Cyxtera’s Sterling data center located at 21110 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA 20166 is designed to meet the stringent demands of enterprise customers. Cyxtera provides a full suite of hosting services through the Sterling data center from simple colocation to fully managed IT infrastructure hosting.
The Sterling data center is a Tier III infrastructure that offers half and full cabinet colocation, locked cabinet colocation, full or half cage colocation space of 10 x 10 feet or 5 x 10 feet respectively, and custom caged space colocation. The data center provides 42,000 square feet of total space including raised floor space. The data center is SAS 70 Type II certified, and PCI DSS compliant facility. The onsite security personnel monitor the hosting facilities 24 x 7 x 365 via the indoor and outdoor video surveillance. The data center security desk manages access to the facility, and biometric palm scanners and card key authentication is required to access the data center floor. The fire suppression system and seismic engineering capabilities protect systems and data from natural and man-made catastrophes.
The data center has multiple levels of electrical and mechanical redundancy protecting the power load during any event, and offers 100% SLA on power. The data center is a N+1 power design, and a total of 4.3 MW of power is fed to the facility. The Cyxtera data center delivers clean, continuous power to critical systems, with power densities up to 225 watts per square feet, and 120V or 208V AC circuit types at 20A and 30A. Alternate and redundant power circuits on diverse PDUs are provided to the customer’s equipment with NEMA and custom receptacles available. Power failure is protected by redundant UPS systems in N+1 configuration with a battery bank, with automatic transfer to standby diesel generators in the event there is a loss of utility power. A sophisticated HVAC system effectively moderates the cooling and humidity in the data center.
The carrier grade Cyxtera data center is a carrier neutral facility with multiple, diverse carriers available. The data center offers multiple connectivity options including Internet bandwidth, multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), virtual private network (VPN), Ethernet virtual private line (EVPL), Ethernet private line (EPL) and private line services. Synchronous optical network (SONET) connectivity provided for access at DS-1, DS-3 and optical connectivity speeds supporting either voice or data traffic. 10G uplinks connect to the Cyxtera IP network through both public and private connections. Onsite 24 x 7 x 365 support is provided by leveraging infrastructure professionals with extensive technical, management and IT support experience.
