Dedicated Servers
Colocation vs Dedicated Server UK
Understand the difference - own your hardware in our facility or rent bare metal from us
Understand the difference - own your hardware in our facility or rent bare metal from us
About This Feature
Colocation vs Dedicated Server UK is one of the most common infrastructure decisions for UK businesses scaling beyond shared hosting or cloud VPS. Both options provide single-tenant bare-metal performance in a professional data centre environment - the difference is ownership. Colocation means you own and maintain your physical servers, housed in our carrier-neutral our UK facility facility with access to our power, cooling, and network infrastructure including AS212868 connectivity with LINX and LONAP peering. A dedicated server means you rent hardware from us: we own and maintain the physical machine, you manage the software. Colocation has lower long-term costs for businesses that already own hardware or prefer to control their hardware lifecycle independently. It is also preferred by organisations with strict compliance requirements around hardware asset ownership and data sovereignty. Dedicated servers have a lower barrier to entry - no capital expenditure, no hardware logistics, and hardware faults are covered by our 4-hour SLA rather than your own spare parts budget. Both options provide UK data residency, DDoS protection, and 24/7 support from our UK-based team.
Key Benefits
Every plan includes these capabilities as standard - no tier-gating, no hidden extras.
Colocation: house your own hardware in our facility - retain asset ownership and full hardware control
Dedicated servers: rent bare metal from us - no capital expenditure, 4-hour hardware fault SLA included
Both options include AS212868 connectivity with LINX and LONAP peering for UK-native routing
Both options provide UK data residency, DDoS protection, and 24/7 UK-based support
Technical Specifications
Real specs on real hardware - not marketing numbers.
Colocation: from 1U rack space with power and connectivity included
Dedicated servers: Intel Xeon and AMD Ryzen options, 64GB–512GB RAM
Both: 99.9% uptime SLA, UK data residency, AS212868 routing
Use Cases
This feature is particularly well suited to these workloads and teams.
Companies that already own server hardware and are evaluating whether to house it in a data centre rather than on business premises - this comparison helps them understand costs, responsibilities, and the operational difference between self-owned and rented hardware.
CTOs, IT managers, and infrastructure leads evaluating dedicated server options for new projects - understanding the colocation vs rented-dedicated trade-offs helps them make the right build-vs-buy decision for their infrastructure.
Small and medium businesses scaling beyond shared hosting or cloud VPS who are reaching the point where dedicated hardware makes financial and performance sense - this comparison helps them choose the right entry point.
FAQ
Discuss your hosting requirements with our team
Colocation from £30/mo. Dedicated servers from £49/mo. No contracts.
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