Tell Provider Direct what you need, from a single cabinet to multiple megawatts. It works out the quote on a 3- or 5-year term, with every line item, the totals and the assumptions shown.
What would 500 kW in Phoenix cost on a 3-year term, with metered power?
Here's a 3-year quote for 500 kW in Phoenix, with each line item and the assumptions it's based on. Confirm the scope and your company name, and I'll set up the project with the provider.
Provider Direct is Datacenters.ai's AI agent for colocation quotes. Give it a requirement and it prices space and power at Digital Realty sites, then sets up the project with the provider once you confirm the scope.
You review the quote in chat. The binding service-order quote comes from the provider's sales team, and when an answer needs a conversation, your brief goes to our team.
Provider Direct prices space and power per kW for either model, on a 3- or 5-year term. What changes between the two is how the electricity is billed.
| Quote | Metered power | All-in power |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly charge | Space and power, per kW | Space and power, per kW, with electricity included |
| Electricity | Metered and billed separately | Included in the monthly charge |
| In the quote | The site's power rate, plus an electricity estimate if you give your expected usage, kept out of the totals | No separate electricity line |
| Terms | 3 or 5 years | 3 or 5 years |
Three steps in one chat, from your first message to a project set up with the provider.
Name the site or market, the space and the power, and the term and power model if you know them. Provider Direct asks for anything it still needs.
Check each line item, the totals and the assumptions. Provider Direct says which parts the provider prices case by case.
Confirm the scope and your company name. Provider Direct sets up the project with the provider and shares it with our team, and the provider's sales team issues the binding service-order quote.
Provider Direct shows how each quote is built, brings in people when you need them, and keeps your chats private.
Provider Direct's prices come directly from Digital Realty. Each quote names the price list and power rates it was built from.
Our team follows up on every project Provider Direct sets up, and steps in sooner whenever an answer needs a person.
Each chat is yours. It starts private, and only you can open it unless you choose to share it.
What colocation costs and what a quote covers, where the prices come from, who issues the binding quote, and when a person steps in.
It depends on the site, the power you commit to, the term and the power model. A colocation quote charges for space and power per kW each month, with electricity either metered separately or included. Power circuits, cabinets and cages are one-time charges, and cross connects and other services are priced from the provider's price list. Provider Direct works out each line for your requirement and shows the totals and the assumptions. It can also estimate network spend and cloud egress.
Digital Realty, at its sites across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For any other provider, start a chat with Advisor, which searches Datacenters.com listings and can share your brief with our team.
Directly from Digital Realty: its price list for each site, and its power rates for metered electricity. Where the price list has no figure for a line, the quote says that line is priced case by case.
The provider's sales team, once Provider Direct has set up your project with them. The prices in the chat quote are before any discounts and taxes.
Yes. Each chat is yours. It starts private, and only you can open it unless you choose to share it. When you share requirements with our team or a provider, a chat may be reviewed to help ensure we provide the service you were expecting.
When an answer needs a conversation, Provider Direct shares your brief with our team from your signed-in account, and they connect you with the provider. There's no contact form to fill in.
Datacenters.ai brings colocation, wholesale and land decisions into one chat: Advisor evaluates the opportunity, Provider Direct prices it, and the Datacenters.com directory and alliance connect you with the provider.