Top Data Centers Aren’t Owned by IT Guys and That’s a Problem

What’s Wrong with this Picture?

A guy walking up and down an aisle in a data center, dressed in a suit and holding a notebook usually means that he’s either lost, confused or is a license key auditor from Microsoft.  I’m not making fun of his fashion sense, or the fact that he likes to take notes in a fancy, oversized notebook – but it’s clear that he doesn’t fit in. Seems like, he came into this scenario unprepared to do anything that would benefit a customer in this environment.

So what’s the point? There’s an 80% chance that this non-IT guy is making the decisions in your data center.

Telecom or Real Estate Companies Own Most of the World’s Data Centers

Only 2 of America’s top 10 data centers are owned by an IT or Technology company. Realty and telecom brands own the rest. Let’s take a look at some of the companies that own the top data centers in the U.S.

Digital Realty

Digital Realty built the global standard for a technical real estate, developing a unique capability to acquire, manage, and scale data center campuses.

CoreSite

CoreSite Realty Corporation delivers secure, reliable, high-performance data center and interconnection solutions…

Terremark

Verizon owned Terremark (a Telecom company).

QTS

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of secure, compliant data center, hybrid cloud and managed services.

How To Run A Data Center

Let me pose a simple “would you rather” question:

Assuming all other factors were equal (price, experience, etc.) would you rather have a real estate expert manage your server or an IT professional?

Obviously, you would choose the IT professional. A real estate expert and an IT professional will have different priorities. It’s the same dilemma occurring with these top data centers.  For a real estate, at the moment of making decisions about an investment to improve or innovation, they are going to have a very different set of priorities than someone with 20 years of hands-on experience in technology.  Many data centers aren’t run as they should because the perspectives and priorities are different.

This is exactly why ServerPronto was able to offer dedicated servers for $25/mo back in 2001 when everyone thought the bottom line price was $300-$500/mo.

Running a Data Center

IT professionals found and is still own ServerPronto. This results in several key benefits over phone company, or real estate owned data centers:

We understood that you don’t need a fancy building with biometric security and 3,000 square feet of diamond plate on the walls (that stuff is crazy expensive). We run a clean, secure, SSEA16/SOC Certified data center with 0-mile connectivity to multiple tier-1 carriers. Also, we keep it staffed 24/7 with Microsoft/Cisco/Red Hat/etc. certified engineers – because these are the features that make a difference to organizations that need great dedicated hosting and IaaS.

Our IT background gives us several key benefits over phone company, or real estate owned data centers:

• We ensure the network and hardware is running properly at all times.
• The test and upgrade of our backups to ensure the highest uptime for servers.
• Knowledge of the prime operating conditions for servers and keep the data center at those levels.
• Have a vested interest in keeping our data center up to date and running smoothly.

It’s extremely rare for a server host to own their own data center, but the benefits to you as a customer are worth it. Don’t settle for a server that is ultimately managed by real estate or phone company staff. Get a server run by true IT professionals now.

ServerPronto offers the best affordable and secure hosting service in all dedicated server packages.