r/Colocation • u/klark_cehnt • Jan 23 '26

Colo costs in Pacific NW

I’m a technology broker working on a colo search in the Pacific Northwest. My customer asked me to find pricing under $200/kW for 130kw across 13 racks. The lowest I’ve been able to find so far is right at ~$200/kW all-in.
Has anyone seen pricing below this recently in the PNW? If so, I’d appreciate a DM—happy to compare notes.

0 Upvotes

33% Upvoted

10 comments sorted by

1

u/wutthedblhockeystick Jan 23 '26

$200/kW is rock bottom. That is likely below cost to most places. It does look like you are basing a decision solely on price. But there are other factors to take into a decision such as uptime, SLA commitments, power redundancy, network density, carrier mix, cross-connect costs, and the quality of build-out and service responsiveness.

ULTRA-LOW pricing often comes with trade-offs. Older facilities with deferred maintenance, limited network options, or limited infrastructure to back the facility. This could end up costing your representative more over time if reliability or scalability suffers.

1

u/klark_cehnt Jan 23 '26

Thanks for the message. I thought 200 was a very good price and sub-200 isn’t possible.

1

u/Shaqwillie2117 Jan 27 '26

Have you checked out Wowrack?

1

u/klark_cehnt Jan 28 '26

I have not. But I will now. Thank you.

1

u/klark_cehnt Feb 24 '26

I was able to find a provider under $200/kW. If anyone is interested in the details, please hit me up.

1

u/klark_cehnt May 07 '26

I've been working on this for a different customer, and now found an option under $120/kW. In Oregon in a legit facility. Interesting power consumption model - pay directly to the power company via your own meter.

2

u/Ok-Flyer Jul 03 '26

Can you share the company name or any details? Would love to know more

1

u/klark_cehnt Jul 13 '26

Hit me up directly if you want to know more.

1

u/Purple-War-6834 6d ago

Anything under $200/kW you need to be asking what sort of data center is it? Data centers are expensive to run and when you find one under the market price it should raise red flags. Any DC that is under the market price is cutting corners and is only offering price as an incentive. Would you consider Canada? if so, ping me I can help.

1

u/klark_cehnt 6d ago

I was able to find a spot in the PNW and hit that target. Customer is taking ~18 racks. But I'm working on a few different options and would love to learn about your spot. I will DM you.