# What is a Colocation Data Center?
Author: nickjones

**What is a Colocation Data Center?**
**A [colocation data center](https://www.extnoc.com/learn/networking/colocation-data-center) **refers to a facility that provides space, power, cooling, and physical security for businesses to house their servers, networking equipment, and other hardware. This enables companies to store their technological infrastructure in a secure and professionally Managed environment rather than hosting it in-house.

**Also check:

—>> [managed endpoint services](https://www.extnoc.com/managed-endpoint-security-service/) 

—>> [Network monitoring services](https://www.extnoc.com/network-monitoring/)**