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Data center 1 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Operator: Equinix, Inc. – www.equinix.de

Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX) operates high-performance data centers with the world’s most extensive network services to connect over 4,500 companies with their partners and customers around the globe. The Equinix Interconnection Platform serves customers in 32 strategic markets in North and South America, EMEA, and in the Asian-Pacific region. For more information about Equinix, visit https://www.equinix.co.uk/

Equinix was selected as our data center partner due to its performance, quality, and broad international presence.

Physical security
  • Physical — double door systems with safety glass
  • Guards — 24/7 security staff
  • Electronic — 24/7 monitoring system, card reader devices for physical access control, biometric identification systems, burglar alarm systems, video surveillance
Standards
  • GLOBAL SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
  • Over 99.999 percent power supply availability
  • Over 99.99 percent air conditioning availability
  • Over 99.99 percent cross connect availability
Certification
Network
  • System — proprietary overhead wiring system with multi-stage cable trusses
  • Cross connects — single-mode fiber optic, multi-mode fiber optic (62.5 und 50 μm), CAT5, CAT6, CAT5 (T1), and CAT3 (POTS)
  • Metro Connect Managed Ethernet — widens the selection and range for carriers and increases network availability in metropolitan areas worldwide
  • Equinix Connect — automated network provisioning, multi-homing and metering of single-homed GigE and FastE, multi-homed GigE and FastE
Power supply
  • Electrical power — 3–6 kVA per cabinet (higher performance on request)
  • UPS configuration — 4x1,800 kVA UPS units (N+1)
  • UPS topology — N+1; 2N available on request
  • Power lines — 2, connected to the ring
  • Power transformers — four power transformers with 2,500 kVA each
  • Input voltage — 10 kV
  • Emergency power supply — 8 diesel generators with a total output of 12,800 kVA
  • Configuration of the UPS — N+1; 2N available on request
  • Lighting — shielded, 300 lux
  • Cooling
  • Cooling capacity — 1.5 kW/m² (5,119 BTU/h)
  • Cooling system — 6,840 kW centrifugal cooler
Physical security
  • Physical — double door systems with safety glass
  • Guards — 24/7 security staff
  • Electronic — 24/7 monitoring system, card reader devices for physical access control, biometric identification systems, burglar alarm systems, video surveillance
Standards
  • GLOBAL SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
  • Over 99.999 percent power supply availability
  • Over 99.99 percent air conditioning availability
  • Over 99.99 percent cross connect availability
Certification
Network
  • System — proprietary overhead wiring system with multi-stage cable trusses
  • Cross connects — single-mode fiber optic, multi-mode fiber optic (62.5 und 50 μm), CAT5, CAT6, CAT5 (T1), and CAT3 (POTS)
  • Metro Connect Managed Ethernet — widens the selection and range for carriers and increases network availability in metropolitan areas worldwide
  • Equinix Connect — automated network provisioning, multi-homing and metering of single-homed GigE and FastE, multi-homed GigE and FastE
Power supply
  • Electrical power — 3–6 kVA per cabinet (higher performance on request)
  • UPS configuration — 4x1,800 kVA UPS units (N+1)
  • UPS topology — N+1; 2N available on request
  • Power lines — 2, connected to the ring
  • Power transformers — four power transformers with 2,500 kVA each
  • Input voltage — 10 kV
  • Emergency power supply — 8 diesel generators with a total output of 12,800 kVA
  • Configuration of the UPS — N+1; 2N available on request
  • Lighting — shielded, 300 lux
  • Cooling
  • Cooling capacity — 1.5 kW/m² (5,119 BTU/h)
  • Cooling system — 6,840 kW centrifugal cooler