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Your Data Center Needs - Covered. Get the right location, reliable connectivity, and custom-fit cloud solutions for your business. #cloud #colocation #hybrid

 Ashburn, VA
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Joined August 2016
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Partners: your client needs a private cage. Here's where we can build one now: Ashburn, VA Austin, TX Carrollton, TX Chicago, IL Houston, TX Send us rack count, density, and compliance needs. We'll send a layout. datacanopy.com/partners/tech…
Where we can build your client a private cage: Ashburn VA, Austin TX, Carrollton TX, Chicago IL, Houston TX.

ALT Where we can build your client a private cage: Ashburn VA, Austin TX, Carrollton TX, Chicago IL, Houston TX.

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Today we honor every man and woman who has served in the United States Armed Forces, and the families who served alongside them. Thank you for your service. #VeteransDay
Navy tribute card with a faint star field reading Honoring All Who Served, Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, with the Data Canopy logo.

ALT Navy tribute card with a faint star field reading Honoring All Who Served, Veterans Day, November 11, 2026, with the Data Canopy logo.

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Private cage space in Ashburn, VA, built your way: 28 cabinets with 5 kW pre-installed in each, or 14 cabinets at 10 kW. Up to 140 kW. Privacy screening and biometric cage access available. datacanopy.com/inventory
Ashburn, VA private cage, two ways to build it: 28 cabinets with 5 kW pre-installed in each, or 14 cabinets at 10 kW each. Up to 140 kW.

ALT Ashburn, VA private cage, two ways to build it: 28 cabinets with 5 kW pre-installed in each, or 14 cabinets at 10 kW each. Up to 140 kW.

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A $500/month DR deal. A client fresh off an outage. A holiday weekend. We got on the phone the same day. Two weeks later, DR was in place. "They never came across as not having the time to talk to the customer, no matter the size." Ruben, A1 Bizcom
Partner story quote card: "They never came across as not having the time to talk to the customer, no matter the size." Ruben, A1 Bizcom, MSP partner.

ALT Partner story quote card: "They never came across as not having the time to talk to the customer, no matter the size." Ruben, A1 Bizcom, MSP partner.

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Holiday change freeze is coming. Five things to finish first: 1. Test a restore, not just a backup 2. Confirm who answers over the holidays 3. Check battery, warranty, and cert dates 4. Put every H1 2027 renewal on the calendar 5. Label the mystery server
Year-end checklist: Before the change freeze. 1. Test a restore, not just a backup. 2. Confirm who answers over the holidays. 3. Check battery, warranty and cert dates. 4. Put every 2027 renewal on the calendar. 5. Label the mystery server.

ALT Year-end checklist: Before the change freeze. 1. Test a restore, not just a backup. 2. Confirm who answers over the holidays. 3. Check battery, warranty and cert dates. 4. Put every 2027 renewal on the calendar. 5. Label the mystery server.

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Almost Halloween. What's the scariest thing you've ever found in a server room? Ours: a production box labeled "DO NOT TOUCH" with no known owner, and a UPS battery three years past its replacement date. Your turn.
Dark server aisle with an orange glow. Headline: What's the scariest thing you've ever found in a server room? Tell us in the comments.

ALT Dark server aisle with an orange glow. Headline: What's the scariest thing you've ever found in a server room? Tell us in the comments.

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Planning a VMware alternatives conversation? Bring three numbers: 1. Your renewal date (the date, not the month) 2. Allocated vs. used: VMs, vCPU, memory, storage 3. Everything built around VMware: backup, monitoring, DR, automation That third list decides the timeline.
Leaving VMware? Bring three numbers: your renewal date, allocated vs. used capacity, and everything built around the hypervisor.

ALT Leaving VMware? Bring three numbers: your renewal date, allocated vs. used capacity, and everything built around the hypervisor.

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Every colocation provider looks the same on a tour. The real test is the first time something breaks at 2 a.m. and nobody from your team is nearby. Ask: Who answers? What can remote hands actually do? What's the median response time, not the SLA headline?
Bold text on a dark data hall background: Every provider looks the same on a tour. The real test is 2 a.m. Ask who answers.

