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You're jumping to conclusions again. But ok.
Just going to note that shit happens. Businesses operate on their own rules just like how you (probably primarily as a customer) have your own rules and thresholds yall operate on.
I didn't have a server with CC NJ but my primary vendor is now Hivelocity and for me, I just want it to as close to Manhattan as I want within the established budget.
Have I paid a premium for not going with CC? Yes. Am I willing to pay more to avoid doing business with them? Yes. Do I or CC really care that I do this? No. Is this a pain in the ass? Not really. Am I willing to pay even more for a server as long as I get what I want? Probably.
Server hosting right now is super commoditized and every single uniqueness plays a major role in an organization's success. While one organization pulls out of a market/region for X, Y, and Z reason (and the reason CC has for pulling out of NJ makes 100% sense especially since they have overlapping coverage with another facility so close by), it just makes sense on the business side. It seems this fits with Racknerd's operating parameters so they're going with it. For me, I value established relationships more, especially in such a commoditized space, so I prefer to work with vendors I already know and have relationships with (basically, BuyVM, Hivelocity, etc.).
If you, as the customer, is fine with it then cool. If it breaks your operating parameters, then just go out and find another vendor operating out of New Jersey/New York area.
Coming back around though, because CC is such a large vendor and also due to the history associated with this forum, don't be surprised that they get more scrutiny than others.
I know we have pallets of servers ready to be sold off mostly Dual E5 v1/2's as they're not really worth us renting out as much. Sure we could blast out some good deals on here for those but most got replaced with v3/4's years ago and making room for other systems.
Everyone in this industry who has a solid volume of equipment will be selling off old gear when possible. Sometimes we just give it away to recyclers minus the drives just because it's less work than trying to sell off old gear. I know other providers who just dumbster the gear because ebay etc is not worth the hassle.
It also makes sense to leave if their prices have gone up that high being a budget provider.
@Francisco @HalfEatenPie
In other words, just as I said "what's all the fuss about?"
Answer: to a large degree it's about CC being CC.
What's the other alternative? Pricing increasing 250%?
Bad news! It seems VirMach opened the Migration Door to Hell
Nah, LET sees things through a very small looking glass. Everyone is going through major data center price increases as contracts are expiring.
There's going to be some major shifts and major collapse from low margin providers that don't bring anything unique to the table to be able to cope with heavy cost increases and continue to compete.
This is just the nature of the business, sadly. Colo providers often think the cost of migration is too expensive and frequently dare customers to move by making unreasonable demands (could be pricing, terms, or other stuff). As @MrRadic said, there's going to be a lot of this over the next few years as colo providers try to flex.
I don't think it's flexing. At least two of the facilities we're in are either at or close to power capacity while not even utilizing half of the physical space. They're scrambling to figure things out.
QTS Piscataway is one of those facilities, there I believe that CC is leaving. We just signed with a pretty hefty increase as well, not quite 250% though.