Comments on: Are Colocation Prices Heading Higher? http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/12/23/are-colocation-prices-heading-higher/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jeffrey Danial http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/12/23/are-colocation-prices-heading-higher/comment-page-1/#comment-13044 Jeffrey Danial Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:51:38 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=4533#comment-13044 It seems colocation prices are heading higher. The cost of building data centers going higher and borrowing costs increasing is certainly one of the reasons for increase in the cost of rent. Another big reason is that the glut of space created in the dot com bust if effectively getting filled up with the new internet media. Social Networks such as http://DataCenterOffice.com are helping facilitate access to the wealth of information available. However the cost of rent is not the biggest factor in a technology business. The cost of power per megabyte of information. New energy alternatives in the construction and cooling of data centers will also help reduce costs for the data centers. In addition many new larger data centers are being developed near hydro power in the north west of the United States and Iceland will reduce the cost of power and cooling the data center. It seems colocation prices are heading higher. The cost of building data centers going higher and borrowing costs increasing is certainly one of the reasons for increase in the cost of rent.

Another big reason is that the glut of space created in the dot com bust if effectively getting filled up with the new internet media.

Social Networks such as http://DataCenterOffice.com are helping facilitate access to the wealth of information available.

However the cost of rent is not the biggest factor in a technology business. The cost of power per megabyte of information. New energy alternatives in the construction and cooling of data centers will also help reduce costs for the data centers. In addition many new larger data centers are being developed near hydro power in the north west of the United States and Iceland will reduce the cost of power and cooling the data center.

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