Managed Colocation Services

50% Off for 3 months!

We’re offering 50% Off for the first 3 months on our colocation services! Partial, quarter and half rack spacing are available across our fibre-linked London centric and Amsterdam data centres for flexible and secure colocation services.
A reliable, resilient and regulatory compliant environment for your hardware.

Offer ends this month, so get your colocation quote today

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Managed Colocation Packages

Watchfront’s colocation packages can give you an idea of costs and come with cost saving generous features as standard. We do offer bespoke solutions and larger power options, so please request a fully detailed quotation or feel free to call us for a chat about your requirements. t:020 7517 4900.

Standard Specififcations

All colocation packages include the below generous features.

Colocation Packages

All colocation pricing is based on power consumption rather than rack space.
There are larger power options available than listed below, so please get a detailed quotation today.

Colo 1

London Centric

Max Power inc:

0.33A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£25.00pcm
£50.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 1*

Amsterdam - EU

Max Power inc:

0.33A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£30.00pcm
£60.00
Get a detailed quote

More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 2

London Centric

Max Power inc:

0.67A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£50.00pcm
£100.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 2*

Amsterdam - EU

Max Power inc:

0.67A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£60.00pcm
£120.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 3

London Centric

Max Power inc:

1.0A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£75.00pcm
£150.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 3*

Amsterdam - EU

Max Power inc:

1.0A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£90.00pcm
£180.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 4

London Centric

Max Power inc:

2.0A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£150.00pcm
£300.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

Colo 4*

Amsterdam - EU

Max Power inc:

2.0A

Ethernet Ports inc:

1

50% Off for first 3 months

From£180.00pcm
£360.00
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More power options available. Get a quote!

*All AMS server installs are subject to discussion of customer requirements

Why Colocation With Watchfront

Flexible and Reliable.

Housing servers on your own premises can be an expensive and complicated undertaking, that’s why many companies are achieving cost savings by moving their servers to colocation within Watchfront’s secure datacentres. With our help you can simply move your servers (physical or virtual) into our datacentre which allows you to maintain complete control over your servers whilst not having to worry about the supporting infrastructure such as bandwidth and connectivity, power, cooling, staffing or physical security.

Trusted Experts

Watchfront have over 20 years of experience of networks and providing colocation. You will be in good hands if you let us handle your infrastructure migration as we know how important your data is.

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Dedicated Account Manager

Our personal tailored support is unrivalled as you will have your own dedicated account manager who will have detailed knowledge of your setup enabling quick resolution to any issues. All account managers are proficient network engineers who can converse proficently in any technical discussion.

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UK-Based Support

All our support engineers are based here in the UK and have intimate knowledge of not only our datacentre infrastructure but of your setup. We are not a call centre and are here to assist you in a timely and proper manner.

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Bespoke Colocation

Although we can offer off-shelf colocation packages, we prefer to tailor colocation services to exactly match a customer’s particular requirements, whether that’s a full colocation hosting or a hybrid cloud design.

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Generous Features

Many other colocation providers will add on hidden pricing. Here at Watchfront we offer generous features as standard which are cost saving. These include 1000Gb of data transit per month, firewalling with remote self-administer interfaces, multiple public IP (v4 & v6) addresses and remote access power bars.

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Free Impartial Advice

You may know what you want to achieve, but not exactly how to, or even if it is possible. Feel free to call us, to chat about your particular requirements. We won’t try to hard sell you our services, we’ll just give you our free impartial advice. T:020 7517 4900

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Our Colocation Facilities

london Centric and Amsterdam

Watchfront offer professional, resilient and flexible colocation services in our fibre-linked UK and European datacentres. Our network has been designed from the ground up with resilience and performance in mind.
All of our facilities have local internet transit and private fibre-linked connectivity.
Our UK and European datacentres are all fibre-linked with multiple redundancy measures installed in each location. All private traffic between our datacentres is free to our colocation customers.
This allows you to host system critical redundant applications in multiple locations with minimal cost.

Multi redundant cooling systems

Secure PAC tag and PIN entry systems

24 x 7 environment monitoring

On-Site diesel generators

Diverse network connections

Multiple UPS banks

Redundant Power

Every rack has dual power feeds which are backed up by UPS and diesel generators. This guarantees a high level of committed power to your servers.

