Colocation

For researchers who choose to purchase their own IT equipment, SDSC offers rack colocation services. Our 19,000-square foot climate-controlled and secure datacenter is fully equipped with 13 Megawatts of power, multi- 10-gigabit network connectivity, and a 24/7 operations staff. The service was designed in partnership with representatives from several UC campuses and the UC Office of the President, and is available to UC researchers through their campus representatives.

Standard colocation includes the following services:

Standard rack provided with ISO-Base seismic protection, aisle containment, and 2x30A power distribution.
10+ Gb/s networking fabric connectivity both throughout SDSC aggregation fabric and into CENIC.
24/7 operations staff providing facility oversight and emergency "remote hands" hardware assistance.

Additional services available on a recharge basis:

Assistance with system setup, troubleshooting, monitoring, or systems administration functions.
Cross-platform backup services, disk, and other storage capabilities.
Custom networking configurations to address bandwidth, management, latency, or other requirements.
Additional or different power or cooling configurations.

Colocation services at SDSC are designed to be cost-effective, leveraging historical UC investments and economies-of-scale to provide services at significantly lower rates than building/retrofitting a campus datacenter facility.

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Download Colocation Terms of Service

Service	Unit	UC Rate	External Rate
Rack space	Rack	$580.16*	$841.23
Secure Rack Add-On	Rack	$128.08	$185.72
Reserved Rack Space	Rack	$176.00	$255.20
UPS Service	KW	$15.00	$21.75
Generator Service**	KW	$13.75	$19.94
1GbE Network Port	Port	$20.75	$30.09
10GbE Network Port	Port	$111.16	$161.18
10Gb Core Network Connection***	Port	$160.08	$232.12
40GbE Network Port	Port	$162.92	Contact Services for rate information.
40Gb Core Network Connection***	Port	$226.09	Contact Services for rate information.
Direct Edge Connection	Port	$1002.33	Contact Services for rate information.
Consulting	Hour	$94.00	$137.00
Utilities	KW	Utilities will be charged at the actual rate of consumption. Utilities charges for UCSD customers are paid for by campus.	Utilities will be charged at the actual rate of consumption.

*UCSD researchers do not incur this charge. It is covered under a campus research subsidy.
**Generator power requires UPS service.
***Core Connections are always redundant connections and must be purchased in pairs. Actual cost is double the connection rate listed. For example, a UC researcher would pay $320.16 per month for the 10Gb Core Network Connection service.

All rates listed are monthly. Peering Fees may be assessed in some networking configurations. For additional questions, contact SDSC's Data Center Mananger, Thomas Tate.