overhead systems like lighting or HVAC.
While legacy facilities may operate with a PUE of 1.6 or higher, newer colocation environments average closer to 1.45. The best ones, including some of ours, approach 1.3.
Regulations are also tightening. In the EU, new facilities will be required to hit a PUE of 1.2 or less starting in 2026. At OTAVA, we’re already ahead of that curve. Our energy-efficient systems are optimized for today’s workloads, helping our clients cut emissions, reduce spend, and extend the lifespan of their hardware.
When companies grow fast, infrastructure often lags behind. A common bottleneck is the physical environment. Adding new servers, switching to higher-capacity storage, or expanding disaster recovery setups isn’t always feasible in an on-premise setup.
This is where managed colocation services make a huge difference. At OTAVA, our clients scale from partial racks to dedicated cages without touching real estate or spinning up internal teams. We offer modular options that evolve with your needs, whether that means adding compute power, increasing rack density, or provisioning entirely new environments.
This model removes the capital expense barrier. You don’t have to buy land, retrofit a facility, or run additional power lines. You just expand into the space and services you need when you need them.
Our provisioning is fast, too. We can:
That kind of elasticity translates to real business value, especially for industries with seasonal demand, rapid acquisition strategies, or agile product teams.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to infrastructure. However, the goals, such as security, resilience, and efficiency, stay consistent across industries. Managed colocation services are built to meet those needs without compromising control and without forcing businesses to reinvent their operations.
At OTAVA, we offer secure, compliant managed colocation services built to help you scale, safeguard your data, and reduce risk without sacrificing control. We can help you build infrastructure that works with you, not against you. Contact us today or reach us at (877) 740-5028.
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