Footprints that scale with you
Start at 1U and grow to a full 45U cabinet. Space is billed per unit, so you are never paying for a cabinet you have not filled yet.
Colocation
Your hardware, our building, one network.
Colocate at Digital Realty BOS14 in the Boston metro. Space from a single rack unit to a full cabinet, metered 208V power, and a carrier-neutral floor with MASS-IX in the same building.
Every footprint sits behind AS402389 with 100G of active transit, so you can take our IP or bring your own without moving racks later.
From $73/moA 1U footprint with one 208V amp and an included 1G port.
1U – 45UGrow from a single server to a full cabinet without relocating.
100GPeering port into MASS-IX, in this building.
N+1UPS and cooling redundancy throughout the facility.
What you get
A floor built for equipment you actually care about.
Colocation is only worth it when the building, the power, and the network are all boring in the best possible way. Here is what sits behind your cabinet door.
Metered 208V power
Billed per amp or per watt, so a low-draw appliance costs a fraction of a fully loaded compute node. A and B feeds available for dual-PSU equipment.
Carrier-neutral cross-connects
The facility is carrier-neutral. Cross-connect to any provider in the building, keep an existing transit contract, or take IP from us.
In-building MASS-IX peering
MASS-IX has a point of presence at 128 First Avenue, the same building as our cabinets, so regional traffic peers directly instead of leaving the metro.
Badge and biometric access
Photo badge plus biometric access control, 24×7 onsite security personnel, and CCTV with 90-day retention. You know who touched your rack.
Remote hands when you need them
We are local. Reboots, cable swaps, drive replacements, and on-site troubleshooting are handled by the same engineers who answer your email.
The building
Digital Realty BOS14, Boston metro.
A purpose-built colocation facility at 128 First Avenue, Needham, MA 02494. We are transparent about which specifications come from the operator and which come from us as the tenant.
Facility specifications
- Facility
- Digital Realty BOS14
- Building
- 281,000 ft², three storeys
- UPS redundancy
- N+1
- Cooling redundancy
- N+1
- Onsite security
- 24×7 security personnel
- Surveillance
- CCTV, 90-day retention
- Access control
- Biometric + photo badge
Published by Digital Realty for BOS14.
Power and cooling
- Power sourcing
- 100% renewable energy
- Generator runtime
- 72 hours at full load
- Fuel supply
- Priority refuelling contracts
- Cooling design
- Raised-floor air distribution
Reported by Amherst Systems as a tenant of the facility.
Compliance
- SOC 2
- Certified
- SOC 3
- Certified
- PCI-DSS
- Certified
- ISO 27001
- Certified
Certifications held by the facility operator, not by Amherst Systems. Published by Digital Realty.
Getting racked
From equipment list to live in four steps.
Colocation should not take a quarter to arrange. Most footprints go from first email to powered-on inside a couple of weeks.
- 01
Send the equipment list
Tell us what you are racking, the rack units it occupies, and its power draw. We will confirm whether it fits and what it costs.
- 02
Confirm power and network
We agree the amperage, whether you need A and B feeds, and whether you are taking our transit, cross-connecting, or peering.
- 03
Ship or hand-deliver
Send the hardware ahead of you or bring it in yourself. We will receive it, rack it, and cable it to the agreed configuration.
- 04
Get your details and go
You receive your IP assignment, port details, and access arrangements. Badge in whenever you like, or leave the hands-on work to us.
Not sure which fits
Own the hardware, or let us own it.
The building, network, and support are identical either way. The only real question is whose balance sheet the servers sit on.
You own it
Colocation
You buy and own the hardware. We provide the space, the power, the network, and the hands. Best when you have hardware preferences, existing kit, or a capital budget.
- No hardware markup
- Full control of the spec
- Move in with equipment you already own
- Billed on space, power, and transit
We own it
Bare metal
We supply, rack, and maintain single-tenant hardware for you. Best when you want dedicated performance without a capital purchase or a hardware lifecycle to manage.
- No capital outlay
- We handle failures and replacements
- Single-tenant, no hypervisor
- Quoted around the workload
Plan your footprint
Tell us what you are racking.
Send us the equipment list, the power draw, and the date you want to be live. We will come back with a real number, not a range.
- Footprints from a single rack unit to a full cabinet in Boston.
- Carrier-neutral, so you keep your existing transit relationships.
- Direct engineering conversations rather than a ticket queue.
Questions, answered
Colocation questions
Practical answers about the facility, the footprints, the power, and how the network is put together.
Where is the Amherst Systems colocation facility?
Amherst Systems colocates at Digital Realty BOS14, 128 First Avenue, Needham, MA 02494, serving the Boston metro market. The facility holds SOC 2, SOC 3, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001, and runs N+1 UPS and N+1 cooling.
What size footprints can I colocate?
Footprints start at a single rack unit and scale to a full 45U cabinet. Space is billed per U at $10.00 per month, dropping to $5.00 per U per month at ten units and above, and a full cabinet with 4kW and a 10G uplink is bundled at $1,315.00 per month.
How is colocation power billed?
Power is metered at 208V and billed per amp at $63.18 per month, which works out to $0.3038 per watt. Low-draw deployments can be billed per watt instead, so a 50W device is $15.19 per month.
Can I bring my own transit or peer directly?
Yes. The facility is carrier-neutral, so you can cross-connect to any provider in the building. A 1G port is included at no charge, and Amherst Systems also peers on MASS-IX over a 100G port for New England traffic.
Is remote hands available?
Yes. The facility has 24x7 onsite security personnel and technician access with biometric and photo badge control, and Amherst Systems can carry out hands-on work on your equipment under the system administration rates.