Scenario 1
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The same few national names every time. No current pricing, and nothing on who has capacity at your size this quarter.
Struggle to find colocation all-in quotes for your specs?
Get 2–4 colocation quotes in 48 hours — from providers with space at your size.
From a single 1U server to 500 kW. Standard, high-density, and private cage.
Your price is the same as going direct. We are not a typical broker.
Hundreds of providers, national and regional. We know what they quoted last month, because we asked.
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Colocation prices by market
From 200 kW at $200–250/kW down to a single 1U at $79/month. As of October 2026.
| Market | 10U ≈0.5–1 kW |
Half cabinet ≈20U · 2–4 kW |
Full rack 42U · ≈5 kW |
High-density rack 42U · ≈10–12 kW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashburn (VA) | $120 – $220 | $900 – $1,300 | $1,500 – $2,500 | $2,200 – $4,800 |
| New York Metro | $150 – $250 | $1,000 – $1,500 | $1,600 – $3,000 | $2,500 – $5,000 |
| Silicon Valley (CA) | $140 – $230 | $900 – $1,400 | $1,600 – $2,800 | $2,300 – $4,800 |
| Los Angeles (CA) | $130 – $210 | $800 – $1,200 | $1,200 – $2,500 | $2,000 – $4,500 |
| Chicago (IL) | $120 – $200 | $800 – $1,200 | $1,100 – $2,300 | $1,800 – $4,000 |
| Dallas (TX) | $100 – $190 | $700 – $1,100 | $1,000 – $2,100 | $1,700 – $3,500 |
| Atlanta (GA) | $100 – $180 | $700 – $1,000 | $1,100 – $2,200 | $1,800 – $3,800 |
| Seattle (WA) | $100 – $170 | $600 – $900 | $1,000 – $2,000 | $1,800 – $3,500 |
| Phoenix (AZ) | $110 – $180 | $750 – $1,050 | $1,300 – $1,600 | $2,100 – $4,400 |
| Miami (FL) | $110 – $190 | $800 – $1,100 | $1,100 – $2,300 | $1,900 – $4,000 |
| Boston (MA) | $120 – $190 | $800 – $1,200 | $1,200 – $1,800 | $2,400 – $4,900 |
| New Jersey | $95 – $160 | $650 – $950 | $1,050 – $1,800 | $2,500 – $5,000 |
| Houston (TX) | $75 – $130 | $700 – $950 | $1,000 – $1,800 | $2,100 – $4,900 |
| Denver (CO) | $150 – $380 | $1,200 – $1,600 | $1,800 – $2,300 | $2,500 – $5,200 |
| Philadelphia (PA) | $260 – $520 | $1,600 – $1,850 | $1,600 – $1,950 | $2,600 – $5,400 |
| Portland (OR) | $300 – $500 | $1,200 – $1,450 | $1,500 – $1,800 | $2,500 – $5,200 |
| San Jose (CA) | $70 – $100 | $750 – $1,750 | $950 – $1,950 | $2,500 – $5,100 |
| Toronto (ON) | $150 – $300 | $1,300 – $1,500 | $2,000 – $2,450 | $3,000 – $5,500 |
| Montreal (QC) | $300 – $500 | $1,200 – $1,450 | $1,500 – $1,800 | $2,500 – $5,200 |
| Vancouver (BC) | $250 – $500 | $1,500 – $1,750 | $1,500 – $1,900 | $2,500 – $5,200 |
These ranges are a starting point. Regional providers may offer lower pricing for your requirements, including options that aren’t advertised online. Send us your specs and preferred locations — we’ll compare national and regional providers for your shortlist.
Above 12 kW, pricing moves to $/kW
Find your band. Above 15 kW, facilities start qualifying you harder.
| Density | What it means | What to confirm |
|---|---|---|
| 10–12 kW/rack | High-ish density for modern CPU-dense servers | Whether the quoted figure is sustained or peak |
| 15–30 kW/rack | High-power territory. Many facilities start qualifying you harder here | Containment design and rack placement rules |
| 30–60 kW/rack | Cooling design decides the shortlist — containment, in-row, RDHx | Chilled-water capacity and cabinet compatibility |
| 60–100+ kW/rack | Liquid-ready or liquid-cooled: direct-to-chip, rear-door | Whether CDUs are installed or planned |
If a provider can’t support your density reliably, you get throttling, hot spots, surprise upgrade fees, or a forced migration later.
Not standard colocation?Here’s where to start.
Traditional colocation works for many use cases — but if your deployment has unique power, hardware or scale requirements, explore the right category below.
Explore high-density colocation10–100 kW per rack
Density decides the shortlist more than the market does. Cooling class, usable kW, A/B headroom.
Explore GPU colocationGPU and AI hardware
H200, B200, GB200. Matched on what the hardware needs rather than on rack count.
Explore MW infrastructure1 MW and above
Leased suite, powered land, or build-to-suit. Different timelines, different economics.
Explore miner hostingMining hardware
Miners, containers, and whole farms. A different market from colocation — quoted on power cost, not rack space.
Four routes to colocation
Three of them cost you weeks or a fee.
