AIS (American Internet Services)
AIS is San Diego's carrier-neutral premier facility/datacenter with 25,000 square foot. AIS has been in the business for 15 years and is the privately held ISP in San Diego. Since AIS moved into their new $15 million dollar datacenter, they have provided 100% uptime on the network (excluding prescheduled maintenance and upgrades during normal service window).
Primary Power
- Fully Redundant 480-volt 4000 AMP Main Power
Emergency Power (Diagram)
- Fully Redundant 500KW UPS System
- Fully Redundant 2,400 AMP, 48V, positive ground DC Telco Power Plant
- Fully Redundant Emergency System Busses (MSB/ESB)
- 2 Megawatt Diesel Generator system with 3500 gallons of fuel
Environmental Control
- Three Fully Redundant 180-ton datacenter specific closed loop Chiller Systems.
- Fully Redundant Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units
- Very Early Warning Aspirating Smoke Detection System (VESDA)
- Each of 30 CRAC units has its own detection monitor that is also connected to the VESDA system.
- Pre-Action Dry Pipe Fire Suppression
Network (Diagram)
- 7 different carriers including Level 3, Cox, UUNet, Qwest, Yipes, Wiltel, and DBO.
- Fully redundant BGP4 fault-tolerant network routing
- 60 Gbps redundant Cisco 12000 Backbone Routers
- 720 Gbps redundant Cisco 6500 Switches
Security
- Biometric hand scanners
- Electronic card control systems
- Hi-resolution motion sensitive digital video surveillance systems
- 24-hour On-site personnel
Carrier Center LA
Carrier Center LA is one of America's premiere telecom hotels. With 68,000 square feet per each of the 7 floors, Carrier Center LA provides unmatched network redundancy. Carrier Center Los Angeles is located at the corner of Seventh Street and Grand Ave., which is in the heart of the Telecom district proximate to One Wilshire in Downtown Los Angeles. Carrier Center - LA, one of Southern California's premiere telecom hotels boasting superior infrastructure which includes roof-top space and two full redundant risers available for conduit to the grounding facilities in the basement.
Primary Power
- Central bus duct provides 100 amps, at 480v-3 phase, for every 1,000 rentable square foot
- Bus Ducts installed for maximum electric distribution load of 50,000 amps of electricity on diversified routes
- The largest private electrical service vault in Southern California
Emergency Power (More Information)
- Fully Redundant UPS System
- Fully Redundant Emergency System Busses (MSB/ESB)
- Indoor generator farm with 17-1500KW Diesel Generator system with 80,000 gallons of fuel
Environmental Control
- Three Fully Redundant datacenter-specific closed-loop Chiller Systems.
- Fully Redundant Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units
- Very Early Warning Aspirating Smoke Detection System (VESDA)
- Pre-Action Dry Pipe Fire Suppression
- 48 hours of emergency water backup
Network
- 4 different carriers including MCI, Savvis, AT&T and Sprint, 2 different carriers including Xeex and XO, or one carrier which is Mzima
- Fully redundant BGP4 fault-tolerant network routing
- Fully redundant Cisco 12012 GSR Backbone Routers
- Fully redundant Cisco 6500 Switches
Security
- Biometric hand scanners
- Electronic card control systems to all doors and cages
- Hi-resolution motion sensitive digital video surveillance systems
- 24-hour On-site personnel
