With this approach, the hardware is owned by the service provider, so upfront capital expenses are replaced by operating expenses. Scaling up and down is easy. And the on-prem-as-a-service provider handles all the installation, maintenance...
Organizations are reaping the rewards of running bare-metal servers in colocation centers instead of just spinning up bare-metal instances in the public cloud.
Are colocation facilities more or less secure than on-premises infrastructure or public clouds? Here’s a breakdown of their security advantages and disadvantages.