Realistic timelines: plan back from your go-live date#
- Racks and cages: 30 to 90 days from signing to live.
- A megawatt or more, or a custom build: 6 to 24 months.
Need to be live in under 30 days? Most options are already off the table. The move itself comes after the space is ready, so add it on top.
What to settle before you sign#
A move plan that starts after signing is already behind. Start from what you need, then add two things:
- An equipment list with size and weight, not just power. Rack layout, floor loading and delivery all depend on it.
- A map of what depends on what. It tells you which systems move alone, which move together, and which must stay up.
What has to be ready before your gear arrives#
Power tested, connections live, and access sorted. That means circuits, carrier lines and cross-connects, badges and delivery times.
Run both sites, or cut over in one go? Run both#
A single cutover has no way back if something breaks. Running both sites keeps the old one live until the new one proves itself under real load.
Running both costs money, because you pay twice during the overlap. A failed cutover with nothing to fall back on costs a lot more. Run both unless the workload can really go down.
What the overlap needs to prove#
- It works under real load, not just switched on.
- Your data matches on both sides, including anything written during the overlap.
- You can roll back. Rehearse it before you need it.
- You've set the go and no-go signals ahead of time, not in the moment.
How Clectiv AI solves this#
Doing this on your own means months of chasing reps, one at a time. Every call starts from scratch, and every provider knows they're the only one in the room.
With Clectiv AI, it's days, not months. Tell us about your project once, and it goes to every provider that fits, at the same time. They know they're competing, so their best numbers come back side by side.
You start where others finished, with 20+ years of buyer-side deals and our own data on 2,200+ buildings behind your request.
Cutover, and shutting down the old site#
If the overlap did its job, cutover is the boring part. Pick a quiet window and run the rehearsed plan. Keep the old site ready until the new one has run clean for a period you set in advance.
Check your old contract's exit terms before you pick a leaving date. What your contract should include shows what to look for.