Quarter-rack and cabinet-growth colocation

Quarter-rack colocation with room to grow.

Move beyond scattered U-space and give the deployment a cleaner home for servers, switches, and future growth, with an easy path into larger cabinet footprints when needed.

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Sample monthly price

Starter quarter rack

$940/month

Two to three server footprint

  • Secaucus / NYC Metro
  • Quarter Rack
  • 1500 watts of power
  • 5 Gbps on a 10 Gbps Port
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Why customers choose this

What makes this setup a strong fit

These are the reasons teams usually land here first when they want a faster, clearer path into colocation.

More room without full-rack commitment

A quarter rack is often the sweet spot when multiple servers, switches, and growth planning start to matter.

Cleaner than stacking loose U-space

It is easier to plan airflow, cabling, and access when the footprint is treated as a coherent small rack environment.

Still transparent on cost

Even at the quarter-rack level, the pricing stays broken into space, power, IPs, and bandwidth.

Sample pricing

Example monthly pricing

See what quarter-rack and next-step cabinet pricing looks like before the deployment expands again.

Starter quarter rack

Two to three server footprint

$940/month
  • RegionSecaucus / NYC Metro
  • SpaceQuarter Rack
  • Power1500W
  • IP space/30 + /27 IP Space
  • Bandwidth5 Gbps on a 10 Gbps Port
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Growth quarter rack

More power and IP space

$1425/month
  • RegionDallas / DFW1
  • SpaceQuarter Rack
  • Power2000W
  • IP space/30 + /26 IP Space
  • Bandwidth10 Gbps Unmetered
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Half-rack next step

When the quarter rack fills up

$1875/month
  • RegionLos Angeles / LAX1
  • SpaceHalf Rack
  • Power2500W
  • IP space/30 + /25 IP Space
  • Bandwidth10 Gbps Unmetered
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Popular setups

Quarter-rack setups that make sense fast

This is a strong fit for customers who have grown past a single box and want a structured footprint with room to scale further.

Small cluster

Two to five production servers

Enough room for multiple nodes plus routing and switching gear in one organized footprint.

Mixed workloads

Compute plus storage

A good match for deployments that combine application servers, storage nodes, and supporting network equipment.

Growth runway

Operational breathing room

Useful when the business expects more hardware soon and wants a clean path into larger cabinet space later.

Why this setup works

The practical midpoint between loose U-space and a full rack

Quarter-rack colocation usually shows up when the first few servers are already spoken for. It gives teams better organization and growth capacity while leaving a straightforward path into full cabinets as the deployment expands.

  • More coherent cable and access planning than separate single-server placements.
  • Enough room for supporting switches, firewalls, and management gear.
  • A better fit for small clusters, storage-heavy stacks, and multi-node production setups.
  • Still available across NYC, Dallas, and Los Angeles.
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Operational fit

Why buyers move into quarter-rack space

The business case is usually more about growth and cleanliness than prestige.

Better cable management

A quarter rack is easier to operate and document than a handful of unrelated single-U placements.

Room for shared network gear

Switches, routers, and management appliances can sit alongside the servers they support.

Controlled upgrade path

It creates runway for additional servers before the business needs to evaluate half-rack or full-rack space.

Useful for regional redundancy

A quarter rack in a second region can also support DR, failover, or workload partitioning plans.

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Regions

Quarter-rack regions

Use the same calculator to compare quarter-rack deployments across the East Coast, Central U.S., and West Coast.

Secaucus / NYC Metro InterServer's densest colocation footprint with multiple NYC metro facility options just outside Manhattan. Dallas / DFW1 A central U.S. footprint designed for wide domestic reach, strong carrier choice, and efficient South/Central coverage. Los Angeles / LAX1 West Coast colocation for lower Pacific-region latency, media delivery, and edge-heavy application footprints.
FAQ

Questions buyers usually ask

These are the questions that usually come up before a team places hardware in colo.

Quarter-rack colocation is a better fit once you have multiple servers, supporting network gear, or a near-term growth plan that makes a loose single-server footprint feel cramped.

No. The quote starts at quarter rack, but you can still price smaller or larger footprints in the same tool.

Yes. Full racks remain available. This section just starts with the quarter-rack buying path because that is a common next step for growing deployments.

Yes. The region selector stays available on the page so you can compare all three regions.