INAP – Boston Data Center (BSN)

INAP’s Boston data center (BSN) is located at 70 Innerbelt Rd, Somerville, MA 02143. The data center is located near downtown Boston and accessible via mass transit with convenient access to highways, airports, and hotels. The data center is built in 2000 and has seismic zone 2A rating. The building is structural steel and reinforced concrete construction. The facility provides amenities like fully equipped office space, conference room, technical workspace and adjacent breakdown rooms, and full service lounge.

The data center offers a number of colocation options, including cabinets in half and full sizes, and custom private caged space. INAP uses Chatsworth Products’ 4-Post QuadraRack ServerFrame which provides a highly secure storage environment. The data center provides 71,000 square feet of total space, and 16 feet of clear ceiling height. Antistatic raised floor provides the efficient cooling and easy management of cabling system. The facility is regularly audited in accordance with SSAE 16 Type II requirements. The data center provides the state of the art security measures, including 24x7x365 security guards onsite, CCTV monitoring with archiving of data for 90 days, and intrusion detection system. The entrance to the data center floor is authenticated through the use of card key and biometric scan. The facility uses both wet pipe, and multi zone pre action dry pipe fire suppression system for the life safety. The facility has subfloor smoke detection and is remotely monitored.

Boston (BSN) is a reliable and fault tolerant N+1 power infrastructure with concurrently maintainable power system. The power to the data center is delivered through redundant power feeds by nStar utility. The entire critical infrastructure is protected by 4 x 750 kVA and 4 x 500 kVA Liebert parallel UPS system in N+1 redundancy on power failure. The secondary power is provided by 2 x 1.5 MW and  3 x 2MW Caterpillar diesel generators onsite. The DC battery bank provides 20 minutes of backup time on full load. The cooling and humidity in the data center is maintained by glycol cooling units in N+1 configuration. The hot aisle, cold aisle separation and passive cooling solutions maximize cooling efficiencies.

70 Innerbelt Rd is a carrier neutral facility with robust carrier neutral meet-me-room, including alternative transit and local access options. The data center offers 100% network uptime SLA. INAP’s multi-homed route optimized Performance IP provides links up to 10GB through multiple top tier carriers. 24x7x365 NOC staff provides the helpdesk and support services, and remote hands services.

INAP Network Services Corporation provides Information Technology (IT) infrastructure services. The company operates in data center services segment and IP services segment. The company’s data center services segment includes colocation, hosting, and cloud services. INAP offers two types of hosting solutions, including agile hosting and custom hosting offerings. The company also offers hosting and cloud services, which include provision and maintenance of hardware, operating system software, management and monitoring software, and data center infrastructure and interconnection. This segment provides its services through 49 data centers in North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region with data center footprint spans upwards of 1,000,000 gross square feet.

The company’s IP services segment includes its patented performance IP service, content delivery network (CDN) services, and IP routing hardware and software platform. This segment provides its services and products through 84 IP service points, which include 25 CDN POPs. INAP CDN services enables its customers to quickly and securely stream and distribute rich media and content, such as video, audio software and applications, to audiences across the globe through strategically located POPs. The company serves the software and Internet, media and entertainment, business services, hosting, healthcare, information technology infrastructure, and telecommunications industries. INAP is publicly trading company in NASDAQ under the symbol INAP, and has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s most trustworthy companies. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Atlanta, GA.

INAP – Boston Data Center (BSN) Highlights

• Located Near Downtown Boston
• Accessible Via Mass Transit
• Convenient Access to Airports, Highways and Transit
• Built in 2000
• Seismic Zone 2A Rating
• Structural Steel and Reinforced Concrete Construction
• Amenities
  • Fully Equipped Office Space
  • Conference Room
  • Technical Workspace and Adjacent Breakdown Rooms
  • Full Service Lounge
• Colocation
  • Cabinets in Half and Full Sizes
  • Custom Private Caged Space
  • Chatsworth Products’ 4-Post Quadrarack Serverframe
• 71,000 Square Feet of Total Space
• 16 Feet of Clear Ceiling Height
• Antistatic Raised Floor
• SSAE 16 Type II Certified
• Security
  • 24x7x365 Security Guards Onsite
  • CCTV Monitoring with Archiving of Data for 90 Days
  • Intrusion Detection System
  • Card Key Access
  • Biometric Scan
• Fire Detection and Suppression
  • Wet Pipe
  • Dry Pipe Multi Zone Pre Action Fire Suppression System
  • Subfloor Smoke Detection
  • Remotely Monitored
• N+1 Power Infrastructure
• Redundant Power Feeds
• UPS System in N+1 Redundancy
  • 4 x 750 kVA Liebert UPS System
  • 4 x 500 kVA Parallel Liebert UPS System
• Diesel Generators
  • 2 x 1.5 MW Caterpillar Diesel Generators
  • 3 x 2 MW Caterpillar Diesel Generators
• AC and DC Power
• DC Battery Bank with 20 Minutes of Backup Time
• HVAC Units in N+1 Configuration
  • Glycol Cooling Units
  • Hot Aisle Cold Aisle Design
• Carrier Neutral Facility
• 100% Network Uptime SLA
• 24x7x365 NOC Staff
• Remote Hands Services