Enterprise Hosting and Colocation in a Facility You Can Trust
Your servers deserve better than a closet with a consumer-grade UPS. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. provides fully managed dedicated hosting, colocation, and hybrid cloud infrastructure from a SOC 2 Type II certified data center in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle. N+1 redundancy on power, cooling, and connectivity. Generator backup. 24/7 monitoring by engineers who have managed critical infrastructure for 30+ years. You focus on running your business while we keep your systems online, secure, and compliant.
BBB Accredited Since 2003 • Founded 2002 • 2,500+ Clients Served • Zero Breaches Among Clients Following Our Security Program
Infrastructure That Never Lets Your Business Down
Downtime costs mid-market companies an average of $5,600 per minute. Our facility is engineered to eliminate unplanned outages entirely.
N+1 Redundancy on Everything
Every critical system has a backup ready to take over instantly. Dual utility power feeds, redundant UPS systems, diesel generator with automatic transfer switch, redundant cooling units, and multiple Tier 1 internet carriers. If any single component fails, your services stay online without interruption. This is not aspirational design — it is how our data center has operated every day since we opened it.
Compliance-Ready From Day One
Our facility meets or exceeds requirements for HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2 Type II, and CMMC compliance. Physical access controls include biometric readers, mantrap entry, 24/7 video surveillance with 90-day retention, and escorted-visitor-only policies. When auditors arrive, you hand them our compliance documentation and move on with your day.
24/7/365 Monitoring and Support
Our network operations center monitors your infrastructure around the clock — every server, switch, firewall, environmental sensor, and power circuit. We do not just watch dashboards. Our engineers respond to alerts in under fifteen minutes and resolve most hardware issues on-site the same day. When something goes wrong at 2:00 a.m., you get a phone call telling you we already fixed it.
Predictable Monthly Costs
No surprise egress charges, no metered bandwidth surprises, no cloud cost overruns that triple your bill overnight. Managed hosting and colocation give you flat monthly pricing that includes power, cooling, bandwidth, and support. You know exactly what infrastructure costs every month, which makes budgeting straightforward and eliminates the cloud cost anxiety that plagues organizations who moved too fast to public cloud.
Why Raleigh-Triangle Businesses Choose Managed Hosting
Growing businesses reach a point where server closets, shared hosting, and even public cloud become obstacles instead of enablers. The server closet has no redundant power, no fire suppression, and no physical security. Shared hosting cannot handle the performance requirements of database-heavy applications or compliance mandates that require dedicated hardware. Public cloud costs spiral out of control once production workloads scale, and you lose visibility into where your data physically resides — a disqualifier for HIPAA, CMMC, and many government contract requirements.
Petronella Technology Group, Inc. built our Raleigh-area data center specifically to solve these problems for mid-market companies, healthcare practices, defense contractors, financial services firms, and technology companies across the Research Triangle. The facility provides enterprise-grade infrastructure — the same caliber that Fortune 500 companies deploy — at a price point accessible to organizations with 50 to 5,000 employees. You get dedicated physical hardware, compliance-ready security controls, redundant power and cooling, and a team of engineers who have managed critical infrastructure for over three decades.
Unlike hyperscale cloud providers where you are a ticket number routed through offshore support tiers, our clients have direct access to the same senior engineers who designed and built the facility. When you call with an urgent issue, you talk to someone who can walk to your rack and put hands on hardware within minutes. That kind of responsiveness is impossible with remote cloud providers and prohibitively expensive with large colocation facilities in Ashburn or Atlanta.
Our managed hosting model means Petronella Technology Group, Inc. handles everything: hardware procurement and lifecycle management, operating system deployment and patching, cybersecurity configuration including managed firewall, IDS/IPS, and endpoint protection, backup and disaster recovery, monitoring and alerting, and vendor management for hardware warranties and software licensing. Your IT team focuses on applications and business outcomes instead of babysitting infrastructure.
