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Regional Internet utilizes multiple Tier 1
(and above) datacenter facilities throughout the USA. These facilities
currently include:
- San Diego, CA (CAS) -
This Facility is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. HVAC advanced
airflow monitoring systems ensure proper temperature and humidity levels
are maintained around the clock. Redundant Liebert conditioning units are
found throughout the facility. Dual power generators are maintained for
maximum uptime. These generators feed multiple UPS systems that provide
uninterrupted power to the floor. Power distribution is handled by redundant
Power Distribution nodes throughout the floor. This power system can sustain
operation for up to 2 full weeks at maximum load without power from the
primary San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) grid. On the main floor, CO2 Gas
Powered Fire Suppression systems are used, while in high voltage areas
FM200 systems provide protection from fire. The Network Core is a high
security area housing 10 Tier 1 Fiber connections, and 6 core Cisco routers.
From this room Internet connectivity is fed redundantly to the different
segments of the provider network. This facility is the single most fiber
connected building in San Diego.
- Dallas, TX (TXD) -
Network connectivity in Dallas includes 20 gigs of connectivity to
providers, including Level3 - terminating on diverse fiber paths
to the Infomart on Stemmons and also to 2323 Bryan at TELX. This
diverse connectivity puts the facility ahead of much of the
competition that still relies on single building locations for
network termination.
- Cedar Falls, IA (IAC) -
The Cedar Falls (IA) data center is in a remote geographical region free of
earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes. The facility is over 500 feet above
any flood level, located in a low population concentration area, and over
250+ miles from any major city or airport. The hardened structure, made
with 2-foot cast concrete walls with dual reinforced rebar (and a rubber
membrane to protect it from water sources) is rated to withstand F4
tornadoes. The facility blends into the surrounding buildings in the
office complex - and has no distinguishing features to identify it as an
Enterprise Data Center. The underground design of the data center is for
additional safety. Redundant 400-ton Liebert air handlers provide
enterprise level cooling and fresh air distribution throughout the
data center. In the event of a F4 Tornado, the upper story of the
building is designed to collapse. If that does not happen, the energy
will blow out the building including the internal walls that are the
support structure for the top level. In order to protect the underground
area from the collapse of the ground floor level, the ceiling of the data
center is a concrete court deck that features layers of rubber and fleet.
The Cedar Falls data center is a true underground bunker protecting your
managed hosting and is considered one of the Top 10 safest data center
locations worldwide. The data center was designed with N+1 power
redundancy, which means not only all the power subsystems have automatic
failover, but a 3rd unit is kept onsite as a cold spare. Cabling, fiber
optics, and power are all run overhead, utilizing best practices in a
telecom system data center. The facility is fed by dark fiber directly
to Level 3 in Des Moines, Iowa. From Des Moines, Level 3 provides a
virtual E-WAN service to the Equinix building in Chicago. This virtual
E-WAN service allows direct connectivity to the bandwidth provider,
Hurricane Electric. The network is also fully redundant, featuring
divergent paths that never exceed over 50% network utilization to the
Internet. Divergent paths include dark fiber, OC-48 Sonet Connections,
and multiple high speed connections to different providers. Dual 500kw
UPS units act as backup power in the event of a primary power failure.
These units also have the N+1 method applied with a cold stand-by
available in the event of failure. UPS units are automatically configured
to switch over to diesel generators if more than their 120 minute
availability is needed. This data center has been rated to have less than
a 1% chance of complete power failure in a 20 Year period. The Cedar
Falls data center is equipped with two 750 KVA diesel generators that
have the ability to be up and running in less than 15 seconds. Contracts
with 4 local fuel companies allow for an unlimited amount of fuel to run
these generators, indefinitely if needed. 1000 Gallons of diesel fuel is
maintained inside the generators. Dual FM-200 gas and "Very Early Smoke
Detection" (VESD) systems are utilized inside the facility.
- Kansas City, MO (MOK) -
This facility is located on the top floor of a Kansas City high-rise.
Access is secured by key, keycard, pin and biometric security access, with each entrance
to the site - and the elevator lobby - having multiple cameras.
Primary power comes from utility power supplied by Kansas City Power & Light. Designated
a critical infrastructure building, Kansas City Power & Light provides three power feeds
to the facility. These feeds are connected in parallel and each draws from a different
independent power grid. Secondary and temporary power to the data center is supplied by
UPS battery systems. In addition, a separate UPS system maintains all critical networking
infrastructure. Third and final backup power comes from a 400 kilowatt diesel generator.
Fuel access points on the ground level of the building allow refueling of the generator tanks
at any time. The generator can be run indefinitely to supply power to the facility. Due to the
multiple power grids coming into the building, the facility has never lost utility power.
However, in the event of loss of utility power, the automatic transfer switch moves the power
source from utility to diesel generator. The UPS systems supply temporary power during the time
required for the generator to fire up.
- Atlanta, GA (GAA) -
The Atlanta facility is dual fed from the power grid and protected though multiple
redundant N+1 paralleled
generator and ups power systems. Each UPS is configured with an additional full wrap-around
bypass for extra redundancy (we are able to take the system offline for any type of internal
maintenance without dropping power to the facility). All the power systems are monitored
by a state of the art computerized building management system.
The generators have day tanks fed from redundant pumps from a 12,000 gallon reserve tank.
The system is powered by state of the art by Cummins turbocharged generators and digital
fuel management system by Simplex and Veeder-Root. The facility has enough onsite fuel
to run for several days without refueling.
Sitting on one of AGL's main fiber backbones, the Atlanta facility operates with multiple
10 G Ethernet connections back to key communications centers in Atlanta.
- Edison, NJ (NJE) -
The Edison facility is connected to redundant OC48 SONET backbones, has
redundant HVAC systems, UPS power backup, a backup power generator and
24x7x365 on-site security.
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