N.O.R.A.D./MCI Colocation Center: Technical Review

Building:

• Designed to withstand Category 5 hurricanes
• 108,000 square foot building on 12 acres
• Individual locked cabinet or caged space
• Over 3,000 tons of cooling capability
• 4 levels of cable ladder. Separate signal, power, security and control cables

Power:

• 2 diversely routed, redundant commercial power feeds
• Six 2 Mega Watt back-up power generators
• 72,000+ gallons of on-site diesel fuel storage (4,000 contained in each generator)
• 8—1000 Amp UPS units, expanding to 15 (Internet collocation only)
• 8—8000 Amp DC power plants, expanding to 8+ (Network collocation only)

Security:

• Perimeter security fence with security patrol team
• 24x7 Uniformed security patrol team
• Electronic security access control
• Bio-Metric palm reader identity authentication system
• Electronic key management system and individually keyed cabinets (Internet collocation)
• Over 200 interior and exterior security cameras
• Building Automation and Monitoring Control System

Network Connectivity:

• Direct, redundant, high bandwidth connectivity to the world’s most expensive, most rigorously engineered Internet backbone
• 3 separate fiber optic cable rings providing full route diversity (capacity for 36 rings)
• Currently over 580 individual fiber strands in each direction around the rings
• Physical connectivity to all major MCI local, long distance and Internet facilities in Florida
• Built on the MCI backbone, eliminating the need for the “local loop”

Technical Staff Activities:

• N.O.R.A.D. 24/7/365 remote monitoring
• On-site certified technical experts available 24x7 for “helping hands” support services