Colocation refers to the accommodation of one's own server technology in an externally operated data center. The responsibility for operation and administration remains with the University Hospital of Cologne, while infrastructure such as power, cooling, and access is provided by the supplier. The conclusion is intended in the form of a framework agreement. Individual call-offs within the framework agreement are made between the University Hospital and the respective framework contract partner based on a mutually agreed EVB-IT contract and the conditions offered by the framework contract partner regarding this framework agreement.

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RZ Colocation.
To ensure the competitiveness of the research site in Cologne, the performance capability of the IT departments must be maintained and expanded. In particular, computationally intensive research and teaching are working with new image recognition systems, artificial intelligence, and language models. These have significant growth potential, necessitating short-term expansions of the underlying IT systems. For this reason, the present tender regarding a framework agreement for the provision of data center space as colocation is being conducted. The conclusion is intended in the form of a framework agreement. Individual call-offs within the framework agreement are made between the respective University Hospital and the respective framework contract partner based on a mutually agreed EVB-IT contract and the conditions offered by the framework contract partner regarding this framework agreement.