Security

You can be sure that your servers are well protected, with multiple levels of physical access control with perimeter fencing, internal and external CCTV, intrusion alarms, and on-site staff.

24 x 7 Monitoring

24 x 7 monitoring of the datacentre infrastructure by automated management systems, with datacentre engineers on standby to deal with any alerts.

Connectivity

Watchfront’s multiple gigabyte internet transits can provide reliable and high speed connections with diverse routes to keep you connected at all times.

Frequently Asked Questions

If you have any questions not answered here, please ask them here or contact us for chat. t:020 7517 4900

Why should we use colocation services?
Colocation services offer the flexibility, continuity and security of applications, data and systems enabling you to meet regulatory compliance for your industry. It also eliminates the need to build, hire staff and manage in-house server rooms, freeing you to focus on your business.
Where are your data centres?
Our data centres are located in Maidenhead, UK (close to London) and in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Our data centres are fibre-linked together. See facilities section.
What size servers can we colocate with Watchfront?
We can accept multiples of the industry standard sizes (RUs) for servers. See here for details.
How quickly can my servers be up and running?
Usually within 72 hours upon receipt of your supplied servers. If you’re buying servers from Watchfront, then please contact us for installation times.
Do you offer free set up?
We do offer free set up for all UK server installations, please speak to us about Amsterdam.
Are there any hidden fees?
No, there are no hidden fees. We offer full-featured colocation packages. There are additional managed services and options that we do offer on a fee basis, but they are purely optional.
What is the contract length for your colocation services?
Minimum contract length is just 1 month, but you may choose longer contract lengths to reduce your monthly costs. We have 12, 24, 36 & 48 month contracts available.
Do you have firewalls?
Yes, we provide a remote self-administered firewall portal as standard for all packages.
How many IP adresses can we have?
You can have as many as required. We include as many IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as you require as standard without additional charges.
What type of backup power systems do you have to guard against a power failure?
There are on-site diesel generators and multiple UPS banks.
What is managed with Watchfront's managed colocation services?
This is a flexible solutions and we can be as hands on or hands off as you require. We can take care of systems administration, networking, firewalling, monitoring, backups and more. See here for more info!
May I access your data centre to manage my own servers?
Yes, by appointment and escorted by a member of staff.
May I have a tour of your data centres?
Yes, by appointment. Please book a tour here or contact us. t:020 7517 4900

Custom Servers

1-year On-site Warranty. Supermicro Quality!

If you don’t have the required hardware for your projects, we can consult, build, configure and install any server to your specifications. Of course, you can still supply your own servers to seamlessly integrate into Watchfront’s secure datacentres.

  • Database Servers
  • Storage Servers
  • Economical Servers
  • Performance Servers

1-Year On-site Warranty

We choose quality server components that are tried and tested to work well together, but for your peace of mind, all servers come with a 1-year On-site warranty.

Easy Installation

From clip-in slide rails to pre-configured RAID and pre-installed OS, our engineers ensure installation is fast and simple!

Trouble-Free Integration

Our trained engineers will pre-configure your server to your requirements and are here to help over the phone if needed.

Flexibility

Every business is different. We configure every element of your solution to your particular requirements.

Happy Clients

We have used Watchfront managed colocation facilities in Maidenhead and Amsterdam to house our key datacentre infrastructure for a number of years now. The physical premises are excellent and secure, with Tier 3 facilities and availability. Working with the Watchfront team to implement our system designs we are able to provide our customers with Tier 2 availability standards.

Vik Tara, Managing Director

We have used Watchfront for hosting our servers and services for a number of years now. Having used them since 2007 at a previous company they were a natural choice for this new venture. They provide a highly professional bespoke service that is simply not available from larger ISPs or hosting providers, and for a cost that represents excellent value.

Stuart Coates, CTO

A Word From The Boss

“Call on our technical expertise! You may know what you want to achieve, but not exactly how to, or even if it is possible. We’re here to help. We have designed our products and services to be as adaptable as possible, as a result we can tailor services to hopefully match your requirements. All you have to do is have an idea of what you want to achieve. Contact us now for a chat. t:020 7517 4900

Kevin Hones, Director Watchfront Limited