Equinix, Inc. is an American public corporation that provides all over the world inter alia data centers and internet exchanges to enable interconnection. In fact, this company is the global leading colocation data center provider by market share. The following study will be on one of its featured data centers, located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, US; of 280000 square foot size; 3 stories high with the 2nd and 3rd having the colocation space.
The
integrity of the sensitive information stored in this data center is assured by
advanced demanding security technologies such as video surveillance, unique ID
code and biometric fingers printing techniques.
But its upside down
colocation floor architecture, accentuated by the slabbed floor and the
cross connectors assuring the cooling and the power flow for instance is the
most surprising feature of this facility. Moreover, its Cooling Infrastructure
that maintains the colocation floor temperature between 68° and 72°F thanks to
its 4 Air rooms, the sensors strategically located throughout the floor, the
8750 chillers Units, the 8 Water Cooling towers, and even the heat exchangers which could use the outdoor
temperature (if around 45°F) to cool, is obviously also impressive.
What
about The Power Infrastructure? 30 MW Power Capacity,
50 MW at disposal for future use provided by the local energy company, 15
diesel Generators (12 online, and 3 in reserve) of 2.5MW power capacity each,
and even others for maintenance purpose, transformers to step down the high
voltage received from 234.5KV lines to 400mV that feeds the customers after
passing through switchers, UPS and power distribution panels. Do you want to
know the even more astonishing fact about this data center? It is an user friendly one!