For organizations that already own server hardware and simply need a secure, reliable home for it, our colocation service provides rack space, power, cooling, bandwidth, and physical security — with optional managed services layered on top. Bring your own equipment, and we provide the environment and connectivity it needs to perform at its best. Many clients start with colocation and transition to fully managed hosting as they grow and realize the value of offloading infrastructure management entirely.
Hybrid architectures are increasingly common among our clients. A defense contractor might keep CUI-handling servers on dedicated hardware in our facility while bursting development and testing workloads to cloud environments that we also manage. A healthcare organization might host EHR databases on-premises in our data center for HIPAA compliance while running patient portal front-ends in Azure. We design, build, and manage hybrid infrastructure that spans physical and cloud environments with unified monitoring, security policies, and support.
Location matters for hosting. Our Raleigh-area data center puts your infrastructure close to your offices, your employees, and your customers across the Research Triangle, Triad, and southeastern United States. Low-latency connectivity to major internet exchange points in Ashburn and Atlanta means your applications are fast for users nationwide. And when you need on-site support, our engineers are minutes away — not hours.
Security is not an add-on at our facility. It is foundational. Physical security includes biometric access controls, mantrap entry vestibules, 24/7 video surveillance with 90-day retention, and visitor escort policies. Network security includes managed next-generation firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, DDoS mitigation, and network segmentation that isolates each client's environment. We implement the same security architecture we deploy for our managed IT and cybersecurity clients — because hosting without security is just storing your data in someone else's unsecured closet.
Compliance documentation is included with every managed hosting and colocation engagement. The facility maintains SOC 2 Type II attestation and we provide the documentation, policies, and technical controls your auditors need. For clients in regulated industries, we build hosting environments that meet specific HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC, and ITAR requirements from the start. Our team has guided over 2,500 clients through compliance requirements across healthcare, defense, finance, and government contracting. We know what auditors look for because we have sat across the table from them hundreds of times.
Disaster recovery is built into every managed hosting engagement. Automated daily backups with offsite replication, documented recovery procedures, annual DR testing, and defined RTO/RPO guarantees ensure your business can recover from hardware failure, ransomware, natural disaster, or any other disruption. We do not just back up your data — we prove recovery works by testing it regularly and providing you with the documentation to prove it to auditors and insurers.
Choosing a hosting provider is choosing a long-term technology partner. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. has been in business since 2002, has maintained BBB A+ accreditation since 2003, and has never had a security breach among clients following our security program. When you colocate or host with us, you get the stability of a firm that has operated through two decades of technology changes, economic cycles, and threat landscape evolution — combined with the agility and personal attention of a regional provider that treats every client as a priority.
Hosting and Colocation Solutions for Every Requirement
Whether you need a single dedicated server or a full private cage, we build hosting infrastructure that scales with your business.
Fully Managed Dedicated Hosting
Our flagship hosting service provides dedicated physical servers configured, deployed, and managed entirely by Petronella Technology Group, Inc.. We handle hardware selection and procurement based on your workload requirements — whether that is a database server needing high IOPS NVMe storage, an application server requiring maximum CPU cores, or a GPU-accelerated server for AI and machine learning workloads. Every server is configured with enterprise-grade components, RAID storage for data protection, and redundant power supplies connected to independent power circuits.
Management includes operating system deployment and hardening, security configuration aligned to CIS benchmarks, patch management on a defined schedule, monitoring with 15-minute response SLAs, backup configuration with daily verification, and proactive hardware lifecycle management. When a drive shows pre-failure SMART warnings, we replace it before it fails. When a server reaches end-of-life, we plan and execute migrations to new hardware with minimal downtime.
This service is ideal for organizations that need the performance and security of dedicated hardware without the overhead of maintaining an in-house infrastructure team. Monthly pricing includes hardware, power, cooling, bandwidth, management, and support. No surprises.
Colocation Services
Already own your server hardware? Our colocation service provides the environment your equipment needs to operate reliably: secure rack space in a climate-controlled facility with redundant power, cooling, and internet connectivity. Options range from a single 1U server to full cabinets and private cages for organizations that require physical isolation of their infrastructure.
