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Looking for a place to host your tower server? While most big hosting companies are phasing out tower colocation entirely, Sectorlink offers affordable data center space for your hardware.
If you have ever tried to find a secure data center to host a standard tower server, you have probably run into a frustrating brick wall.
As the hosting industry shifts its focus toward massive cloud environments and high-density infrastructure, the traditional tower server is being left behind. Major hosting conglomerates are quietly phasing out tower server colocation altogether. They demand that customers purchase expensive rackmount hardware or force them into rigid, overpriced cloud contracts.
At Sectorlink, we believe your existing hardware should not be forced into early retirement. Here is everything you need to know about tower server colocation, why it is still an incredibly powerful tool for your business, and why we remain one of the few providers actively supporting it.
What is Tower Server Colocation?
Server colocation is the practice of renting space, power, cooling, and network connectivity in a professional data center for hardware that you own.
Tower server colocation specifically provides dedicated shelf space for standard mid-tower or full-tower computer cases. Instead of trying to mount your server into a standard data center rack using custom rails, a tower colocation provider places your machine on specialized shelving, hooks it up to high-speed enterprise internet, and guarantees it stays powered and cooled around the clock.
Why Would You Use Tower Colocation?
Running a server out of a spare office room, a closet, or your home comes with massive risks. Power outages, residential internet throttling, and poor climate control can instantly take your operations offline. Moving your physical tower into a data center solves these issues immediately.
Three of the most common and powerful use cases for tower colocation include:
1. High-Performance Gaming Servers
Modern multiplayer games require exceptionally low latency, high clock speed processors, and unmetered data transfer. Running a dedicated gaming server from home can choke your personal internet bandwidth and lead to frustrating lag spikes for players. Placing your gaming tower in a data center ensures a fast, rock solid network connection.
2. Secure Remote File Servers
Many small to mid-sized businesses rely on physical tower servers to act as centralized storage hubs for sensitive documents, media assets, and data backups. Colocating this server ensures that your remote team can securely access files at high speeds from anywhere in the world, backed by commercial grade firewalls and physical data center security.
3. Independent Remote Desktops
If your business uses resource heavy software (like accounting databases, CAD tools, or development environments), hosting a remote desktop server allows employees to log in and work from low powered laptops. A colocated tower server provides the raw performance of dedicated hardware without the noise, heat, and power consumption cluttering up your actual office space.
The Industry Shift: The Real Reason Towers are Disappearing
If tower servers are so useful, why is it so hard to find a host for them? It comes down to a broader shift in data center economics and corporate infrastructure layouts.
Across the hosting landscape, many local, independent data centers that traditionally offered flexible space for individual servers are being acquired by larger tech firms and infrastructure groups. As these facilities change hands, new management often shifts focus toward high-density cloud networks, enterprise setups, and standardized layouts to maximize space efficiency.
Because standard tower servers take up vertical shelf space and cannot be easily stacked like flat 1U or 2U rack-mounted units, many modern data centers view them as inefficient for their space models. As a result, finding a provider that still accommodates tower hardware has become increasingly difficult. When you look for space, many companies will simply tell you that they no longer support towers, leaving you forced to either purchase entirely new rackmount hardware or migrate your operations to an expensive cloud plan.
The Sectorlink Difference: We Still Support Your Tower Hardware
We refuse to play the corporate optimization game. Since 1996, Sectorlink has been dedicated to providing flexible, common sense infrastructure solutions for real businesses.
While the rest of the industry shuts its doors to tower hardware, Sectorlink proudly offers dedicated Mid Tower and Full Tower Colocation options. We give your server the exact professional environment it needs to thrive without forcing you to buy new equipment.
When you colocate your tower server with Sectorlink, you get:
- Affordable Shelf Space: Plans start at just $65 a month for a mid-tower and $75 a month for a full-tower server.
- Enterprise Connectivity: Every plan includes a 1Gbps network port with completely unmetered data transfer.
- Zero Setup Fees: You simply ship your tower server directly to us and our team will install it completely free of charge.
- True Human Support: If your server ever needs a reboot or physical troubleshooting, you can call us directly to speak to a real, on-site technician. You will never have to fight through automated AI chatbots to get help.
Stop Running Your Server in a Closet
Your business, your applications, and your gaming communities deserve the stability of a professional data center. Do not let big tech convince you that your reliable tower server is obsolete.
Ready to move your tower server to a secure data center? Explore Sectorlink’s Tower Server Colocation Plans today, or call our team directly at 1-877-634-4678 to talk to a real human about your hardware specifications.
