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Smart Hands in Houston
Smart hands in Houston is technical work in your racks that needs diagnostic judgement and configuration knowledge. Reboot Monkey engineers are dispatched to the customer's facility and work under the operator's site rules, giving you on-site IT support in Houston data centers without a local hire.
In Smart Hands
- Smart Hands
- Colocation
- Data Center Decommissioning
- Rack and Stack
- Remote Hands
- Server Migration
- Data Center Migrationon request
- ITADon request
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Smart Hands in Houston
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Smart hands is the part of datacenter support that goes beyond following an instruction. Remote hands carries out physical tasks you specify, such as reboots, cable checks and component swaps. Smart hands covers the work that needs an engineer to diagnose a fault, make a decision and apply a configuration. Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator: it works inside facilities that other companies own and run, and it is not a hosting company.
Datacenter Facilities in Houston
Data centres in Houston, ordered by the number of networks present:
- Databank Houston West (HOU1) (HOU2) (DataBank, Ltd.), 5150 & 5170 Westway Park Blvd, Houston 77041: 37 networks; carriers AT&T US, Arelion and FiberLight LLC
- Netrality Houston - 1301 Fannin (Netrality Data Centers), 1301 Fannin - Netrality Data Center Meet Me Room, 1301 Fannin Street, Houston 77002: 30 networks; carriers AT&T US and Arelion
- Digital Realty HOU (12001 North Freeway), 12001 North Freeway, Houston 77060: 14 networks
- Data Foundry Houston 2 (Data Foundry, Inc.), 660 Greens Pkwy, Houston 77067: 12 networks; carriers Arelion and FiberLight LLC
- FIBERTOWN Houston Data Center, 12031 North Fwy, Houston TX 77060-1702: 11 networks; carriers FiberLight LLC and MIDnet
- Databank Houston Galleria (HOU5) (DataBank, Ltd.), 4201 Southwest Freeway, Houston 77027: 8 networks; carriers AT&T US and FiberLight LLC
- Quasar Data Center, 1001 Texas Ave, Houston 77002: 7 networks
- Consolidated - 811 Louisiana (Consolidated Communications, Inc.), 811 Louisiana St, Houston 77002: 4 networks
- Equinix HO1 - Houston (Equinix, Inc.), 1515 Aldine Meadows Road, Houston 77032: 4 networks; carriers AT&T US
- INAP Houston (INAP Holding LLC), 1301 Fannin St., Houston 77002: 4 networks; carriers FiberLight LLC
Our Smart Hands Services
A smart hands request starts with a description of the fault or the change you need. Reboot Monkey engineers are dispatched to your facility in Houston, assess the equipment on site and carry out the work against that description. Where the task touches connectivity, Reboot Monkey orders the cross connects and carrier circuits from the facility operator and the carriers present in the facility, and its engineers install and patch the cabling in your rack.
Scope in Houston covers the following kinds of work:
- Fault diagnosis on servers and network equipment that cannot be resolved by a simple reboot or part swap
- Configuration work carried out on the instruction of your own team
- Cabling and patching in your rack, including cross connects ordered through the operator
- Fibre inspection with a scope and cleaning kit, available on request
- Escalation to the Reboot Monkey NOC when hardware monitoring is part of your setup
Why Reboot Monkey
Smart hands work depends on someone who already knows your environment. A second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup for every customer site, so a visit does not depend on a single person being available. The same engineers handle the physical work and the connectivity around it, which keeps a diagnosis and its fix in one conversation instead of passing between vendors. As of 2026, Reboot Monkey's field engineers work in 190 countries and more than 400 locations. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job.
How Reboot Monkey Works
These terms apply in every facility in Houston where Reboot Monkey engineers work.
- Response: 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA, and a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. The incident response SLA covers incidents and unplanned requests; on-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
- Monitoring: 24/7 NOC monitoring across all facilities, covering IPMI, iDRAC, SNMP, temperature, power, network signals.
- Hardware: vendor-neutral technicians for Dell, HP, Cisco, Juniper and Arista equipment.
- Independence: independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff).
- One agreement: single provider across cities, so a customer in several cities needs only one agreement.
- Service levels and terms: https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/solutions/sla
- Published case study: a major ICT provider engaged Reboot Monkey for three full infrastructure rollouts in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, with the hardware installed the same day at every site. Read the case study at https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/resources/case-study/how-we-completed-3-full-deployments-across-pakistan
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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.
Smart Hands in Other Cities in United States
If your estate spans more than one US market, the same smart hands service is available in other cities: [Smart Hands in Ashburn](/en/united-states/ashburn/smart-hands/), [Smart Hands in Chicago](/en/united-states/chicago/smart-hands/), [Smart Hands in Dallas](/en/united-states/dallas/smart-hands/), [Smart Hands in Denver](/en/united-states/denver/smart-hands/), [Smart Hands in Los Angeles](/en/united-states/los-angeles/smart-hands/) and [Smart Hands in Miami](/en/united-states/miami/smart-hands/). Running one request process across sites means the same briefing and the same way of working apply wherever the hardware sits.
Related Services
Smart hands often sits next to other physical work. If you only need routine physical tasks done on your instruction, [Remote Hands in Houston](/en/united-states/houston/remote-hands/) covers reboots, cable checks and component swaps. New equipment is installed through [Rack and Stack in Houston](/en/united-states/houston/rack-and-stack/), and moving equipment between racks, rooms or facilities is handled through [Server Migration in Houston](/en/united-states/houston/server-migration/). If you are still choosing where to place hardware, see [Colocation in Houston](/en/united-states/houston/colocation/). When equipment reaches the end of its life, [Data Center Decommissioning in Houston](/en/united-states/houston/data-center-decommissioning/) removes and disposes of the retired hardware.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does smart hands cover in Houston?
Smart hands covers technical work that needs diagnostic judgement and configuration knowledge, as opposed to physical tasks done on instruction. In Houston, Reboot Monkey engineers diagnose faults on servers and network equipment, apply configuration changes your team specifies, and install and patch cabling in your rack. Fibre inspection tools are available on request.
Do you provide on-site IT support in Houston data centers?
Yes. You describe the fault or the change, the engineer assesses the equipment on site and carries out the work, and a second briefed engineer is named as backup for your site. Prices are quoted on request.
Do you work in every datacenter in Houston?
Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Houston where the customer has equipment and access, under the operator's own access and safety rules. The customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list before the first visit.
How fast can Reboot Monkey respond in Houston?
Incidents and unplanned requests are handled under a 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA. There is also a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. On-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
How is Reboot Monkey different from the facility operator's own staff?
Facility operators' own technicians work for the building. Reboot Monkey engineers work for the customer: they are independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff), follow the customer's instructions, and the same team can cover several buildings in the city under one agreement.
How do I get started with smart hands in Houston?
Send the site, the equipment and the task through the contact form. Reboot Monkey replies with a quote and an engineer plan for that facility. Once agreed, the customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list and the smart hands work is scheduled under the operator's rules.
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