Datacenter Density Illustrated

I was in a meeting with what was a potential client, and now will be a new colocation client starting later this week. They came to us asking for three racks. We asked them about their equipment and it totalled up to about 40U worth of gear. So logically, we asked them “why would you want to pay for two empty racks?”

They then related a story about asking their current provider for more power, and being that not only could they not have it, that they’d have to remove servers from their racks. They had one rack’s worth of gear spread out over three racks. They were paying for full racks but only being allowed to use on-third of each rack due to power restrictions.

Needless to say, I was amazed.

I won’t name the other provider (though the initials of their facility here in Seattle are “F.P.”) but I do find it odd that a service provider would put a client into such an odd position. If you pay for a full rack, you ought to be able to utilize every rack unit, right? That is just part of the digital.forest difference. You need it? We got it. We can do custom power. We can do high density. We can help you succeed.

Mind you we are not giving this stuff away. We are not the least expensive option for Seattle area colocation. BUT, if you examine our offerings closely, you will find the BEST VALUE FOR YOUR DOLLAR, precisely because we can accommodate most every infrastructure need, at a very reasonable price. We will not tell you what you CAN’T do, we help you accomplish what you need to do. Don’t let your colocation provider hold you back. Choose digital.forest.