Data Center Services: Secure Colocation, Dedicated Infrastructure & Interconnects
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Enterprise-Grade Data Centers for Critical Workloads
Modern organizations depend on reliable, secure, and high-performing data centers to run their operations. Increasing density requirements, compliance mandates, and cost pressures demand partners who can deliver more than basic hosting. Summit offers data center services, including storage services, that are designed to meet these needs. Understanding what makes data centers important helps organizations choose partners that can support long-term operational resilience and growth.
From colocation deployments to dedicated hardware, our enterprise data center solutions support growth while protecting mission-critical workloads. Every data center facility in our network features redundant power, advanced cooling, carrier diversity, and strict data center security.
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Why Choose Summit Data Centers
Redundancy and Uptime Assurance
Our data centers are engineered with N+1/2N topologies, dual utility feeds, and diverse fiber paths. These configurations support a 99.999% availability SLA, ensuring your workloads remain online even during maintenance or power events. This level of resilience is what sets our enterprise data center infrastructure apart, giving businesses the confidence to run mission-critical applications without disruption.
Strong Physical Protection
Each enterprise data center features mantraps, biometric access systems, on-site guards, and continuous CCTV monitoring. Segmented access protocols maintain secure separation between customer environments. Each enterprise data center features mantraps, biometric access systems, on-site guards, and continuous CCTV monitoring. By operating in highly controlled data center environments, we reduce the potential for physical threats and keep your assets protected 24/7.
Compliance-Ready Operations
Summit’s compliance framework maintains SOC 2 Type 2, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA-ready status across various data centers, supported by annual audits. This ensures you meet regulatory demands without building your own in-house controls. We also work closely with customers to align their operational requirements with our established compliance standards, ensuring readiness for even the most stringent industry reviews.
Flexible and Scalable Options
From single racks and cages to private suites, our data center services scale with your requirements. High-density configurations accommodate the needs of your business now and in the future. This flexibility allows organizations to deploy only the data center components they need today, while retaining the ability to expand as demands grow.
Services Within Reach
Our remote hands team are available 24/7 to assist with migration services and audit support. These data center services ensure your infrastructure remains supported and operational around the clock. From troubleshooting hardware to implementing new data center equipment, our on-site specialists help reduce downtime and extend the value of your data center resources.
Services Overview
Colocation Solutions
Deploy 1/3/6/10+ racks, with cage and suite options available in our secure colocation facilities. High-density power, cross-connect capabilities, and migration assistance make our data centers a dependable choice for expanding IT environments. Our colocation services are designed to scale alongside your needs, whether you’re hosting a single server or an entire enterprise data center footprint.
Dedicated Servers and Bare Metal
Provision fully dedicated hardware with specifications tailored to your workload. Pre-configured OS images and provisioning SLAs speed deployment in our enterprise data centers. This approach gives you full control over your data center equipment while avoiding the costs and complexity of building and maintaining your own infrastructure. Our dedicated hosting solutions are ideal for workloads that require consistent performance, advanced security, and proximity to other critical data center components.
Network Connectivity
Choose from multiple carries, take advantage of blended IP with BGP routing, and enable DDoS protection as part of our comprehensive network service portfolio. Private wave and MPLS services support secure connectivity between multiple data centers. Our robust network infrastructure ensures low-latency communication and high availability, enabling seamless integration between your on-premises systems, hosted environments, and cloud platforms.
Private Cloud and Disaster Recovery
Integrate colocation facilities with hosted compute and storage resources. Meet precise RPO and RTO targets using cloud data centers for backup and secure data storage across distributed locations. Whether for backup, failover, or hybrid cloud deployments, these data center services give you the reliability and flexibility to protect mission-critical operations.
Remote Hands Support
Available 24/7, our remote hands team can handle hardware installs, reboots, media swaps, inventory checks, and audit escorts. These data center services are critical for organizations without on-site staff, allowing for rapid response to technical issues or maintenance of essential storage systems.
Global Data Center Locations
- US Data Centers:
- Chicago
- Ashburn
- Atlanta
- Miami
- San Jose
- Seattle
- International Data Centers:
- London
- Tokyo
- Amsterdam
- Frankfurt
- Bucharest
- Mumbai
- Sydney
- Sao Paulo
Technical Specifications
Power Infrastructure
Dual utility feeds, automatic transfer switches, UPS systems, power infrastructure, and generators maintain constant operations. High-density rack options are available across our enterprise data centers. This physical infrastructure forms the foundation of our data center design, providing the resilience and redundancy needed for mission-critical workloads. In a modern data centers, power systems must be both robust and adaptable to support diverse applications and higher density deployments without sacrificing reliability.
Cooling and Efficiency
CRAH and CRAC systems, aisle containment strategies, and low PUE values ensure an optimal data center environment for performance and energy efficiency. Our enterprise data center cooling methods are a core part of our physical infrastructure, maintaining consistent conditions for sensitive equipment. As part of a modern data center approach, our systems are engineered to handle varied workloads while reducing operational costs.
Network Backbone
Carrier diversity, IXPs, and redundant fiber paths deliver low-latency connectivity. Integrated DDoS protection strengthens network infrastructure and supports storage area networks for high-performance workloads. This connectivity supports communication between multiple data centers and is aligned with recognized data center tiers for reliability. Our carrier-neutral architecture allows businesses to optimize their network routes, improve redundancy, and ensure that their data center design supports growth, compliance, and performance as their business grows.
