Colocation - Beyond Solutions

What is a colocation service?

Colocation is renting a technical environment in a professional data center to securely maintain physical IT infrastructure.

Beyond Solutions provides colocation based on the data center infrastructure of its sister company, Beyond.pl. How data center facilities are designed, built, and technologically backed up allows us to ensure physical, energy, and telecommunications security and guarantee optimal environmental conditions for the operation of critical IT infrastructure. All this is done to ensure that business is secure and operates without disruption (24×7).

Colocation allows you to maintain your server hardware, arrays, or network equipment. If you don’t want to invest in your hardware, you can rent and maintain dedicated IT infrastructure in a colocation space.

Beyond Solutions provides colocation services: single RUs, racks, boxes, or dedicated data halls.

As part of the colocation service, we provide customers with logistical space (storage, unloading dock, and workshop area) and the technical environment in the data halls. You can also always benefit from complementary services such as the support of our experienced Service Desk and Smart Hands teams. Our technicians are on duty during shifts, conducting tours of the data halls and inspecting colocated equipment.

What is the scope of colocation service?

Space in professional data centers for the installation and maintenance of IT infrastructure, taking into account access, security, design, and environmental requirements;
Electrical power for the uninterruptible supply of IT equipment and the maintenance of environmental conditions suitable for it. The electricity will be sourced 100% from RES.
Power guarantee provided by 2 independent primary paths (2N) protected by 2 backup paths in the form of UPS and generators to eliminate any SPOF (Single Point of Failure) in the energy path to the IT equipment;
Environmental conditions dedicated to IT equipment according to ASHRAE standards, i.e. temperature in the range: 18-28°C and relative humidity between 30-65%;
Connectivity in the form of access to an extensive suite of telecommunications services (internet, networks, links);
Physical security, i.e. 24×7 infrastructure monitoring, 24×7 physical security presence in the data centre, periodic business continuity testing, access control and CCTV monitoring;
Unlimited (24×7) access to the collocated equipment after prior avocation, including access to social, office, workshop and storage facilities;
Smart Hands or 24×7 technical support for the co-located IT infrastructure;
SLA – 100% for power and 99.999% for cooling.

Colocation models - choose the optimal model for your business

Rack Unit (RU)

Colocation of single servers and arrays in 47U cabinet. It is situated in shared data halls with guaranteed environmental conditions and power supply, and in MMR (Meet-Me-Room) rooms for telecommunications operators.

Cabinet

Colocation of the corporate IT infrastructure in a shared server compartment in 47U cabinet. The cabinet has a specific power limit calculated in kW based on the actual consumption by the colocated devices.

The service is also available in MMR (Meet-Me-Room) rooms.

Box

Rent of a physically separated part of the data hall, which is dedicated and customized for individual customer needs. It is a professional environment for colocating IT devices, including standard space for 24 cabinets. A metal cage built for this purpose can be separated from the entire data hall, which separates the client’s cabinets from the rest of the shared space or possibly a kiosk (with corridor development).

The design, arrangement, and parameters of the box are adjusted to a dedicated specification. As part of the service, the customer can manage power strips (PDUs) in their cabinets.

Dedicated suite

Rent an entire data hall exclusively for the colocation of the IT equipment of a single company with separate physical access, cooling, and power systems. Standard server chambers have the following parameters:

area: ~200 m2, which allows colocation of about 100 600×1200 cabinets (depending on the arrangement),
ability to support IT equipment with total power: ~500 kW (with an expansion option),
height of colocation chambers: 6,56 m,
ability to manage power strips (PDUs) in its cabinets.

The arrangement and equipment of the server chamber are customized according to the customer’s needs. Still, the most common arrangement is cold and warm aisles (CACS) with structured cabling routing over the cabinets, which does not interfere with the cooling airflow of the IT equipment.

