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What is the use of colo with an arbitrary provider? (Asking as I have only heard of colo in the context of say an exchange or something else specific)

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You get your server hosted in a real data center.

It quite common, a stepping stone between using rented hardware and having your own data center.

Oh ok so colo here means bring your own hardware.

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