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How Boston Colocation Operators Address

Regulations

Boston colocation is on the rise with 22 data centers located in the city.

With increased competition comes competitive rates and along with that

comes heavy government regulations.

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The Federal Register contains about 80,000 pages with the U.S. Code of Federal

Regulations.

With the rise of cloud computing, more attention will be placed on regulating data centers in Boston and around the world.



But it’s not only the involvement of the government that colocation centers have

to contend with. Independent certification providers like the Uptime Institute are also tightening their certification process to ensure that

customers are receiving the best possible service.



Out of the 22 colocation operators in the Boston metro area, the top five are:

• CoreSite Boston (BO1)• Hosted Solutions Boston• Internap Boston 50 Innerbelt Rd• One Summer St.• XO Boston



So how are Boston colocation operators addressing

regulation, compliance, and storage issues?



This is a continuously evolving solutions model and operators have

started to focus more on compliance-oriented infrastructure.

The level of compliance comes down to the type of data being stored at

the data center and the type of customer.



Boston colocations operators will not only deal with local regulators but

also state and federal, so it’s not an easy task to provide a detailed

account as to how it works.

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Colocation regulation applies to both digital and physical aspects of the

colocation center. Physical security for financial data

HIPAA compliance and OSHA regulations come into play here including EPA

regulations for a backup power system.



As the data is sensitive, so the regulations will focus on the personnel monitoring and access

control.

Experts believe that Boston colocation centers will mostly deal with local government rather than federal government which make things a

little easier.



Colocation operators will need to identify and apply industry standards when handling financial transactions,

so Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) which covers data storage and transaction of credit-card

purchases will also be added to the list.



Doing e-commerce on a cloud brings about new challenges as sensitive data is processed on

the cloud.



Colocation centers in Massachusetts and others around the country are meeting

these challenges by coming up with creative approaches like intelligently controlling the data via the cloud.

They also tend to sign up with a separate payment processor in order to provide

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When other countries are involved, the data may warrant regulation by laws in

that country.

As more businesses switch to cloud computing, new regulatory issues will also

naturally arise.



With more users switching to the cloud, there will be even more

need to develop data segregation and optimized security.



How are colocation centers addressing regulatory issues in

your city?



Please share your thoughts in the

Comment section below.



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