Optimize Colocation Operations with Nlyte DCIM
Maximize Capacity. Deliver Greater Confidence.
Nlyte’s DCIM solution empowers colocation, hosting, and managed cloud providers to unlock hidden value within their infrastructure. By leveraging real-time monitoring and intelligent analytics, providers can identify and reclaim stranded power and space — turning unused capacity into new revenue opportunities.
At the same time, tenants benefit from enhanced transparency and trust. With access to accurate, real-time usage data, customers gain visibility into their resource consumption, improving accountability and satisfaction.
More efficiency for you. More assurance for your customers.
Real-World Colocation Success with Nlyte
Colocation Case Study: Computacenter
Nlyte helped Computacenter achieve two critical goals:
- Centralized Visibility: By providing a unified view of all data center assets and capacity, Computacenter gained full control over its infrastructure.
- Enhanced Tenant Value: With improved transparency and operational efficiency, Computacenter was able to deliver greater value and service quality to its colocation tenants.
How Nlyte Colocation DCIM Helps Tenants & Providers
How Nlyte Colocation Benefits Your Tenants
With Nlyte’s DCIM solution, colocation tenants gain transparency, accuracy, and peace of mind — all without compromising security.
- Secure Visibility: Tenants can safely view their own power, space, and capacity usage without accessing or affecting other tenants’ data.
- Accurate, Usage-Based Billing: Ensure fair and precise invoicing based on actual power consumption.
- SLA Compliance Assurance: Provide verifiable proof of Service Level Agreement (SLA) adherence with real-time performance data.
How Nlyte Colocation Benefits Providers
Nlyte empowers colocation providers to operate more efficiently, increase revenue, and deliver a superior customer experience — all while maintaining full control over their infrastructure.
- Unlock Hidden Capacity: Identify and reclaim stranded power and space to maximize sellable inventory.
- Boost Revenue Opportunities: Monetize underutilized resources with accurate, real-time usage data.
- Enhance Operational Efficiency: Automate asset tracking, change management, and capacity planning to reduce manual effort and errors.
- Strengthen SLA Performance: Monitor and document service delivery in real time to ensure SLA compliance and build customer trust.
- Improve Tenant Transparency: Provide secure, self-service access to usage data without compromising multi-tenant security.
Where Nlyte Helps the Operator
Scalable, Efficient, and Revenue-Driven Colocation Management with Nlyte
Effortless Scalability
Nlyte powers some of the world’s largest colocations environments — including multi-tenant facilities spanning over 250,000 square feet and delivering 50 MW of power. As your infrastructure grows, Nlyte scales with you, ensuring consistent performance and visibility.
Space Discovery & Reservation
With real-time, outlet-level monitoring, Nlyte helps uncover stranded capacity — both in space and power — that can be monetized. This enables providers to increase revenue and delay costly expansions by maximizing existing resources.
Proven Power Savings
Nlyte customers have achieved up to 25% reductions in power usage by implementing insights from real-time monitoring. Simple adjustments like temperature optimization and load balancing translate into significant energy and cost savings.
Proactive System Alerts
Customizable alerts notify providers when tenants approach predefined power or space thresholds, enabling timely contract updates and capacity planning — all while maintaining SLA compliance.
Transparent, Secure, and Future-Ready Colocation Management
Proof of Compliance
Easily demonstrate Service Level Agreement (SLA) adherence with standardized, on-demand reporting — no manual effort required.
Secure Tenant Access
Each tenant receives access to a dedicated, secure portal where they can view real-time data on their space, power, and energy usage — without compromising the privacy or security of other tenants.
Isolated Zones for Accurate Billing
Nlyte enables precise tracking by separating zones, cabinets, cages, and suites by tenant. This ensures accurate usage measurement and billing for each individual client.
Long-Term Forecasting & Budgeting
Generate detailed reports on power consumption trends over time to support budget planning, rebilling, and capacity forecasting — helping both providers and tenants plan for the future with confidence.
Key Features
Optimize your colocation operations by coordinating people, processes, and resources with precision. Nlyte’s workflow management tools help ensure that every task is executed efficiently and consistently.
