# How to Safeguard Your Business in a Digital First World with Data Holdings

Jul 14

Written By [Data Holdings](/content/blog?author=673f7169d1524a288f592ff6/index.html)

## **How to Safeguard Your Business in a Digital First World with Data Holdings**

#### As businesses continue to embrace digital transformation, protecting the **infrastructure that runs your applications** is more critical than ever. Cyber threats, data breaches, and operational disruptions are real, yet what keeps you online is the foundation underneath: **power, cooling, connectivity, physical security, and audited facility compliance**.

**Data Holdings** is a Wisconsin data center that provides **secure, redundant, and compliant colocation space**. We supply the **facility-level controls and reliability that** your team and service providers rely on to implement their own security and resiliency strategies.

### **Best Practices to Consider (and How Our Facility Supports Them)**

> The safeguards below are recommendations for your organization to implement. Data Holdings supplies the **environment** that enables these practices.

1. **Adopt multi-layered security controls**  
   Your IT and security teams should deploy tools such as firewalls, encryption, MFA, and continuous monitoring. **Our role:** provide a **physically secure environment**, with 24/7 on-site staffing, multi-factor access controls, video surveillance, visitor logging, and maintain **facility compliance** (SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NDAA) to support your governance needs.

2. **Design for power and network redundancy**  
   Your architecture should tolerate failures. **Our role:** deliver **Tier IV power** with **three UPS systems per power room** (22-minute capacity) and **indoor backup generators** that assume full load in 18 seconds. We operate a **carrier-neutral meet-me room** with **fiber from every regional carrier and on-site POPs** to support diverse, redundant network paths.

3. **Establish backup and recovery objectives (RTO/RPO)**  
   Your team should run backup, replication, and recovery workflows. **Our role:** provide **geographically stable Milwaukee colocation** with the space, power, and connectivity to host secondary equipment and interconnect to offsite targets.

4. **Meet regulatory and audit requirements.**  
   Your organization remains responsible for compliance with industry regulations. **Our role:** maintain **facility-level certifications and controls,** and furnish documentation that helps your auditors verify the physical and environmental safeguards of your colocated footprint.

5. **Plan for growth without re-platforming**  
   Your roadmap should anticipate higher densities and capacity. **Our role:** deliver **scalable colocation** with additional cabinets, higher power per rack, and structured pathways so you can expand on demand without building your own data center.

6. **Operate with continuous visibility.**  
   Your teams should monitor systems, networks, and applications. **Our role:** provide **continuous facility monitoring** of power, cooling, and environment, with staffed response for facility events and clear communications so your teams can act quickly.

### **Why Choose Data Holdings for Colocation**

- **Tier IV power** with triple UPS architecture and **indoor generators** for secure, reliable starts and easier maintenance
- **22 minutes of UPS capacity** versus an 18-second  generator transfer window  for significant power continuity margin
- **Carrier-neutral connectivity** with **every regional carrier on site** and multiple points of presence
- **Closed-loop zero water chilling** and **LEED Gold** building for efficiency and sustainability
- **Very Early Smoke Detection (VESDA)** for pre-incident detection and protection
- Documented **facility compliance**: SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NDAA
- Proven **uptime and resilience** so your teams can focus on operating the stack

### **House Your Infrastructure Where Reliability Is Built In**  
Choose a partner that focuses on what matters most for colocation: **facility reliability, physical security, connectivity, and compliance**.

📞 **Contact us today** to [schedule a tour](/content/book-a-tour/index.html) or [consultation](/content/get-a-quote/index.html) and discover how our colocation services can save you money, secure your data, and prepare your business for what’s next. **Proactive Strategies That Protect Your Operations, Data, and Reputation**

**Let’s discuss how we can help your business stay secure and resilient.**