Depending on your requirements, a high quality data center can be an essential component to your organization's IT operations. And, if your business is located in the state of Virginia, you're in luck.
Northern Virginia continues to boast the largest data center market in the world. There are millions of square feet of data center space available in Northern Virginia. SoAnd while company requirements can differ dramatically, having so many options means you should be able to find exactly what you need. But that doesn't mean it's going to be easy to choose a data center.
So, here... let me help you with your search. This list of the five best data center colocations in Virginia will make your search significantly faster by providing you with the most trusted options in the area.
Data Center Colocation Providers in Virginia You Need to Check Out
Year over year, Virginia's data center market continues to crush its previous records. In 2017, Virginia-based data centers provided 115 megawatts (MW) of wholesale leasing. In 2018 they hit 232 MW. And the start of 2019 brought Northern Virginia over the 1 GW mark.
Along with impressive wattage, Virginia also offers:
- Cost-competitive and reliable utilities
- Best-in-class incentives, like a 5% tax exemption on servers, generators, chillers, and other related equipment
- Robust fiber connectivity that ensures low latency
- Relatively low-priced real estate
- Historic status as a key exchange hub for Internet traffic for the Eastern US via MAE-East, a former UUNet facility, and the Internet’s first major interconnection point
- Proximity to the nation’s capital and federal agencies
With companies like Facebook, Microsoft, and Salesforce using Virginia-based data centers, the market is expected to continue growing, with no stop in sight. These are the top colocation providers driving that growth.
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Atlantech Online
Atlantech’s Rockville and Silver Spring data center spaces have 10,000 gross square feet of space and 130 cabinets each, with a network capable of delivering up to nearly 10 Tbps of throughput.
The Rockville facility is ideally located for colocation deployment and interconnecting with major telecommunications networks. Businesses in the I-270 corridor region will find Atlantech’s Rockville colocation facility to be an excellent alternative to the expense and effort of building and operating their own data center facility.
In addition to the extensive security and redundant features, Atlantech facilities maintain a humidity level of 45% and over 140 tons of cooling capacity, keeping the system under strict control.
Atlantech provides enterprises in Northern Virginia or the Baltimore metro area with an accessible and affordable option for a secondary or Business Continuity Disaster Recovery (BCDR) facility.
Equinix
Equinix is one of the largest colocation data center providers in the world and maintains a space in Ashburn and Vienna, Virginia. These colocation centers have connections to 200+ network service providers, over 275 cloud service providers,10 buildings, and roughly 478,000+ square feet of colocation space. They also provide access to one of the top three peering and exchange markets, including the largest peering exchange on the U.S. East Coast.
CoreSite
CoreSite has three data center facilities in Northern Virginia—one in Reston, and two in D.C.—that account for over 1.3 million square feet of colocation space and access to over 95 networks. Customers can scale from cabinets and cages to private suites or built-to-suit options.
CoreSite’s clients are a diverse mix, including organizations operating in finance, cloud computing, and government services. With CoreSite, customers have direct access to Any2Exchange, the second largest Internet peering exchange in the country and the largest Internet exchange on the West Coast.
Digital Realty
Digital Realty’s 17 data centers in Ashburn and Reston, Virginia have access to over 1,000 provider networks, multiple Internet Exchanges, Open-IX Peering Exchange, and Ethernet Exchange. These points make it one of the top multi-tenant data centers in the world.
In 2017, Digital Realty acquired DuPont Fabros, adding to its already extensive coverage. The company also owns over 243 acres that are ready for development to customize capabilities to the specific requirements of the tenant.
CyrusOne
CyrusOne is another excellent option in your search for a Virginia-based data center as it maintains five campuses and one of the largest Internet Exchange points in the U.S. Across all their facilities, CyrusOne offers over one million square feet of space and over 100 MW of power.
The data centers provide redundant features, resulting in no single points of failure, and a system you can trust to meet your requirements.
Finding the Virginia Colocation Data Center That's Right For You
When evaluating a colocation provider near or within Virginia, evaluate facilities that are close enough to afford convenient site visits. Afterward, explore the inner workings of each data center, including redundancy policies, hardware, software, and power supply.
Whether you’re a cloud-based startup or running a large global enterprise, Atlantech has the right colocation, data center space, or cloud hosting for you. Talk to a colocation expert today to see if we're a good fit for your needs.