- Improve Planning Accuracy
Automate routine processes and reduce manual errors with standardized, repeatable workflows. - Enhance Emergency Preparedness
Establish predefined chains of command and escalation paths to support rapid, coordinated responses during critical events. - Boost Operational Efficiency
Ensure the right resources are in the right place at the right time — minimizing delays and maximizing uptime.
Optimize your colocation facility’s cooling systems with real-time insights and predictive planning. Nlyte’s DCIM solution helps you maintain ideal environmental conditions while minimizing energy waste and operational risk.
- Monitor in Real Time
Track cooling performance and environmental conditions with live and historical data. - Plan with Precision
Forecast future energy and cooling demands based on usage trends and infrastructure growth. - Cut Energy Costs
Reduce power consumption by optimizing temperature settings and balancing thermal loads across the facility. - Protect Critical Equipment
Prevent overheating and avoid costly downtime or damage by proactively managing thermal risks.
Nlyte’s advanced power monitoring capabilities give colocation providers the tools to track, analyze, and optimize energy usage — ensuring reliability, reducing waste, and supporting accurate billing.
- Track and Analyze Usage
Monitor real-time power consumption and detect anomalies to support accurate chargeback and tenant transparency. - Prevent Energy Disruptions
Identify and resolve potential power issues before they impact tenant operations. - Ensure Redundancy and Resilience
Maintain uptime and meet SLA requirements by verifying power path redundancy and system health. - Eliminate Waste with V-PDU
Use Nlyte’s Virtual Power Distribution Unit (V-PDU) to pinpoint underutilized power infrastructure and reclaim stranded capacity.
Nlyte’s DCIM solution empowers colocation providers to plan with precision, ensuring optimal use of space, power, and cooling while avoiding unnecessary capital expenditures.
- Proactive Tenant Planning
Anticipate and manage tenant growth with real-time insights into capacity utilization and future needs. - Predict Infrastructure Lifespan
Accurately forecast when your data center will reach capacity limits, enabling smarter long-term planning. - Unlock Sellable Capacity
Identify underutilized space and power to increase revenue opportunities and offer premium, differentiated services to tenants. - Delay Costly Expansions
Avoid premature infrastructure investments by maximizing the use of existing resources through data-driven decision-making.
Nlyte’s DCIM platform enables colocation providers to execute migrations and consolidations with confidence, using real-time and historical data to guide every decision.
- Informed Decision-Making
Leverage high-level overviews and detailed drill-downs of capacity to plan migrations and consolidations with precision. - Forecast Space Availability
Predict potential shortages or excess capacity to optimize space utilization and avoid service disruptions. - Advanced Scenario Planning
Use historical trends and live data to simulate and plan infrastructure changes — reducing risk and ensuring smooth transitions.
Nlyte’s DCIM solution simplifies tenant billing by delivering accurate, customizable usage reports — reducing disputes and building trust through transparency.
- Precision Billing
Generate detailed, tenant-specific reports based on actual power and space usage to ensure fair and accurate invoicing. - Customizable Reporting
Tailor reports to match your billing structure, whether by cage, rack, suite, or location. - Share Operational Savings
Demonstrate the value of DCIM-driven efficiency by passing on measurable savings to tenants — enhancing satisfaction and retention. - Zoning and Segmentation
Organize infrastructure by tenant zones for clear usage tracking and simplified chargeback management.
Nlyte’s DCIM platform equips colocation providers with the tools needed to monitor, report, and maintain Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance — ensuring transparency, accountability, and customer trust.
- Comprehensive SLA Monitoring
Track key metrics like power usage, cooling performance, and uptime in real time to ensure service levels are consistently met. - Automated Compliance Reporting
Generate detailed uptime logs, performance reports, and audit-ready documentation to meet SLA and regulatory requirements. - Proactive Tenant Alerts
Automatically notify tenants when they approach predefined power or space thresholds, enabling timely action and contract adjustments.
Nlyte Connector for Salesforce.com
- Enables Colocation providers' sales organizations to seamlessly book and manage customer reservations of available resources directly from their Salesforce.com workspace.
- Nlyte's Asset Optimizer maintains a current inventory of power, space, and networking assets.
- The Salesforce.com connector allows sales teams to see availability, reserve resources, and avoid overbooking, leveraging Nlyte's capacity planning and workflow functions.
- Sales teams can now provide expansion services faster, accommodating customers' urgent needs.
