LightEdge Altoona

Lightedge Facility:

• Four separate modular 5,000 square feet data centers
• 12” reinforced pre-cast concrete walls with joints reinforced and tested to 200+ MPH winds
• Dry membrane, double concrete roofing system to maximize tear off resistance, no roof penetrations in machine occupied areas
• Build to suit up to 20,000 square feet of additional data center space on property
• Fire Suppression - FM200 (DC1 and DC2), Dry Pipe (DC3 and DC4)

Power:

• S+1 diversified electrical within the building utilizing five distinct UPS, Generator and ATS systems
• On-site diesel generators (24 hour capacity) with 4.5 MW of on-site power generation capability
• Iowa power costs among the lowest in the nation
• Substation diversity

• Primary’s capacity = 33 MVA
• Secondary’s capacity = 66 MVA

• Underground redundant feeds
• Power diversity up to 225 watts/sq ft
• HVACs support 1200kW per DC
• S+1 diversied electrical:
• 5 UPS, generators & ATS systems

HVAC:

• Cooling through packaged HVAC units located at the side of the facility to minimize roof penetrations
• 600 tons yields 2.4 MW
• Up to 240 tons of cooling capacity per data center in an N+1 configuration
• Data Centers 1 and 2 - Hot aisle / Cold aisle design, down-draft cooling
• Data Centers 3 and 4 - Raised floor
• Future build-outs will take advantage of Iowa’s annual 1,100 Cooling Degree Days to lower power costs and offer some of the lowest PUEs in the nation.
• Future build-outs will take advantage of Iowa’s annual 1,100 Cooling Degree Days to lower power costs and offer some of the lowest PUEs in the nation.
• Dual power fed HVAC units with Variable Speed Fans
• Humidity set point of 44
• Building Management System to ensure conformance with ASHRAE TC 9.9 standards for A1 environments

Network:

• Carrier Agnostic connectivity through partnerships with:
• Sprint, CenturyLink, WindStream, Cox, AT&T, Mediacom, TW Telecom, XO Communications, Level 3, INS and Bandwidth.com
• Data Center is located within 1 mile of major telecommunication highway. Dark Fiber and Lit Services are available from a multitude of providers including:
• Verizon, Sprint, ATT, Century Link, Windstream, Unite, PinPoint, Level 3, Iowa Network Services, Mediacom, US Networks, Cogent and more
• Private fiber services linking LightEdge Data Center to Denver, CO and Chicago, IL (Cermac) for large scale Internet and carrier network integration

Compliance:

• Data center physical security complies with PCI-DSS v2.0, HIPAA / HITECH guidelines and is audited annually using SSAE-16 SOC I Type II
• ISO 20000 certified
• Bulletproof glass at main entrance, secure check-in desk, Man traps, biometrics and tailgate sensors for all data center entrances
• Closed-circuit TV monitored 24/7/365 with video archiving
• 24x7 manned Network Operations Center with engineering staff performing hourly walk-arounds