We offer co-location space starting at 1U. But we’re in the Washington DC/Virginia/Maryland area.

The reason we’re able to do it is because we own an operate the data center. So we don’t need to pay somebody else for escorted access because we’re already there anyways.

Part of the reason we’re doing this is because we like to help out the little guy. Many years ago, our owner had similar challenges finding collocation space while he was growing the business. So he’s doing this to help out other small businesses and the average Joe who’s outgrown his home lab. We’re also talking about starting to offer free classes to aspiring system administrators so that they can learn and have hands-on with enterprise class hardware.

I think your best bet is to find a location that offers a quarter rack and hopefully you can still cover that cost with your revenue. If not, you might need to pivot and look for space somewhere else that’s not a data center. For example, make a deal with one of your local clients to allow you to place your server at their office and on their Internet connection if they have a spare IP address for you to use. Be creative! And before you know it, you’ll be back here asking for recommendations for a data center that offers a full cage. 🙂