What is collocation?

In general, collocation is moving or placing things together, sometimes implying a proper order. Colocation is used to mean the provision of space for a customer's telecommunications equipment on the service provider's premises. For example, a website owner could place the site's own computer servers on the premises of the Internet service provider (ISP). Or an ISP could place its network routers on the premises of the company offering switching services with other ISPs. The alternative to collocation is to have the equipment and the demarcation point located at the customer's premises.

Colocation is provided by companies that specialize in website hosting, like Aplus.Net.

For more information on Aplus.Net’s colocation services, please contact our friendly Sales Department at (877) 275-8763 or (858) 410-6929 for International callers.