American Internet Services' West San Diego data center is located on 9725 Scranton Road in the Tech Center
Many colocation companies claim to have state-of-the-art facilities. No short cuts were taken in building the 10 million dollar, 25,000 square foot facility located in the heart of Sorrento Valley Tech Center. An additional 5 million of upgrades was put into the network infrastructure. The San Diego data center is best in class and equal to or better than other facilities.
Security
- Camera with remote door release at all facility entrances - only authorized personnel are allowed to enter
- Biometric palm scanners at man trap entrance
- Card access control at all interior doors
- 24/7/365 on-site security staff
- 24/7/365 intrusion detection monitoring
- Digital surveillance cameras with 30 days storage on all main data center areas
- All customer equipment is registered and can only be removed by authorized personnel
DC Power Systems
- N+1 redundancy in all systems
- Two 3000 amp units, -48 volt DC Power
- Dual DC plants with redundant "A" and "B" circuits provided to POP, Meet me Room and colocation areas
- AGM batteries providing backup power
AC Power Systems
- N+1 redundancy in all systems
- 4 Powerware 500KW Parallel redundant UPSs utilizing Hot Sync® technology
- Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid (VRLA) batteries providing a minimum of 15 minutes backup at full load
- Dual AC power available for POP, Meet me Room and colocation areas
- 4000 amps of 480 Volt AC Power Conditioners, stepping down to 208/120 Volts for customer use at 225 Amp Remote Panels
Generator
- Two Megawatt Caterpillar Generator sized to run entire site at full load for a minimum of 30 hours without refueling, hot refuel capability
- Dual Automatic Transfer breakers and bypass/isolation switches provide N+1 redundancy for dual source power capability
- 24 x 7 maintenance contract
- Electrical connections for roll-up generator and load banks
Environment
- Full data-grade HVAC system with N+1 redundancy
- Triple, redundant 290 ton Trane chillers with redundant pumps
- 72 degree ambient air temperature (+/-2 degrees)
- 45% humidity (+/-5%)
- 870 tons of computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units , (2) 40 ton CRAC units, (8) 30 ton CRAC units, (2) 11 ton CRAC units and (10) 21 ton CRAC units
- New Tridium state-of-the-art software system for monitoring Chiller plant status
Fire Protection
- Dry-pipe, pre-action double interlock fire suppression system
- Both smoke and high temperature heat detectors
- Zone specific discharge
- Early warning VESDA fire detection systems
Monitoring
- DataTrax facility monitoring of Power, HVAC, Security, Fire, Leak Detection and Hydrogen Detection Systems
- Network monitoring by NMS which monitors all network and customer connections
- Systems is monitored on-site 24/7/365
Racks, Cabinets & Cages
- 24"W x 37"D x 84"H locking colocation cabinets with 19" mounting rails
- 24"W x 37"D x 105"H locking colocation cabinets with 19" mounting rails
- 30"W x 37"D x 84"H locking colocation cabinets with 23" mounting rails
- Quarter, third and half cabinets with 19" mounting rails
- Open 19" and 23" racks in POP and Meet Me Room
- 10' x 12' locking chain link cage space (120 square feet)
- Custom cages built to customers specifications
- Private space / larger square footage plans available
