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# Archive of posts from 2012

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## [Data Center Options: To Build or To Buy, That is the question](/knowledgebase/blog/2012-12-20-data-center-options-to-build-or-to-buy-that-is-the-question/)

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Data Center Options - Should I Build or Buy? For any growing and thriving organization, having enough data center space to match expanding computing needs is paramount. But what happens when demand begins to outpace supply? Should you build or add on to your current data center? Or should you buy and rent from a data center provider, and hold...

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