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Colocation Advisory
Own Your Infrastructure Without Owning the Risk.
Physical Infrastructure Decisions With Decade-Long Consequences
Colocation and data center commitments typically run 10-15 years—most organizations only revisit the decision once a decade.
Whether to own a data center, colocate, or move to a hybrid model is a decision most organizations make rarely—and get locked into for a long time. Power availability, cooling capacity, connectivity, and geographic risk all factor in, and the market has shifted quickly as AI workloads compete for the same colocation capacity that used to be readily available.
MALA advisors bring current market data on capacity, pricing, and contract terms so you're negotiating from an informed position rather than the provider's.
What Your Advisor Delivers
- Own-vs-colocate-vs-hybrid analysis grounded in your actual power, cooling, and connectivity requirements
- Market pricing benchmarks across colocation providers and markets
- Site and provider evaluation including power availability and geographic risk
- Contract term review: SLAs, exit clauses, expansion rights, and connectivity commitments
- Capacity planning that accounts for future AI and compute-driven demand growth
- Negotiation support for new agreements and renewals
Power and Cooling Are Now Strategic Constraints
Rising compute density from AI workloads has made power and cooling capacity the binding constraint in many colocation markets—available space is no longer the limiting factor in the way it once was. Organizations negotiating new agreements or renewals need current market intelligence on where capacity actually exists, not last renewal cycle's assumptions.
Contract Terms That Protect You for a Decade
A colocation or data center agreement signed today will likely still govern your infrastructure a decade from now—so SLA definitions, exit clauses, expansion rights, and connectivity commitments deserve the same scrutiny as the pricing. MALA advisors review and negotiate these terms directly, and this pairs with MALA's Technology Contract Negotiation service when a specific renewal is already on the table.
A Site-Neutral Evaluation of Your Options
A data center decision made once every ten years deserves more than a single vendor's pitch.
MALA advisors have no referral relationship with any colocation provider or data center operator. The assessment starts with your actual power, cooling, connectivity, and growth requirements, evaluates owned, colocated, and hybrid options against current market pricing, and results in a recommendation and negotiation strategy built around your needs—not a preferred partner's inventory.
Your Advisor: Led by advisors who have evaluated and negotiated data center and colocation agreements across multiple markets and provider relationships—not a single provider's account team.
Ready to Evaluate Your Infrastructure Options?
Get a site-neutral read on your data center and colocation strategy from a senior MALA advisor—no obligation, and no cost to you regardless of outcome.