Edge Colocation: Put Your Data Within Milliseconds of Your Users
Edge traffic is exploding. Analysts project edge data center revenue will jump from $7.2 billion in 2021 to $19.1 billion by 2026, and servers at the network edge will handle about half of all telecom workloads by the same year. When every millisecond impacts revenue, hosting your operations in yesterday’s retrofitted warehouse is no longer enough.
Why “Good Enough” Data Centers Aren’t Good Enough Anymore
Edge hungry apps, AI models, and IoT sensors will push the edge data center market past $317 billion by 2026; that’s more than double its 2020 size. Yet most facilities serving that demand still live inside 1990s warehouses that were never meant to power 20 kW-plus racks or route traffic locally. Three cracks are already showing:
- Latency kills revenue. A mere 100 ms slowdown can slash online conversions by 7 percent. When data must boomerang across continents, every interactive workload, like gaming, fintech, amd streaming, pays the price.
- Inefficiency drains budgets. The global average PUE is stuck at 1.56, meaning nearly half of all energy still doesn’t reach IT gear. Retrofitted cooling paths and mismatched power trains keep that number stubbornly high.
- Power density is hitting the ceiling. GPUs and AI accelerators routinely demand 30–100 kW per rack, but legacy floors cap out at 4–6 kW, forcing costly spread-out deployments and stranded capacity.
Purpose-built, Tier IV edge colocation flips that script—placing compute within milliseconds of users, delivering sub 1.30 PUE efficiency, and supporting up to 100 kW per rack without breaking a sweat. That’s the foundation HostDime designed from day one, and it’s why organizations building tomorrow’s digital experiences are moving in today.
Why HostDime Owns the Edge Colocation Advantage
| HostDime Purpose-Built Tier IV Edge Campus | Typical Retrofitted Warehouse |
|---|---|
| Built from the ground up for modern power, cooling, and interconnection | Infrastructure shoe-horned into 1990s shells |
| Tier IV, 2 N + 1 redundancy; < 26 minutes downtime per year | Mostly Tier II–III, single power path |
| PUE around 1.3 thanks to hot-aisle containment and high-efficiency chillers | PUE 1.9 + common, higher OPEX |
| A/B power to every rack; 20 kW standard, up to 100 kW for AI/HPC | 4–6 kW typical, rarely > 30 kW |
| On-site IXPs & carrier-neutral meet-me rooms; 4-6 diverse fiber entrances | Single incumbent carrier, traffic boomerangs offshore |
| Client-centric amenities: staging rooms, co-working suites, 100G Internet | Limited desks, no continuity spaces |