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Palo Alto (SV8) Data Center



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Data Center Building Specs

Building Specs

Equinix has three data centers in the San Francisco Bay Area offering colocation, interconnection and PAIX services. Equinix’s Palo Alto data center is distinguished as the pre-eminent Internet exchange point in North America. The PAIX peering fabric is well known in the Internet community primarily for the density of networks that connect to it and because of the policies applied to it to ensure integrity of data exchange. Palo Alto is interconnected to both the Sunnyvale and San Jose colocation and peering data centers via the Equinix MetroPAIX fabric.

  
Square Feet45,319
Floor Load100 pounds per square foot
ElevatorsLarge passenger elevator; capacity at 4,000 pounds
Ceiling HeightThirteen feet above floor
Roof RightsRoof rights available
Line of SiteClear line of sight to the north, south, and east
NPA-NXX650-752
FiberFour diverse fiber entry points
Fiber ConduitsTwelve 4-inch conduits
Fiber InnerductsForty-eight innerducts, four 1-inch innerducts/conduit
KVM Cart KVM cart available upon request
Product AvailabilityCage Space available; Cabinets Available; UPS Power Available; DC Power Available; Standard Cross
Connects --- DS0, DS1, DS3, Ethernet, Fiber; Metro Cross Connects --- Ethernet, GigE, and 10GigE
(access to Sunnyvale); PAIX Ports- Port speeds from: 100mbps, GigE, to 10GigE and bonded 10GigE;
TechSmart (remote hands): 24/7/365 Technical Support
  
Data Center Environmental Controlsl
  

Environmental Controls

  
Fire SupressionPre-Action double interlock fire suppression system; Dual zoned smoke and heat fire alarm detection
system; Dry Pipe water based system; Cross zone releasing function (three events must occur for full
release)
HVAC 2554 KW of Heat Rejection Capacity; System is deployed as N+1; A/C units maintain a climate of 70
degrees (+/- 5) and 30-60% humidity, (SLA Statement)
Alarm Monitoring All essential equipment is tied into Falcon Alarm System (UPS, DC plant, PMM’s, BDCBB’s, ATS’s,
Generators, Diesel Tanks, TVSS, Fire system); Operations Alarm Management (OAM) Group Monitors
facility falcon units 24/7/365; Alarming is a dry contact system set to normally closed
SeismicSeismic Zone 4 with importance factor in excess of 1.25; Concrete tilt-up with steel column construction;
Steel seismic bracing; All cabinets and racks are installed with seismic bracing; All mechanical, electrical,
HVAC systems are seismically braced including ductwork, piping, conduits and CRAC units
Data Center Power Systems
  

Power Systems

  
Power Density 2.4KW Max (utilization)
UPS System1140 KW UPS System; System is deployed as N + 1; UPS Battery backup systems are deployed to carry
full design load for 15 minutes; UPS distribution systems support 1140 KW primary with 30% additional
for redundant circuits
DC Plant442 KW DC System; System is deployed as 2N with dedicated A&B plants; DC Battery backup system
are designed and deployed to carry full load for 2 hours per each plant; DC distribution systems support
442 KW primary with 30% additional for redundant circuits
Standby Generator 3000 KW generator systems; System is deployed as N; Dedicated fuel system designed and deployed to
sustain continuous operation at full design load for 24 hours
  
Data Center Power Systems
  

Security Systems

  
Security SystemsCard access control at all secure areas/doors; Surveillance cameras at strategic locations, exterior and
interior CCTV coverage; 24/7 on site security personnel; 24/7 Corporate security surveillance; Speaker
and Phone system installed throughout facility for correspondence with local and remote security
personnel; 30 days of on-site video back-up
Data Center Connectivity
  

Connectivity

  
Public PeeringThis location offers Equinix PAIX and MetroPAIX services
  
Equinix MMR AboveNet
AT&T (SBC, TCG, ENS, BNS)
Bell Nexia
Broadwing
Comcast IP Services
China Telecom
Chungwha Telecom
Cogent Communications
Cox Communications
DACOM
Earthlink
Equant Hong Kong
Fiber Direct
Fiber Internet Center
Flag Telecom
Frontier Communications
Global Crossing
Hopone
Hurricane Electric
ICG Telecom Group
Integra
Internap
IP Networks
IPJ America Japan Telecom
Juniper Hosting
KDDI
Korea Telecom
Level 3 (LGN, Looking Glass)
Limelight Networks
Megapath
MSN/hotmail
Navisite
Neopolitan Networks
NextWeb / Covad
NLayer
NTT / Verio
Qwest
Primus
RCN
Reach Services
Reliance Globalcom (Yipes)
Savvis
Shaw Comm (Big Pipe)
SingleCNXT
SK Broadband (Hanaro)
Speakeasy
Sprint
Swisscom
Tata Communications
Telecom Italia
Telecom Malaysia
Telecom New Zealand
Telefonica
Telus
TCG
TDS Telecom
Time Warner Telecom
Tiscali
UUNet Technoligies
Verizon (MCI)
Vianet
VSNL
WV Fiber
Xmission
XO Communications