The Texas Data Center currently owns and operates two state-of-the-art data centers in Dallas, Texas, offering complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security.The datacenter facility sits atop multiple power grids driven by TXU electric, with PowerWare UPS battery backup power and dual diesel generators onsite.Our HVAC systems are condenser units by Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with nine managed backbone providers. Twelve more third party backbone providers are available in the building via cross connect. Fire suppression includes a pre-action dry pipe system including VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) with over 700 smoke detectors between the two facilities.

DLLSTX2, Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX
 

» 60,000 sq. ft. facility	» Multiple TXU electrical grids
» 35,000 sq. ft. of raised floor	» 4800 amps of 480v input power
» (21) 26-ton Data Air AC units	» 3 main transfer switches
» Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus	» (6) 500KVA Powerware UPS units
» Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system	» Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row
» Over 500 smoke detectors	» 1.5-megawatt generator
» Simplex security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility
	» DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

DLLSTX4, Downtown, Dallas, TX

» 22,000 sq. ft. facility	» TXU fault tolerant electrical grid
» 18,000 sq. ft. of raised floor	» 2000 amps of 480v input power
» (12) 26-ton Data Air AC units	» 1 main transfer switch
» Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus	» (2) 500KVA Powerware UPS units
» Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system	» Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row
» Over 220 smoke detectors	» 1.5-megawatt generator
» Simplex security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility
	» DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

Our network architecture utilizes the Enterprise routing and switching engines from Juniper and Cisco. We utilize Juniper M20 routers as border routers, Cisco 6500 series switches in our distribution layer and Cisco 6500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant with 9 backbone providers.

Network	Building Fiber » OC48 SONET Ring - SBC » OC48 SONET Ring - Time Warner » OC48 SONET Ring - XO Communications » OC48 SONET Ring - MCI » OC48 SONET Ring - Looking Glass » OC48 SONET Ring - Broadwing
» Cisco Certified Network
» Cisco 6500 series distribution routing switched
» Cisco 6500 series aggregation switches for customer access
» Juniper M20 border routers
» 100% uptime SLA utilizing JSRP/BGP

Backbone Carriers	Access
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - AT&T	» T3 and T1 Access - EPGN
» 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - AboveNet	» T3 and T1 Access - SBC
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing	» T3 and T1 Access - Time Warner
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Global Crossing	» T3 and T1 Access - XO Communications
» 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Level3	» T3 and T1 Access - MCI
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - nLayer
» 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Sprint
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Time Warner
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - UUNET
» 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Verio