What is the difference between colocation center and the cloud?

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Colocation is an outsourced data center space, where you can operate your company-owned software and hardware , clouds are typically built on commercial off-the-shelf x86 based systems, which both reduces cost while enabling rapid technology.The biggest difference between colocation and the cloud lies within the ways enterprises use servers.In cloud hosting, you rent the equipment, the space and the manpower to manage it and keep it running.