Selecting a data centre – making the right outsourcing decision

Posted on 30 May 202530 May 2025 in Blog

Data centres – engine rooms for the digital age

The way in which we consume, store and process data is changing all the time. Whether you’re a start-up, a small or medium-sized business, or a global corporation, your company’s data is at the heart of your operations. As such, data centres are the engines that power businesses and are critical for storing and managing the flow of the world’s exponentially increasing data volumes.

The amount of data generated annually is growing year on year (this isn’t surprising). But to put this into some sort of perspective, it is estimated that 90% of the world’s data was generated in the last two years (Statista, 2025). With this in mind, it is understandable that many organisations are turning to off premise data centres to support their burgeoning IT infrastructure and workloads.

Key trends that are changing the face of today’s data centres

The need for hybrid IT solutions

Modern enterprises increasingly require hybrid IT solutions that that allow them to leverage the agility of the cloud whilst maintaining control over mission-critical IT workloads and physical infrastructure that cannot be moved to the cloud for compliance, security or performance reasons. Colocation enables these hybrid solutions through direct connectivity to a broad ecosystem of public and private cloud platforms combined with the secure, resilient physical location.

The need for scalability

As on premise data centres reach their limits in terms of power, cooling, and expansion, colocation offers a future-proof pathway for scaling resources in response to changing business demands while keeping costs in check.

The rise of big data

With more businesses collecting and storing large amounts of data, there is a growing need for powerful and sophisticated data centre solutions that can handle this load; solutions that aren’t always possible to provide in on premise facilities.

The need for speed

In our fast-paced world, businesses need their data centre solutions to be able to keep up with demand. As regional and national connectivity hubs, purpose-built off premise data centres offer reduced latency and enhanced connectivity to maximise performance and resilience.

The importance of security

With the increasing amount of sensitive data being generated and stored, security has become a top priority. Organisations need to ensure that their data centre solutions are robust and secure enough to protect their critical information, so they are increasingly turning to off-site, purpose-built data centres to ensure the requisite security standards.

The constant emergence of new technologies

New technologies are helping to improve the efficiency and performance of data centres. Businesses that want to stay competitive need to stay ahead of the curve by adopting these new technologies, but this can be very challenging for individual organisations to achieve within their own on premise facilities.

The need for sustainable technology

Modern data centres are increasingly designed to minimise their environmental impact, driving innovation that empowers tenants to meet strict ESG targets.

Power management strategies for high density environments

Data centres are responding to the soaring demand for computational power – the increased requirement for high-density environments is driving a wave of innovation in power management strategies and energy efficiency.

How we ensure an optimum outsourcing experience

We believe that a great outsourcing experience starts with a great partnership, and we work to ensure that our clients’ expectations are met (or exceeded) at every level by building strong, lasting relationships with our clients, based on trust, mutual respect, and a shared commitment to excellence. Our pure play colocation, combined with the lifecycle services provided by our network of trusted partners, helps our clients maximise their investment in outsourced IT, and our multi-level security protects critical data and systems. We are proud to provide commercial and practical agility, supporting high density compute environments and providing environmentally intelligent performance.

Are you interested in finding out more about migrating your business-critical IT off premise? Get in touch to speak to us about your requirements, or book a tour of our Manchester or Farnborough data centres to see our state-of-the-art colocation data centres in action.

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