Charlotte Datacenter

Facility

Space and Environmentals

• 25,000 square feet within 2 facilities.
• Loading dock and secure equipment staging area 250 sqft.
• Cement flooring (6" with water vapor barrier).
• 7.5 inch steel reinforced tilt-up concrete walls.
• Dual actuated dry-pipe fire suppression.
• Redundant HVAC / air-cooled CRAC units.
• Customizable space for specific requirements.

Security and Client Access

• Exterior and interior closed-circuit motion sensitive video surveillance.
• Electronic proximity keycard verification access.
• Biometric palm scanner verification access.
• 3 & 4 level tiered security.
• Individually locked co-location cages and cabinets.
• Passive infrared sensors above ceiling tiles.
• Client access 24 x 7 x 365
• On-site engineers 24 x 7 x 365

Power

Generators

• 2 Detroit Diesel three-phase power backup generators with a new primary Caterpillar 3516 1000kW being installed.

UPS

• Circuit electricity supplied by UPS conditioned power.
• Multiple UPS feeds utilizing latest technology PowerWare 160kVA, 225kVA, and 500kVA UPS clusters.

Utility

• Separate transformer feeds (dedicated sources of power).

Network

Internet Providers

• Time Warner
• Level 3
• AT&T
• TelCove

Internet Connectivity (Bandwidth)

• 22 Gbps of symmetrical bandwidth.
• 6 diverse entrances into the facility
• Carrier-neutral environment.
• One of the largest networks with the lowest cost of bandwidth of any colocation / hosting provider in the southeastern USA.

Carrier-Grade Equipment

• Core routers: Juniper
• Aggregation routers: Force10 TeraScale and Foundry BigIron
• Distribution routers: Foundry FastIron

Operations

Data Center Engineers

• Managed services
• Numerous network, systems, and database certifications
• Monitoring network/equipment performance 24 x 7 x 365
• 1 hour of complimentary remote hands/eyes support per colocation client each month.

Financial & Operational Advantage

• Secure and redundant facility with backup power
• Space for clients to grow their business
• Tier 1 internet connectivity from diverse providers
• Certified engineers to assist if needed.