Monitoring and Management
Each of our data centers operates under a strict SLA with clearly defined facility availability targets to guarantee consistent performance. DCIM tools, environmental sensors, and automated alerts help monitor data center equipment and maintain uptime. Our data center services include proactive oversight to detect and resolve issues before they impact operations. By integrating monitoring into our data center design, we protect uptime and extend the life of critical assets.
Security & Compliance
Physical Security
On-site staff, extensive CCTV coverage, and strict visitor policies provide advanced data center security. All access is logged and regularly reviewed. By maintaining strict access protocols, our enterprise data centers minimize the risk of unauthorized activity and ensure a secure operating environment.
Compliance Frameworks
Annual audits confirm SOC 2 Type 2, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA readiness. Compliance documentation is available to customers as part of our data center resources. This approach streamlines audit preparation and ensures that regulatory obligations are met with minimal disruption.
Migrations & Remote Hands
Migration Planning
We create a step-by-step migration playbook that includes assessment, rack elevation design, cabling, cutover scheduling, and rollback contingencies. Each migration implementation is executed within the controlled setting of our data center facilities to protect both data center equipment and business continuity.
Remote Hands SLA
Remote Hands provides installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting services. Each of our data centers operates under a strict SLA with clearly defined facility availability targets to guarantee consistent performance.
Interconnect & Cloud Access
Cross-Connect Options
Copper and fiber cross-connects are available with fast provisioning times. Connect to carriers, partners, or other data center components.
Cloud On-Ramps
Private, high-speed links to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud (Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, Cloud Interconnect). Keep traffic off the public internet, lower egress exposure, and enable true hybrid and multi-cloud inside our enterprise data centers.
Happy Clients
Serving 30,000+ small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
“Summit’s customer service and technical support continues to be unparalleled by any other cloud provider.”
Facilities that set the standard for state-of-the-art
Our hyper-secure data center infrastructure combines state-of-the-art cybersecurity controls with proven physical and logical security measures to ensure that only authorized users have access to your data and technology assets.
Explore Data CentersCase Studies & Results
SaaS Provider – Regional Peering for Performance Gains
A leading SaaS provider improved user experience by reducing latency 35% through strategic regional peering in our data centers. Uptime increased from 99.9% to 99.99% under our SLA-backed operations. The enterprise data center environment delivered the stability and speed required to support rapid customer growth across multiple geographies.
Financial Services – Compliance and Resilience Achieved
A national financial services firm successfully passed a PCI audit after migrating critical workloads into our compliant data center facilities. Dual-site disaster recovery testing validated their ability to maintain operations during disruptions. Leveraging our physical infrastructure and advanced network connectivity, they met regulatory requirements while strengthening business continuity. Leveraging our physical infrastructure, advanced network services, and interconnectivity, they met regulatory requirements while strengthening business continuity.
Healthcare – HIPAA Compliance and Secure Data Handling
A healthcare organization partnered with Summit to enhance compliance readiness. Our HIPAA-audited data centers provided the framework for protected health information (PHI) handling, supported by documented SOPs. Audit assistance and secure data center design allowed the provider to maintain patient trust while keeping sensitive storage systems compliant and efficient.
FAQs
We can support a wide range of rack densities, from standard deployments to high-density configurations exceeding 30kW per rack. Our facilities feature advanced cooling and power distribution systems to maintain performance and reliability, ensuring your equipment operates efficiently even in demanding, high-compute environments. Custom density solutions are also available.
Our data centers provide direct access to multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 carriers, as well as established Internet Exchange (IX) points. This diverse connectivity ensures low-latency performance, redundancy, and competitive bandwidth pricing. Clients can choose the carriers and IX options that best align with their network strategy and performance goals.
Yes. Our remote hands service is available 24/7 for tasks such as equipment installation, cable management, reboots, and troubleshooting. SLA response times vary by urgency, with critical requests typically addressed within 15–30 minutes. This ensures you can maintain operations without needing staff physically on-site at all times.
We offer flexible colocation options, with private cages typically starting at a few racks and suites starting at several hundred square feet. Minimums vary by facility and power requirements, allowing you to scale space and infrastructure as your needs evolve while maintaining a secure, dedicated environment for your equipment.
Yes. Our facilities and processes are designed to meet PCI DSS and HIPAA requirements, and we can provide documentation, audit support, and security details to help you pass compliance reviews. Our team works closely with your auditors to ensure all regulatory and industry standards are properly addressed and documented.
Cross-connects are provisioned quickly—often within 1–3 business days after request submission. Our process includes validating your requirements, assigning ports, and performing physical cabling to your specified endpoint. We support copper, fiber, and coax connections, enabling reliable, low-latency connectivity between your equipment, carriers, and other ecosystem partners in the facility.
Power is typically billed based on committed kW usage, with metered options available for variable demand. Bandwidth pricing depends on port speed, committed data rate (CDR), and carrier selection. Both are structured to provide transparency, scalability, and competitive rates, ensuring you can optimize for cost and performance as your needs grow.