ALT Bold text on a dark data hall background: Every provider looks the same on a tour. The real test is 2 a.m. Ask who answers.

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Northern Virginia data center vacancy: 0.2%. Just 10.8 MW available in the whole market (CBRE, H1 2026). 80%+ of new construction is already preleased. New supply is real. Most of it is spoken for. We have availability in Ashburn and Sterling: datacanopy.com/inventory
Infographic: Data center vacancy is near zero. Primary North American markets 1.4 percent, Northern Virginia 0.2 percent. 10.8 MW left in all of Northern Virginia, 80 percent plus of new construction preleased. Source: CBRE H1 2026.

ALT Infographic: Data center vacancy is near zero. Primary North American markets 1.4 percent, Northern Virginia 0.2 percent. 10.8 MW left in all of Northern Virginia, 80 percent plus of new construction preleased. Source: CBRE H1 2026.

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Most colocation contracts get read for the day you move in. The expensive clauses are about the day you leave: Escalators: fixed or CPI? Termination: does the fee decline over the term? Assignment: can it move with you if you're acquired? The rate is the easy part.
Read your colocation contract for the day you leave. Escalators. Termination. Assignment. The rate is the easy part.

ALT Read your colocation contract for the day you leave. Escalators. Termination. Assignment. The rate is the easy part.

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An 18-person infrastructure team at a life insurer owned everything: servers, network, security, DR, facilities. Their AVP's verdict: "Data center management can be a time vampire." They moved production and DR into colocation, kept their systems, and got their hours back.
Quote card, 18-person infrastructure team: Data center management can be a time vampire. AVP, IT Infrastructure, life insurance and annuities provider, colocation and DR.

ALT Quote card, 18-person infrastructure team: Data center management can be a time vampire. AVP, IT Infrastructure, life insurance and annuities provider, colocation and DR.

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Many colocation buyers draw only 10-17% of the power they committed to. In 2026 every overcommitted kW is priced at a scarcity rate, and metered power can add $100-150/kW on top. Before you renew: pull 90 days of actual draw per circuit. Compare. Right-size.
Infographic: You may be paying for power you don't use. Power committed 100%, sometimes actually drawn 10-17%. Metered power adds $100-150 per kW, cross-connects are separate, right-size before you renew.

ALT Infographic: You may be paying for power you don't use. Power committed 100%, sometimes actually drawn 10-17%. Metered power adds $100-150 per kW, cross-connects are separate, right-size before you renew.

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A defense contractor asked for a 400-amp European-style circuit for an ML cabinet. What the cabinet actually needed: a standard 208V three-phase circuit. Same 20 kW rack. Installation fees avoided: $1M+. Spec the workload, not the circuit.
Spec the workload. Not the circuit. A 400-amp request became a 208V three-phase circuit. Same 20 kW rack. $1M+ in installation fees avoided. Talk to an engineer.

ALT Spec the workload. Not the circuit. A 400-amp request became a 208V three-phase circuit. Same 20 kW rack. $1M+ in installation fees avoided. Talk to an engineer.

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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Your firewall gets audited every year. Who has a key to the server room? HIPAA, PCI-DSS and SOC 2 all expect physical access to be controlled, logged and provable. Can you produce the last 90 days of access to your hardware?
Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Your firewall gets audited every year. Who has a key to the server room? Physical access is part of security.

ALT Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Your firewall gets audited every year. Who has a key to the server room? Physical access is part of security.

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A partner asked us to quote two cabinets for a DC financial services firm whose data center AC was leaking. Discovery found aging hardware, an ad hoc network, end-of-life operating systems, and no security monitoring. We rebuilt it. $800K/year projected became $288K. Down 64%.
Dark navy Data Canopy results card. Eyebrow reads they asked us to quote two cabinets. Large orange hero reads 64% Lower, with $800,000 projected leading to $288,000 actual, plus 85% virtualized, under one hour RTO, and 1,200 miles to the DR site.

