Data Center Co-Location

This form can be used to request new equipment hosting services, changes to existing equipment, decommissioning and removal of equipment, and scheduling data center access.


Host your technology infrastructure in one of OU IT’s Tier II or Tier III Data Center facilities (Norman, Health Sciences, and Tulsa).  Data Center Co-Location Services offers a secure Data Center hosting environment that features reliable high-speed networking, redundant power and cooling, and scalable rack-space, as well as escorted physical access to your equipment.

Co-location is available for most rack mountable infrastructure equipment, including servers, storage, networking and firewall devices.  Our Data Centers can accommodate non-rack mountable devices; however, the equipment owner is responsible for providing appropriate shelving.  All equipment in OU IT Data Centers will undergo periodic vulnerability scans.

Please set up a consultation to discuss advanced set-up and configurations such as clustering or co-location in multiple Data Centers.  For additional information about Data Center and Support service levels, please review OU IT’s Shared Services Terms and Conditions.

Cost

  • There is a one-time installation fee of $99 for each piece of co-located equipment. 
  • Monthly charges are calculated based on number of racks and number and speed of network ports per the table below. 
  • For instance, a server requiring a single rack U and two 1 GB ports for an OU Department would cost $91.50 per month or $1098 annually in addition to the one-time $99 install fee.
 
Customer Installation* Rack U 1 GB Port 1/10 GB Port 10 GB Port
OU Departments $99.99 $18.50 $36.50 $40.50 $43.50
OU Affiliates ** $99.99 $28.50 $41.00 $45.00 $48.00

* One time rack and stack fee.
** OU Affiliates must pay for utility costs, while central University funding covers utility costs for OU Departments.

Availability

  • OU faculty, staff, departments and groups
  • OU students and student groups with departmental sponsorship
  • OU affiliates

Features

  • Equipment with dual power supplies (preferred)
  • Escorted physical access to equipment with two hour notification
  • Most standard rack mountable devices
  • Non-rack mountable devices with owner provided shelving
  • Rack Unit(s) in a secure, HIPAA and FERPA compliant Data Center
  • Racking, unracking, cabling, and network set-up ($99 one time fee)
  • Redundant cooling, redundant power, and fire suppression
  • Single power supply devices will reduce service level commitment
  • Support from OU IT Operations staff
  • Variable Network Connectivity

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