Data centers are one of the best places to save vast information related to business enterprises for a cost-effective price. With so many people, businesses, governments, organizations, etc. relying on the internet for their day to day business transactions, it is no surprise that storing the data elsewhere in the data centers is beneficial than building individual centers by each enterprise.

For an enterprise to build their own data center, they would need the infrastructure for the building along with spending time and money for hiring employees to maintain and update the center on a regular basis. To avoid this, many business enterprises have tie-ups with companies that provide them with data center services.

There are many companies that offer data center services. It is important to choose the best data center that suits the requirements of their business. Some of the aspects the business enterprises can use to identify the best option are as follows.

• How frequently will they have to physically access the data stored at the data centers?
• Is the data center close to their office location?
• What are the additional benefits the company is offering them? 
• Is the cost less compared to the market price?
• Which technology are the companies using and how frequently are they upgrading?
• Are they using renewable energy resources?
• Are the companies offering sustainability, investment protection, and risk mitigation?
• How good is their security level system to protect the data stored at the centers?

A data center is also known as colocation (colo) which provides the business enterprises with not just a place to store their data securely but also provides them with power, bandwidth, servers, storage capacity to access and work on the data stored in the centers.

The leading companies that provide the data center services are at the top of the list for a reason. 

• They use renewable energy to power their data centers and take environmental responsibility seriously. 
• They spend extensively on research, always trying innovative ways to improve the quality of their services for a lesser price.
• They are technologically advanced than other data center companies.
• They manufacture most of their centers, which allows them to offer the services for a lesser price in the market.
• They have a multi-layer security system to keep the data absolutely safe.

One such innovation is the Tier 5 Platinum data center standard announced by one of the best data center services providing companies in the industry. The company offers the data center services of Tier 5 standard for the price of Tier 2. They feel that Tier 4 has been designed with some rigid features which have been addressed in Tier 5.

The prominent feature of Tier 5 Platinum standard data centers is the physical security they provide.

• Access Control Program regulates access to the data centers.
• A seven-layer security system is in place to ensure that no breach of security occurs no matter what.
• The exterior walls are windowless and made of non-penetrable, non-flammable material while the doors are reinforced without visible hinges. Every compartment in the data center can be secured independently.
• Each server rack can be secured independently.
• Every part of the data center is monitored and is under electronic surveillance the data of which is saved for at least 90 days.
• Every personnel within the premises is provided with a badge/ ID access control which records the access details such as time, date, user, for 180 days.
• The access to critical asset systems and networks are highly secured.

The cooling and water systems are different as well.

• The data center can run without water.
• The pollution on the outside can be detected and controlled from entering the data center.
• The water used for cooling is kept outside the building and is processed and reused, thereby saving the valuable natural resource.

The businesses can choose a data center that best suits their needs by finding answers to the questions detailed in the article. It will help them save time, money and other resources allowing them to focus on their core aspects.