Comparison of colocation options in Beyond Solutions

	Rack Unit	Cabinet	Private Box	Dedicated Suite
Unit size	RU (Rack Unit)	Cabinet 47U	sq. m	sq. m
Individual zone with private access	×	×	YES	YES
Metered power	×	YES	YES	YES
Single phase power supply	YES 10A fuse	YES 32A fuse	YES	YES
Three phase power supply	×	YES 3x32A fuse	YES custom	YES custom
Energy billing by meter	×	YES	YES	YES
Electronic access control system	×	on request	on request	on request

Colocation and NIS2 and DORA requirements

How does the colocation service from Beyond Solutions support organisations in meeting the requirements of the NIS2 directive, the DORA regulation and the amended National Cyber Security System Act?

Risk management
Business continuity
Supply chain security

Source of requirement:

NIS2, Chapter IV, Article 21, para. 1
DORA, chapter II, art. 5, par. 3, 4

Beyond Solutions competencies:

Minimising the impact of security risks to the IT environment by maintaining the company’s IT infrastructure in a certified data center with the highest security standard: ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 certification, EN 50600 Class 4 standard, ISO 27001 standard.

Source of requirement:

DORA, Chapter II, Article 10, para. 1, 2

Beyond Solutions competencies:

Business continuity is ensured through redundancy of the data center infrastructure (e.g., duplicated primary power supply, two backup power systems, duplicated cooling systems, independent telecommunication links).

Source of requirement:

NIS2, Chapter IV, Article 21 par. 2
DORA, Chapter V, Article 25, para. 6

Competence of the data center provider:

The certifications and standards that the data centers provide guarantee the high security standards we bring to the processes of the organisations we work for. Our partner holds the ISO 27001 standard listed in the directive, as well as ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 certification and EN 50600 Class 4 standard for data center facilities, operates following SOC 2 Type 1 and 2 – the international standard for information collection and exchange – and PCI DSS – the global security standard for the handling of payment card data. It monitors internal resources and services 24×7 for cybersecurity and communicates current threats and vulnerabilities.

Why choose colocation at Beyond Solutions?

Highest level of colocation security

We provide colocation based on market-proven technologies from reputable global suppliers, and data centers with the highest security standards. Beyond.pl Data Center 2 is the only data center in the EU with the highest level of security confirmed by two independent bodies: the ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 certification and the EN 50600 Class 4 standard. The facility is a "fault-tolerant infrastructure". It has had 100% uptime since commissioning in 2016.

Exceptional energy efficiency

We use an energy-optimized data center infrastructure to minimize consumption of the energy required to operate the facility. At the Data Center 2 the PUE ratio at full capacity utilization is 1,2. This outcome is unattainable for private server rooms or even most professional data centers.

Business continuity and SLA

A redundant and backup power system and redundant telecommunications links minimise the risk of unavailability to colocated resources. We guarantee 100% SLA for power supply and 99.999% for cooling.

Availability of hybrid and multi-cloud environments

For many years, we have been providing clients with a hybrid infrastructure maintenance model i.e. we combine and maintain IT environments that use cloud, colocation, and leased, dedicated hardware. This is an increasingly popular model of IT operations in organizations of all sizes these days. Thanks to our experience, all these elements can be maintained under our roof.

Connectivity and carrier neutrality

The data center facilities are the first carrier-neutral data centers in Poland. The two Poznan facilities are connected by own fiber-optic ring. Customers have access to multiple national and international operators, including Tier 1.

Compliance with demanding industry standards

Colocation of your IT environment in professional data centers simplifies the need to meet standards imposed by the law, industry regulations, or corporate guidelines to a minimum. Beyond.pl has ensured that its data centers and services meet stringent certifications and standards such as ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4, EN 50600 Class 4, ISO 27001, PCI DSS Certificate of Compliance, SOC 2 (Type 1 and Type 2), ISO 14001.

Reduction of IT workloads carbon footprint

We provide colocation services in data center powered by 100% renewable energy and characterised by high energy efficiency (PUE) and low water consumption (WUE). This reduces the CO2 emissions generated by the company's IT resources.