Every colocation client receives cabinet-level locking with individual access credentials, dedicated power circuits with UPS and generator backup, choice of bandwidth commitment or burstable connectivity, cross-connect capability for direct connections to cloud providers or partner networks, and 24/7 remote hands support for hardware reboots, cable management, and visual inspections. You maintain full control of your operating systems and applications while we ensure the physical environment is secure, powered, cooled, and connected.
Many organizations start with colocation and add managed services over time — letting Petronella Technology Group, Inc. take over monitoring, patching, backup, and security management as they realize the value of offloading infrastructure operations to specialists.
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
The right infrastructure strategy for most organizations is not all-cloud or all-on-premises — it is a hybrid that puts each workload where it performs best at the lowest total cost. We design and manage hybrid architectures that combine dedicated hardware in our data center with cloud resources in Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Common hybrid configurations include databases and compliance-sensitive workloads on dedicated hardware with application front-ends in the cloud, production systems on dedicated servers with development and staging environments in the cloud, primary infrastructure on-premises with cloud-based disaster recovery for rapid failover, and GPU-intensive AI training in the cloud with inference servers on dedicated hardware in our facility.
We manage the entire hybrid stack with unified monitoring, consistent security policies, site-to-site VPN or direct connect networking, and a single support team that understands both environments. You get one throat to choke, not finger-pointing between cloud and hosting providers.
Managed Firewall and Network Security
Every hosted and colocated environment includes enterprise-grade network security managed by our cybersecurity team. Next-generation firewalls with deep packet inspection, intrusion detection and prevention systems that block known and zero-day threats, DDoS mitigation that absorbs volumetric and application-layer attacks, and network segmentation that isolates your environment from every other client.
Security operations include real-time threat monitoring via our SIEM platform, weekly firewall rule audits to eliminate stale or overly permissive rules, quarterly vulnerability scanning with remediation guidance, annual penetration testing by certified ethical hackers, and incident response planning with documented runbooks. Logging and alerting integrate with your existing security tools or our managed SIEM service.
For clients subject to compliance requirements, we document every security control, map it to the relevant framework (HIPAA, PCI DSS, CMMC, SOC 2), and provide the evidence packages auditors need. Security is not a checkbox — it is the foundation of every hosting environment we operate.
Compliance-Specific Hosting Environments
Regulated industries need hosting environments built for specific compliance frameworks — not generic hosting with a compliance marketing sticker. We build purpose-designed environments for HIPAA-covered entities and business associates, PCI DSS merchants and service providers, CMMC-assessed defense contractors handling CUI, SOC 2-audited technology companies, and ITAR-regulated aerospace and defense manufacturers.
Each compliance environment includes framework-specific technical controls (encryption standards, access controls, logging requirements, retention policies), documented policies and procedures, evidence collection for audit readiness, and ongoing compliance monitoring to catch drift before auditors do. We have guided more than 2,500 clients through compliance programs and know exactly what assessors expect.
If your organization needs to demonstrate where data physically resides, who has access to it, and how it is protected — our facility and our documentation provide those answers definitively.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Every managed hosting engagement includes comprehensive backup and disaster recovery. Automated daily backups with verification testing, offsite replication to a geographically separate facility, immutable backup copies that cannot be encrypted by ransomware, and documented recovery procedures with defined RTO and RPO guarantees.
We conduct annual disaster recovery testing with full documentation — including restore time measurements, data integrity verification, and gap analysis. You receive a DR test report that satisfies auditor requirements and gives your leadership team confidence that the business can survive a worst-case scenario.
For organizations that need continuous availability, we design active-active or active-passive failover architectures across our facility and cloud environments. Database replication, DNS failover, load balancing, and automated recovery scripts ensure your critical applications come back online within minutes, not hours or days.
From Assessment to Production in Weeks, Not Months
A proven methodology refined over 30+ years and 2,500+ client engagements. We get your infrastructure deployed right the first time.
