Colocation. Co-location. Colo. Collocation from the Latin collocare. It’s one of those words we can’t make up our minds how to spell. But they all mean the same thing in IT terms: the practice of housing servers — usually Web or telecommunications servers — in secure, well-connected facilities. Strictly speaking, colocation applies to an arrangement in which the customer’s own servers are installed on the colocation provider’s premises, but management of those servers remains in the hands of their owner.
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Space for Rent: Trends in Colocation
Posted by: David Halperin September 12, 2003 04:18 AMColocation. Co-location. Colo. Collocation from the Latin collocare. It’s one of those words we can’t make up our minds how to spell. But they all mean the same thing in IT terms: the practice of housing servers — usually Web or telecommunications servers — in secure, well-connected facilities. Strictly speaking, colocation applies to an arrangement in which the customer’s own servers are installed on the colocation provider’s premises, but management of those servers remains in the hands of their owner.