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A super duper secure locked cabinet acessible only to them or anyone with a bolt cutter.

You want to host servers on your own hardare? Uh yikes. Let's unpack this. As a certified AWS Kubernetes professional time & money waster, I can say with authority that this goes against professional standards (?) and is therefore not a good look. Furthermore, I can confirm that this isn't it chief.

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Colocation is when you use your own hardware. That's what the word means.

And you're not going to even get close to the cabinet in a data center with a set of bolt cutters. But even if you did, you brought the wrong tool, because they're not padlocked.

Bolt cutters will probably cut through the cabinet door or side if you can find a spot to get them started and you have a lot of time.

Otoh, maybe you've got a cabinet in a DC with very secure locks from europe.... But all are keyed alike. Whoops.

A drill would be easier to bring in (especially if it just looks like a power screwdriver) and probably get in faster though. Drill around the locks/hinges until the door wiggles off.

I'd go with a drill -- but I'm not sure what possible threat vector would have access to the cabinet who would be able to get to the cabinet in any decent data center.

Because it's a secret, we don't know if it's mom's basement where the door doesn't really lock anyways, just pull it real hard, or if it's at Uncle Joey's with the compound and the man trap and laser sensors he bought at government auction through a buddy who really actually works at the CIA.

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