Infrastructure Assessment and Design
We audit your current infrastructure, application requirements, performance baselines, compliance obligations, growth projections, and budget constraints. The deliverable is a detailed infrastructure design document specifying server configurations, network architecture, security controls, backup strategy, and disaster recovery plan. No guessing, no over-provisioning, no under-building. You approve the design before we deploy anything.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks • Deliverable: Infrastructure Design Document and Cost Proposal
Provisioning and Configuration
Hardware is procured, racked, cabled, and configured according to the approved design. Operating systems are deployed and hardened to CIS benchmarks. Firewalls, network segmentation, monitoring agents, backup clients, and security tools are configured. For colocation clients, we prepare the cabinet with power, networking, and cross-connects, then coordinate equipment delivery and installation. Every system is fully tested before data migration begins.
Timeline: 2-4 weeks • Deliverable: Fully Configured Hosting Environment
Migration and Go-Live
We execute a planned migration from your current environment to our data center, with a detailed runbook, rollback procedures, and a scheduled maintenance window that minimizes business disruption. Data is migrated over encrypted connections, applications are tested against acceptance criteria, DNS cutover is coordinated, and your team validates everything works before we close the migration window. Post-migration monitoring runs at elevated sensitivity for the first 30 days to catch any issues immediately.
Timeline: 1-2 weeks • Deliverable: Completed Migration with Validation Report
Ongoing Management and Optimization
Once in production, we continuously monitor, patch, back up, and optimize your infrastructure. Monthly reports cover uptime, performance trends, security events, backup success rates, and capacity utilization. Quarterly reviews with your team identify optimization opportunities, plan for growth, and address evolving compliance requirements. Hardware lifecycle management ensures equipment is replaced proactively before end-of-life. Your infrastructure improves continuously.
Timeline: Ongoing (monthly reports, quarterly reviews) • Deliverable: Performance Reports and Optimization Recommendations
A Data Center Backed by 30+ Years of Infrastructure Expertise
Most colocation facilities sell you rack space and bandwidth. They have no idea what runs on your servers, and they do not care. When something breaks, you are on your own. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. is fundamentally different because hosting is part of our comprehensive managed IT, cybersecurity, and cloud services practice. We understand your entire technology stack, not just the hardware in the rack.
Our team has designed, built, and managed data center infrastructure for healthcare systems, defense contractors, financial institutions, and technology companies for over three decades. We have maintained a zero-breach track record across 2,500+ clients because we treat every client's infrastructure as if it were our own. When you host with Petronella Technology Group, Inc., you get the expertise, accountability, and personal attention that large-scale colocation providers simply cannot deliver.
Craig Petronella, Founder & CEO
Licensed Digital Forensic Examiner • CMMC Certified Registered Practitioner • 30+ Years in Enterprise IT
Craig founded Petronella Technology Group, Inc. in 2002 and has personally overseen the design and operation of the company's data center infrastructure from day one. With more than 30 years of experience building enterprise IT environments for regulated industries, he ensures every hosting client receives the same infrastructure rigor and security standards that protect the firm's most sensitive government and healthcare clients.
Our Track Record
Related: Managed IT Services
Need complete IT management beyond hosting? Our managed IT services cover helpdesk, endpoint management, network administration, and strategic IT planning.
Related: Cybersecurity
Need advanced threat protection for hosted infrastructure? Our cybersecurity services include SIEM, SOC monitoring, penetration testing, and incident response.
Related: Cloud Computing
Need hybrid or multi-cloud architecture alongside dedicated hosting? Our cloud services complement on-premises infrastructure with Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud expertise.
Managed Hosting and Colocation FAQs
What is the difference between managed hosting and colocation?
Managed hosting means Petronella Technology Group, Inc. owns and manages the hardware. We procure, configure, monitor, patch, back up, and maintain the servers. You use them as a service and pay a flat monthly fee. Colocation means you own the hardware and ship it to our facility. We provide the rack space, power, cooling, bandwidth, and physical security. You manage the operating systems and applications, though you can add our managed services on top. Managed hosting is best for organizations that want to eliminate infrastructure operations entirely. Colocation is best for organizations that already own hardware and want a professional environment for it.
What uptime SLA do you offer?
