How Colocation Supports Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Sara

June 24, 2025
9:53 am

In today’s digital-first world, any amount of unplanned downtime can seriously damage a business, especially when that business relies on uninterrupted access to its data and applications. While cloud services are widely used, many companies still need physical control over their hardware or have compliance requirements that prevent them from going fully cloud-based. This is where colocation becomes a strategic asset for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) planning.

At Linkdata.com, we provide Tier III colocation services that are specifically designed to help businesses minimize risk and recover quickly from unexpected events.

What Is Colocation?

Colocation (or colo) is when you place your own servers and networking equipment in a third-party data center facility rather than keeping them on-site. You own the hardware, but benefit from:

-Reliable power and cooling
-Redundant internet connectivity
-24/7 physical and digital security
-Expert on-site support

How Colocation Supports Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery is all about being able to restore your systems and data after an outage, whether due to a cyberattack, hardware failure, fire, flood, or even human error.

Here is how colocation helps:

1. Geographic Redundancy

By colocating in a professionally managed off-site data center, your business-critical infrastructure is safe from local incidents. Even if your main office in your city is compromised, your servers at Linkdata.com continue to run unaffected.

2. Guaranteed Uptime

Colocation facilities like ours are built for 99.999% uptime with redundant power, cooling, and internet. A critical requirement for BC planning.

3. Rapid Failover Capability

With high-speed networking and cross-connects available, you can mirror workloads between your main site and the colocation site. In the event of a disaster, your systems can failover quickly, keeping operations running with minimal disruption.

4. Secure Data Backups

Using colocation for off-site backups ensures your data is stored securely and physically separated from your primary environment. This is a best practice for ransomware defense and data loss prevention.

Key Statistics That Make the Case

93% of companies without a disaster recovery plan who suffer a major data disaster go out of business within one year
Source: National Archives & Records Administration – via Ontrack
$5,600 per minute is the average cost of downtime for enterprises
Source: Gartner – via ZDNet
43% of companies that experience a major data loss never reopen
Source: FEMA – via Boston Computing

Colocation helps mitigate these risks by giving you a hardened, always-on environment for recovery.

Supporting Business Continuity

Business Continuity focuses on maintaining operations even in times of disruption. Colocation enables this by offering:

Remote hands and 24/7 access to your equipment
Diverse internet providers to avoid single points of failure
Redundant power systems with backup generators and battery support

While your office may experience outages, your colocated infrastructure continues to operate, ensuring continuity for your customers, employees, and stakeholders.

A Smart Investment for your Businesses

For organizations in any sport of the globe, colocation with Linkdata.com avoids the high cost of building a private data center while delivering enterprise-grade uptime, security, and compliance.

Whether you are a bank, hospital, government office, or e-commerce platform, colocating in a Tier III facility can become the backbone of your DR and BC plans.