Equinix’s Dallas data center (DA6) is located at 1950 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 3050, Dallas, TX 75207. The data center is in multi story building, steel structure, type IB fully sprinklered construction type, flood plain zone X, and seismic zone B design building. The data center building is fully complied with building code compliance standards. The data center is 5 miles from Dallas Love Field airport, and 19 miles from Dallas Fort Worth airport. The facility has building parking available.
The data center offers half and full cabinet colocation, locked cabinets, caged space, and private suite colocation space. The data center provides 86,837 square feet of total space, including 63,200 square feet of colocation space, and antenna platform of 600 square feet. The colocation raised floor is designed for the uniform floor load of 450 lbs. per square feet at cabinets, and 750 lbs. per square feet at corridors. The data center has multilevel security including CCTV & recorders, motion detection, and 24 x 7 security guards. All doors, including cages, are secured with biometric hand geometry readers, and closed cabinets with kinetic & key locks. The data center has mantrap entry to access the data center resources. Pre action, double interlocked, dry pipe sprinkler system with VESDA controlled, is installed in the data center for life safety.
Dallas DA6 data center is N+1 power infrastructure, and offer 99.999% SLA on power. The data center is targeted LEED Gold certification, and provides electrical capacity of 3.0 kVA per cabinet. The data center has single utility feed, and single power transformer. The data center provides AC power, and DC power to customer’s equipment. The facility has 13.2 kV of utility voltage. The immediate power failure is protected by block catcher, isolated redundant UPS system in N+1 configuration. The standby power is provided by 2,500 kW diesel generators in N+1 configuration. The cooling and humidity in different parts of data center is controlled by CRAC, air handling units, and chilled water pumps in N+1 configuration. The facility is served with cooling of 3.0 kW per cabinet, and offers 99.99% SLA on temperature & humidity.
The data center is a carrier neutral facility offering connectivity to multiple carriers and service providers. The data center has overhead proprietary cable tray system with multi-tier ladder rack. The data center offers cross connect services including single mode fiber, multi-mode fiber, Cat 5, Cat 6, Cat5(T1), and Cat3 (POTS), and provides 99.99% SLA on cross connect availability. The data center provides conduit access for network service providers for installing bulk fiber, and 10M IP transit access for out of band device management. The facility provides Equinix Metro Connect services, Equinix Internet Exchange, Equinix Carrier Ethernet Exchange, and Equinix Direct. IBX staff of engineers, technicians, and customers support specialists offer onsite technical and logistic support 24 x 7 x 365, and provide smart hands services.