Our standard SLA guarantees 99.99 percent infrastructure uptime for power, cooling, and network connectivity. This translates to less than 53 minutes of unplanned downtime per year. The SLA is backed by service credits — if we miss the target, you receive credits on your monthly invoice. Our actual uptime history exceeds the SLA because our N+1 redundancy design means individual component failures do not cause service interruptions. Scheduled maintenance windows are coordinated with clients in advance and do not count against the SLA.
Is your data center HIPAA and CMMC compliant?
Yes. Our facility maintains SOC 2 Type II attestation and meets the physical, technical, and administrative safeguard requirements for HIPAA, PCI DSS, and CMMC. We provide Business Associate Agreements for HIPAA-covered entities, and our team includes CMMC Certified Registered Practitioners who can build hosting environments specifically designed for CUI handling under DFARS 252.204-7012. We also support ITAR compliance for aerospace and defense clients who need US-person-only access controls and documented chain of custody for controlled technical data.
How does pricing work for managed hosting?
Managed hosting is billed as a flat monthly fee that includes hardware, power, cooling, bandwidth, operating system management, patching, monitoring, backup, and support. No egress charges, no metered bandwidth surprises, no hidden fees for remote hands or support tickets. Pricing is based on server configuration (CPU, RAM, storage, GPU if needed), bandwidth commitment, and the level of management services required. We provide detailed quotes after the infrastructure assessment so you know exactly what the service costs before committing. Contract terms are typically one to three years with options for month-to-month after the initial term.
Can I visit the data center and see my equipment?
Yes. Authorized client contacts can schedule visits to the facility during business hours. All visits require advance scheduling, government-issued ID verification, and escort by Petronella Technology Group, Inc. staff. We encourage prospective clients to tour the facility before signing a contract so you can see the infrastructure, meet the team, and verify that our facility meets your expectations. The data center is located in the Raleigh area with convenient access from Research Triangle Park, Durham, Chapel Hill, and surrounding communities.
How long does migration to your data center take?
From contract signing to production go-live, most migrations complete in four to eight weeks. That includes one to two weeks for infrastructure assessment and design, two to four weeks for hardware provisioning and configuration, and one to two weeks for data migration and cutover. Complex environments with multiple servers, large databases, or strict compliance requirements may take longer. We provide a detailed migration timeline during the assessment phase and coordinate maintenance windows to minimize business disruption. Emergency migrations — for example, moving out of a failing environment — can be expedited to days when necessary.
What happens if hardware fails?
For managed hosting clients, we handle hardware failure end to end. Monitoring detects the issue, often before it causes an outage through predictive analytics on SMART data, temperature sensors, and error logs. Our on-site engineers replace failed components from spare parts inventory, typically within hours. RAID storage protects against individual drive failures without data loss or downtime. For critical systems, we configure high-availability clusters that fail over automatically to standby hardware. For colocation clients, we provide remote hands support to diagnose the issue and coordinate with your team or hardware vendor for replacement. We maintain relationships with major hardware vendors for expedited warranty service.
Why choose PTG over a large colocation provider like Equinix or QTS?
Large colocation providers sell space and power. They do not know or care what runs on your servers. When you have a problem, you open a ticket and wait. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. combines hosting with full-stack IT management, cybersecurity, compliance expertise, and local support. You get a dedicated team that knows your infrastructure, your applications, your compliance requirements, and your business goals. When something goes wrong at 2:00 a.m., our engineers are on-site in minutes, not waiting for a remote hands ticket to be dispatched. For mid-market companies that need enterprise-grade infrastructure with personal attention and integrated security — not just a cage and a power drop — Petronella Technology Group, Inc. delivers what the megascale providers cannot.
Ready to Move Your Infrastructure to a Facility You Can Trust?
Stop worrying about server closets, power outages, and compliance gaps. Tour our Raleigh-area data center, meet the team that will manage your infrastructure, and see why 2,500+ organizations trust Petronella Technology Group, Inc. with their most critical systems.
BBB Accredited Since 2003 • Founded 2002 • 2,500+ Clients Served • Zero Breaches Among Clients Following Our Security Program