What is a colocation migration?

It is the move of your equipment and its network connectivity from one facility to another, including circuits, cross-connects, the physical relocation and the network cutover.

How long does a colocation migration take?

It depends on circuit lead times, the number of cabinets and your maintenance windows. Circuits are usually the longest item, so start planning as early as you can.

Can you keep downtime to a minimum?

Often, by running a phased migration with a parallel-run window and a rollback path for each wave, where your design allows it.

Do you coordinate with carriers and the colocation provider?

We coordinate the physical schedule with your carriers and the facility, while your network team owns the configuration changes.

How do I get a colocation migration quote?

Send your sites, equipment list and contract dates through the quote form or call 866-216-7742.

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Colocation migration services

Colocation Migration and Network Cutover

Moving from one colocation facility to another, or from an on-premises room into colo, is mostly a network problem with a physical component. Circuits take weeks to provision, cross-connects have to be ordered, and a single undocumented VLAN can take a service down long after the trucks have left. Our colocation migration services put the network plan and the physical plan on one schedule.

We bring 20+ years in moving and logistics and 500+ equipment relocations completed to the physical side, and we coordinate with your network team and carriers on the cutover.

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What a colocation migration involves

A colocation migration moves your equipment, and the connectivity it depends on, between facilities. It includes cabinet and space readiness at the destination, power and cooling confirmation, circuit and cross-connect provisioning, the physical move, and the network cutover that makes the new site live.

Consolidations, provider changes, lease endings and capacity moves all follow the same pattern, with different timing pressure.

Mapping circuits, IP ranges, VLANs and peering

We help map what the move depends on: circuits and carriers, IP ranges, VLANs, peering relationships and firewall rules. That map becomes a cutover runbook with a maintenance window, validation steps and a rollback path.

Circuit lead times are usually the longest item on the schedule, so we flag them early and set the physical move date only once the destination connectivity is confirmed.

Circuit, carrier and cross-connect lead times tracked from day one
IP, VLAN and peering mapping before any equipment moves
A parallel-run window where the design allows it
Connectivity validated at each stage before the old path is retired

The physical move, planned around the cutover

Equipment is inventoried, labeled, packed and moved on air-ride trucks with a chain of custody, then re-racked and re-cabled to the documented design. Delivery is timed to the cutover window so equipment is not sitting on a dock while a maintenance window expires.

Phased moves and parallel running

Where downtime must be minimal, the migration can run in waves, with old and new sites live together while services are cut over in sequence. Each wave has its own acceptance criteria, so a problem in one wave does not stall the rest.

What to have ready before we start

These items let us build the plan quickly.

The colocation contract dates, including any exit deadline
Equipment list and current cabinet layout
Carrier and circuit details for both sites
Network diagrams, IP ranges and VLAN lists
Your maintenance windows and approval contacts

Further reading: Data center relocation procedures, lead time and buy back

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

What is a colocation migration?: It is the move of your equipment and its network connectivity from one facility to another, including circuits, cross-connects, the physical relocation and the network cutover.
How long does a colocation migration take?: It depends on circuit lead times, the number of cabinets and your maintenance windows. Circuits are usually the longest item, so start planning as early as you can.
Can you keep downtime to a minimum?: Often, by running a phased migration with a parallel-run window and a rollback path for each wave, where your design allows it.
Do you coordinate with carriers and the colocation provider?: We coordinate the physical schedule with your carriers and the facility, while your network team owns the configuration changes.
How do I get a colocation migration quote?: Send your sites, equipment list and contract dates through the quote form or call 866-216-7742.

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