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CenterOS Capacity Management

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Spec score 7.6 #11 of 23 in IT Capacity Management Software

What it is

CenterOS Capacity Management gives data-center teams a graphical view of racks, rooms, and resources for managing space, power, and cooling. It tracks power, cooling, space, weight, connectivity, and compute, with custom dimensions available. Rack elevations let users inspect layouts and model installations, moves, or decommissioning before work starts. Equipment templates populate vendor values such as power draw, heat output, weight, dimensions, and rack space when assets are added. Listed monitoring protocols include SNMP, Modbus, BACnet, MQTT, IPMI, and Prometheus. Estate data can be imported from spreadsheets, NetBox, Ralph, or legacy DCIM systems. Deployment choices are multi-tenant SaaS, dedicated private cloud, or sovereign on-premises operation, including air-gapped environments. CenterOS says sovereign deployments keep AI inference inside the customer boundary. Its AI can answer plain-English questions, plan capacity, and correlate incidents; human approval is required for agent proposals. Field-level audit trails record state changes as replayable events. Pricing is available on request for SaaS, private cloud, and sovereign on-premises plans.

Spec sheet

Intended users
The maker describes its SaaS deployment as suitable for colocation operators, MSPs, and enterprise teams modernizing from spreadsheets.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Support
The maker offers optional 24×7 monitoring and hands-on training, and says most teams become self-sufficient after two days of training.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Headquarters
Auckland, New ZealandRead 28 Sep 2026 · centeros.com
Founded
2006Read 28 Sep 2026 · centeros.com
AI approvals
CenterOS AI can answer plain-English questions, plan capacity, and correlate incidents, with human approval required for agent proposals.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Audit evidence
The maker says entities have field-level audit trails and state changes are recorded as replayable events.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Capacity dimensions
The platform tracks capacity across power, cooling, space, weight, connectivity, and compute, with custom dimensions also available.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Capacity view
CenterOS provides a graphical view of data center racks, rooms, and resources for managing space, power, and cooling.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Company history
CenterOS says it was established in 2006 with support from the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Data imports
The platform can import estate data from spreadsheets, NetBox, Ralph, or legacy DCIM systems.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Deployment choices
CenterOS offers multi-tenant SaaS, dedicated private cloud, and sovereign on-premises deployment, including air-gapped operation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Equipment templates
Equipment templates can populate vendor specifications such as power draw, heat output, weight, dimensions, and rack space when adding an asset.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Monitoring protocols
CenterOS lists SNMP, Modbus, BACnet, MQTT, IPMI, and Prometheus among its monitoring protocols.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Rack planning
Users can inspect rack elevations and model planned installations, moves, or decommissioning before work begins.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Security boundary
The maker says sovereign on-premises deployments run AI inference inside the customer's boundary, including in air-gapped environments.Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com

Plans and prices

Private Cloud Priced on request Contact us Dedicated single-tenant deployment · Contractual SLAs Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
SaaS Priced on request Contact us Multi-tenant cloud · CenterOS AI included Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com
Sovereign On-Premises Priced on request Contact us On-premises, including air-gapped · AI runs on your own GPUs Read 7 Oct 2026 · centeros.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Graphical rack, room, and resource views
  • Tracks seven capacity dimensions
  • Models planned equipment changes
  • Imports data from several estate sources
  • Air-gapped sovereign deployment available

Limits

  • Pricing is available only on request
  • AI proposals require human approval
  • 24×7 monitoring and training are optional

Who it suits

It suits colocation operators, managed service providers, and enterprise teams replacing spreadsheet-based capacity planning. It also fits organizations needing private, sovereign, or air-gapped deployment choices.

Verdict

CenterOS combines capacity modeling, monitoring integrations, deployment flexibility, and auditable AI-assisted planning. Its deployment options make it applicable across shared cloud and tightly controlled on-premises environments.

Where Specifiction places it

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