Data Center Migration in Helsinki

Digita Helsinki Pasila Broadcasting Tower stands on Radiokatu in Helsinki. A migration into, out of or within a Helsinki facility is a physical project with a defined start, a defined finish and a long list of dependencies in between: racks to be cleared, cabling to be traced, circuits to be ready at the destination and equipment that has to come back up in a known order. Reboot Monkey treats it as exactly that, a managed project rather than a series of loose tasks.

Server migration, in Reboot Monkey's definition, means moving equipment between racks, rooms or facilities. The work is carried out by Reboot Monkey engineers inside the customer's facility, under the site rules of the operator that owns and runs the building. Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator, not a hosting company and not a datacenter owner, so the migration is planned around the equipment and the destination you choose, with no hosting platform to move you onto.

Data centres in Helsinki, ordered by the number of networks present:

A migration is delivered as a sequence of physical steps, and Reboot Monkey scopes each one with you before work starts. The sequence below is the usual shape of a project, adjusted to the equipment and the facilities involved.

The first step is the survey of what is installed: the servers, switches, storage and cabling in the source racks, and the space, power connections and network circuits waiting at the destination. The second step is the move plan, which fixes the order in which equipment is taken offline, moved and brought back up, and which names the Reboot Monkey engineer for the job together with a second, briefed engineer as backup for the site.

On the day of the move, engineers label and disconnect equipment, mount it in its new rack and patch the cabling. Where the destination needs new connectivity, Reboot Monkey orders the cross connects and carrier circuits from the facility operator and the carriers present in the facility, and engineers install and patch the cabling in your rack. Once the equipment is cabled, it is powered up and tested, and the project closes when the new setup is confirmed against the plan agreed at the start.

The division of labour in a migration is rarely the same twice. Some customers want a single party to run the whole physical move. Others keep their own systems staff on the disconnect and test steps and use Reboot Monkey for the lifting, mounting and cabling. Both models are available, and who disconnects, reconnects and tests the equipment is agreed per project, in writing, before anything is unplugged. For the buyer this means access, escorts and working procedures are settled up front as part of the plan. Reboot Monkey engineers are not limited to Helsinki. As of 2026, Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations, so a migration that starts in Helsinki and ends in another country can be handled under one project plan, with engineers working at both ends. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.

These terms apply in every facility in Helsinki where Reboot Monkey engineers work.

The data centres we work in hold their own certifications, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001. Ask us for the certificate of your site.

A migration usually changes what the destination needs: new racks, new circuits or new cabling. Customers who are moving into a new Helsinki footprint can arrange the space itself through Reboot Monkey, including Colocation in Helsinki, and the equipment is then moved straight into racks that are ready for it. Retired equipment left behind at the source can be handled through data center decommissioning and IT asset disposition, which cover removal, data wiping, collection and transport.

After the move, hardware monitoring by the Reboot Monkey NOC covers your servers and network equipment at the new location, and remote hands and smart hands engineers handle physical tasks and technical work on request once the migration is complete.