ALT Dark navy Data Canopy results card. Eyebrow reads they asked us to quote two cabinets. Large orange hero reads 64% Lower, with $800,000 projected leading to $288,000 actual, plus 85% virtualized, under one hour RTO, and 1,200 miles to the DR site.

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"How much space do you have?" is the wrong first question. A data hall with white space and no committed power is a warehouse. Ask when the power energizes. Ask who carries the slip if the utility misses. Transformer lead times run close to 3 years.
Dark navy Data Canopy typographic graphic. Large white headline reads A Data Hall With No Committed Power Is a Warehouse. Orange sublines read Ask when it energizes and Ask who carries the slip. Footer reads we publish in kilowatts, not square feet.

ALT Dark navy Data Canopy typographic graphic. Large white headline reads A Data Hall With No Committed Power Is a Warehouse. Orange sublines read Ask when it energizes and Ask who carries the slip. Footer reads we publish in kilowatts, not square feet.

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Data Canopy availability, September: Chicago, IL: 500 kW, power delivered Allen, TX: 250 kW Carrollton, TX: 205 kW / 42 cab Ashburn, VA: 140 kW / 28 cab Austin, TX: 110 kW Sterling, VA: 90 kW / 12 cab Houston, TX: 50 kW 1,415 kW across 9 sites. datacanopy.com/inventory
Dark navy Data Canopy availability board headlined 1,415 kW Available across nine sites, five markets, listing Chicago IL 500 kW, Allen TX 250 kW, Carrollton TX 205 kW and 42 cabinets, Ashburn VA 140 kW and 28 cabinets, Austin TX 110 kW, Sterling VA 90 kW and 12 cabinets, and Houston TX 50 kW.

ALT Dark navy Data Canopy availability board headlined 1,415 kW Available across nine sites, five markets, listing Chicago IL 500 kW, Allen TX 250 kW, Carrollton TX 205 kW and 42 cabinets, Ashburn VA 140 kW and 28 cabinets, Austin TX 110 kW, Sterling VA 90 kW and 12 cabinets, and Houston TX 50 kW.

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Q4 capital that expires December 31? Colocation into existing capacity can still go live this year. Contract 2-4 weeks. Build-out 2-4 weeks. New circuits 30-60 days. 500 kW in Chicago, power already delivered. datacanopy.com/inventory
Dark navy Data Canopy infographic titled Still Possible in 2026, with an orange YES column listing colocation into existing capacity and two-to-four-week contract and build-out timelines, and a gray NO column listing a new build, net-new memory-heavy hardware, and migration after the December freeze.

ALT Dark navy Data Canopy infographic titled Still Possible in 2026, with an orange YES column listing colocation into existing capacity and two-to-four-week contract and build-out timelines, and a gray NO column listing a new build, net-new memory-heavy hardware, and migration after the December freeze.

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September availability across Data Canopy locations: Carrollton, TX: 181 kW, 60+ cabinet positions Allen, Austin, Houston: space from one cabinet up Ashburn + Sterling, VA: available, including a private cage in Ashburn Totowa, NJ: New York metro datacanopy.com/inventory
Dark navy Data Canopy availability board titled September Availability, with Carrollton, TX highlighted at 181 kW and 60-plus cabinets, plus Texas, Virginia, and New Jersey locations marked available.

ALT Dark navy Data Canopy availability board titled September Availability, with Carrollton, TX highlighted at 181 kW and 60-plus cabinets, plus Texas, Virginia, and New Jersey locations marked available.

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An MSP serving 100+ healthcare facilities had hundreds of separate contracts with one competitor, all at retail. We consolidated them onto private cloud with a 39-month ramp so nobody paid twice. Costs down 35-40%. Footprint down 30%. Ramp finished in 12 months.
Dark navy Data Canopy client results card reading 35-40% Lower Costs, 39-Month Ramp Finished in 12, Footprint down 30%.

ALT Dark navy Data Canopy client results card reading 35-40% Lower Costs, 39-Month Ramp Finished in 12, Footprint down 30%.

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