Scenario 2
Contact providers direct
Fifteen forms, several sales queues, pricing weeks later in formats that don’t line up. Some quote per cabinet, some per kW.
Scenario 3
Peer referrals
Someone you trust points you at the facility that worked for them. One data point, at their size, in their market.
Scenario 4
QuoteColo
Referral networks are built around operators who pay to be in them, so regional facilities are underrepresented by design. Specs once, 2–4 comparable quotes back.
Send us your specs
Comparable quotes, normalised to the same line items.
No company details needed to start.
Some providers demand full qualification before they’ll talk; others start from technical specs. We know which is which.
Email first.
No sales call until you’ve reviewed the options.
48 hours
Turnaround time.
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How it works
Step 1
Tell us the size and the market
Rack count or kW, market and a fallback, timeline, term. If you don’t know which size band you’re in, say what you’re deploying and we’ll work it out.
Step 2
We check who has space
Providers without capacity at your size, with minimums above your footprint, or who won’t put pricing in writing don’t reach your shortlist.
Step 3
Comparable quotes by email
Normalised to the same line items — space and power, bandwidth, cross-connects, remote hands, setup — so two quotes can actually be compared. No calls until you’ve reviewed them.
A real example: from request to quotes
Here’s what an actual conversation looks like. Simple, direct and no sales pressure.
ClientAI infrastructure company
Bob SpiegelFounder, QuoteColo
Your rack rate is only the starting point.
A rack quote can change significantly once you account for power, A/B redundancy, bandwidth, cross-connects and remote hands. What matters is the monthly cost of the configuration you actually need.
Plan A
Your preferred location
Plan B
An alternative market
, preferred location and a Plan B. We’ll compare estimated all-in monthly price ranges for both, with included services, extras and one-time charges shown separately.
20U half cabinet
Example monthly quote
- Rack space
- $300.00
- Power1.8 kW
- $243.76
Space + power subtotal
$543.76per month
Before any separately billed network or service charges.
Check what your quote includes
What actually moves your monthly bill
The configuration and contract terms can change your monthly cost. Compare the same requirements across both locations.
| Factor | What it costs | Swing |
|---|---|---|
| Power model | Reserved kW vs metered kWh; A+B redundancy; 3-phase at $100–500/month; overages $150–1,500. | +15–45% |
| Bandwidth model | 95th percentile vs flat commit; blended vs carrier-direct; unmetered at +10–40% over a right-sized commit. | +5–35% |
| Cross-connects | $150–400/month each, plus $250–1,500 one-time. Two to four is typical. | +5–25% |
| Remote hands | $150–250/hour past the allowance, 30–60 min minimums, 1.25–2× after hours. | 0–20% |
| High-density cooling | Containment premium; $300–2,000/month for dense or hot-exhaust racks. | +5–25% |
| Contract term | Month-to-month or 6–12 months against a 36-month base; 3–5% annual escalator. | +10–30% |
| Compliance | SOC 2 / ISO / audit support, where required. | +2–10% |
Illustrative ranges from the planning table. Actual impact depends on the provider and configuration; these ranges overlap and are not additive.
No minimum. The provider pays either way.
Our service costs you the same for a single server or fifty racks: nothing. Providers pay our commission the way they’d pay an in-house salesperson, so there’s no deal size we turn away.
What does change below a rack is who will quote you.
Some national operators won’t quote less than a full cabinet. Others require long forms and weeks of sales calls before sharing an all-in price. We know regional providers that take smaller deployments, including operators you won’t find through search.
1 server
$0QuoteColo fee
50 racks
$0QuoteColo fee
We’re not a data center trying to sell you on our facility. We’re a broker with 500+ partner data centers, so the only job is finding yours.
Tell us the size and the market. We’ll find who has space.
Specs go to providers with capacity at your footprint, not to everyone in the database.
No company details needed to start.
Technical specs are enough to begin.
Off-market included.
Regional providers matched to your size and location.
Real monthly cost, not just the rack rate.
Normalised to the same line items.
Colocation hosting: FAQ
What is colocation hosting?
You own the servers; the data center provides the building, power, cooling, connectivity and physical security. You rent space and power by the rack or by the kilowatt, and you keep control of the hardware.
Is there a service fee?
No fee to you. Providers pay us the same referral commission they'd pay an in-house salesperson, so your price is the same as going direct.
What's the cheapest deployment you place?
A 1U in Houston at $79/month — 1 Amp at 208V, 1 Gbps unmetered. New Jersey starts at $109/month for a 1U at 2 Amp. Both are real packages, not teasers.
Can I get 200 kW right now?
Often, yes — that band has more availability than it did a year ago, and more than 1 MW does today. What we can't do is promise capacity before checking: it depends on the market, your density and your timeline. Tell us those three and we'll tell you what's actually open.
How fast do I get options?
A shortlist by email within 48 hours. No calls until you've reviewed it.
Do providers allow physical access to my equipment?
At half a cabinet and above, 24×7 access is standard. Below that, most facilities want 24 hours' notice. Worth confirming before you sign if you expect to be on site often.
What do you need to quote accurately?
Rack count and size, or total kW. Power per rack and whether you need A/B. Bandwidth model and port speed. Cross-connect count. Market and a fallback. Timeline and term.