INAP’s Houston data center (HOU) is located at 1301 Fannin St., Suite 1100, Houston, TX 77022. The data center is located in in Houston’s premier carrier hotel with convenient access to highways, airports, and hotels. The building built in 1983 has seismic zone 0 rating, and is outside the floodplain. The building is structural steel and reinforced concrete construction. This 26 story building is also built to withstand extreme weather events and is 200 MPH wind rated. 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 41,000 square feet of colocation 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 through 22 cameras with archiving of data for 6 months, 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 VESDA control, subfloor smoke detection facility, and is remotely monitored.
Houston (HOU) data center is a reliable and fault tolerant N+1 power infrastructure with concurrently maintainable power system. The power the data center is delivered through redundant power feeds by Houston Public Utilities via quad transformers. The entire critical infrastructure is protected by 1 x 650 kVA Liebert UPS system, 3 x 500 kVA GE UPS system, and 1 x 1,200 kVA APC UPS system in N+1 redundancy on power failure. The secondary power is provided by 2 x 2 MW Caterpillar diesel generators onsite. The DC battery bank provides 20 minutes of backup time on full load, and delivers A+B redundant circuits to customers’ equipment. The cooling and humidity in the data center is maintained by 4 x 1,200 tons York cooling towers in N+1 configuration. The hot aisle, cold aisle separation and passive cooling solutions maximize cooling efficiencies.
1301 Fannin St. 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.
Houston, TX 77022
INAP – Houston Data Center (HOU) Highlights
- Located in Houston’s Premier Carrier Hotel
- Convenient Access to Airports, Highways and Hotels
- Built in 1983
- Seismic Zone 0 Rating
- Outside the Floodplain
- Structural Steel and Reinforced Concrete Construction
- 200 MPH Wind Rated Building
- 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
- 41,000 Square Feet of Colocation Space
- 16 Feet of Clear Ceiling Height
- Antistatic Raised Floor
- SSAE 16 Type II Certified
- Security
- 24x7x365 Security Guards Onsite
- CCTV Monitoring Through 22 Cameras with Archiving of Data for 6 Months
- Intrusion Detection System
- Card Key Access
- Biometric Scan
- Fire Detection and Suppression
- Wet Pipe
- Dry Pipe Multi Zone Pre Action Fire Suppression System
- VESDA Control
- Subfloor Smoke Detection
- Remotely Monitored
- N+1 Power Infrastructure
- Redundant Power Feeds by Houston Public Utilities
- Quad Transformers
- UPS System in N+1 Redundancy
- 1 x 650 kVA Liebert UPS System
- 3x 500 kVA GE UPS System
- 1 x 1,200 kVA APC UPS System
- 2 x 2 MW Catterpillar Diesel Generators Onsite
- AC and DC Power
- DC Battery Bank with 20 Minutes of Backup Time
- HVAC Units in N+1 Configuration
- 4 x 1,200 Tons York Cooling Towers
- Hot Aisle Cold Aisle Design
- Carrier Neutral Facility
- 100% Network Uptime SLA
- 24x7x365 NOC Staff
- Remote Hands Services
