The arrangement allows Cox Business customers to move its equipment such as computer servers to Perimeter Technology's data centers in Oklahoma City or Tulsa.

“The common thread is that customers that chose our data centers are doing so because some or all of their IT infrastructure have to be up all the time or it costs them money,” Perimeter spokesman Russ Koch said.

Perimeter guarantees the equipment it houses will be available 99.999 percent of the time, Koch said.

“Downtime can be very expensive for the customers,” he said.

The deal allows Cox representatives to offer Perimeter's services to its customers, and benefits Perimeter by extending its sales reach, Koch said.

Randy Chandler, vice president of Cox Business for Oklahoma, said the partnership also will benefit Cox customers.

“We can provide high-quality collocation services in a secure facility that offers dual-route diversity using one or both of the Perimeter Technology locations for high levels of service redundancy and diversity in the event of a disaster,” Chandler said.