How to Migrate Your Infrastructure to Colocation

Most infrastructure migrations to colocation take 8–12 weeks from kickoff to production cutover. This guide covers every phase: pre-migration audit, facility selection, physical move planning, cutover strategy, and post-migration validation.

12-Week Migration Timeline

1. Weeks 1–2: Pre-Migration Audit — inventory all hardware, map dependencies, classify workloads by risk
2. Weeks 3–4: Facility Selection — RFP, site visits, contract signature
3. Weeks 5–6: Physical Planning — cage layout, cross-connects, shipping coordination
4. Weeks 7–8: Staging and Prep — pre-rack equipment, label cables, build documentation
5. Week 9: Low-Risk Workload Migration — dev, test, and non-critical workloads first
6. Week 10: Production Prep — finalize cutover runbook, confirm rollback procedures
7. Week 11: Production Cutover — maintenance window, DNS and IP transfers
8. Week 12: Post-Migration Validation — connectivity validation, performance baseline, monitoring

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