Basics of Data Center Leasing: What You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask

Demand for data centers has quickly grown as many industries and businesses began increasing their business in cyberspace. In this program, Adam Falkof and Theodore Yi explained how data centers involve leases, but also other types of agreements, each with its own set of issues to be negotiated by owners and users and with a significant technical overlay requiring specialized knowledge and provisions.

Additionally, this program answered the following questions:

• What are the different types of agreements? What is a Colocation Agreement? What is a Master Services Agreement and Service Level Agreement?
• What are the critical concerns of a data center user? What is meant by Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4?
• What are the different types of data center facilities?
• How does data center leasing differ from leasing of offices, retail stores and warehouses?