XO Communications’ Oak Brook data center is located at 1808 Swift Drive, Oak Brook, IL 60523, and is one of the two facilities that is owned and operated by XO Communications in Oak Brook. The data center building standards meets NEBS level 3 compliance having 12 inches thick steel reinforced high pressure concrete walls, and has secure exterior faux spandrel windows system. The data center provides on site private parking, secure loading docks, and conference room. The data center is a Tier III infrastructure facility as outlined by the Uptime Institute.
The data center offers Oak Brook colocation space through full size secured locking cabinets, customized cage space, and private micro suites. The facility provides 136,000 square feet of total enclosed space that includes slab on grade floor or raised floor space also. The facility has 17 feet mezzanine to ceiling height. The data center is regularly audited in accordance with SAS 70 Type II requirements, and also offers solutions that meet the rigorous compliance standards for HIPAA, PCI and SOX 404. The data center provides excellent security measures such as on site security officers and NOC staff and 24×7 closed circuit televisions (CCTV) and motion detectors continually observing interior and exterior with 90 days archiving of footage. The building’s single entry point is outfitted with sophisticated security sensors, vandal resistant and bullet proof glass, full biometric hand scanning, and key card access with extra security is provided through a mantrap entry. The data center is equipped with a two stage pre action dry pipe fire suppression system with multi zoned VESDA control that is located throughout the facility to meet any fire emergency.
The Oak Brook data center provides a reliable and fault tolerant N+1 power infrastructure. The entire critical infrastructure is protected by a N+1 UPS system in the event there is a loss of utility power. The 2 x 1.25 MW and 4 x 2.25 MW standby diesel generators that are connected to an automatic transfer switch (ATS) provide emergency power for prolonged power outages. The generators have fuel storage on site for up to 48 hours of continuous runtime and have multiple refueling contracts. The data center power room is separated from the technical space with diverse power delivered by multiple PDUs in a true A+B design to each cabinet. The 20 x 130 ton custom Trane rooftop HVAC unit in a N+1 redundant configuration effectively control the cooling and humidity in the data center. Multiple CRAC units provide cooling for electrical rooms and private micro suites, and can also accommodate additional overhead cooling for high density environments in raised floor areas.
XO Communications’ 1808 Swift Drive data center is a carrier neutral facility with connectivity option to a private network. The facility has switched and dedicated access to transport facilities via high-capacity metropolitan and long haul XO network facilities. The data center has a fully redundant network infrastructure offering 100% SLA on network and server availability. The data center provides VLANs, customized firewalls, site to site VPN, load balancing and multicast, and IDS/IPS. The 24x7x365 NOC staff provides helpdesk support services, remote hands services, smart hands services, and expert hands services.
