Your business data and processes are critical to your success and help create a competitive edge. You need a sound business continuity strategy to make sure that your business operation will not be interrupted in the event of a utility failure or a natural disaster.

When you choose to outsource your data center build-out to CBTS, both fixed and variable costs are structured into an operating expense, removing the need for extensive capital outlay. This model allows your business to leverage our experience and existing assets to provide the right outsourcing solution for your company.

According to Gartner, more than 70% of enterprises will have to modify their data center facilities significantly during the next five years. In addition, 60% of enterprises will run out of data center capacity in two years. The most prevalent reason is that many facilities were designed to power specifications being exceeded by today's computing consumptions. Gartner estimated that by 2011, IT power requirements could rise to more than 600 watts per square foot.

These premium data centers enable organizations to house their data and IT infrastructure in a completely redundant and secure environment without the burden of expensive capital outlays. By sharing the network and space with other customers, the data centers were operated more efficiently when it comes to energy consumption.

We have strategically leveraged leading virtualization technologies to consolidate our core server environments. This allows us to economically scale to meet the space, power and bandwidth needs of our customers, while minimizing energy consumption costs. The virtualized environments also provide an effective backup and disaster recovery solution for business continuity purposes.

CBTS offers our customers the ability to build out a custom data center. Having built out five data centers, as well as our Enterprise Network Operations Center (ENOC) over the past seven years, CBTS has documented extensive best practices for capital-intensive projects. Our data center consulting team can meet with customers in their quest to build the most efficient data center or NOC facilities possible.

The data centers are strategically positioned to leverage redundant power, environmental and security platforms. Using our Data Center Solutions, your business can realize the benefits of an optimized data center without the burden of capital expenditures.

Superior Bandwidth

We offer our clients a variety of bandwidth and connectivity options, ranging from DSx – OCx speeds, to tiered burstable connectivity from Level 3's IP backbone (56k – 20MB/s speeds).

We also have an additional and unique transport option in the Midwest – a DWDM fiber loop that connects four (4) Tier 3 data centers, as well as the Mason facility. This high-speed loop facilitates a number of business continuity and disaster recovery options.

100% Redundancy

• Power and Electrical – N x N
  The data centers have 100% redundancy capabilities throughout our power delivery system. This means the data centers have diverse power grid feeds to separate power connections into the cabinet. Power enters the building from two separate power grids provided by the public utility company. Power inside the facility is provided to each individual cabinet supplied by separate power feeds from disparate UPS systems. If a power outage is sensed by our detection systems, the battery portion of the system kicks in immediately and within one minute, the backup generators are activated to provide full backup power to the data center. This process is transparent to all customer equipment in the facility and ensures that no device is affected by the outage. In addition, all customer cabinets are grounded and protected by anti-static mats and floor tiles. The power system is fully tested and certified by a third party testing service.
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  Environment – N + 1
  The Tier 3 data centers have N + 1 redundancy capability for all environmental controls. Temperature and humidity are continuously monitored and controlled via multiple sensors to maintain air temperature between 70 – 74 degrees and relative humidity between 40% – 60%. Each unit has a data interface board that reports the environmental status and all alarms to the building's environmental management system, which is monitored 24x7. Our facilities also have a state-of-the-art fire suppression system, VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) that proactively monitors for smoke and fires. Once VESDA detects particles or smoke in the air, it immediately notifies the Enterprise Network Operations Center (ENOC) and the staff will immediately see the alert. All of our facilities are meshed for monitoring purposes.
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  Connectivity – N x N
  We leverage a meshed, redundant DWDM network to interconnect the Midwest Tier 3 data centers and provide a stable and robust platform for business continuity applications.

Security

The Tier 3 data centers feature seven (7) layers of physical security to ensure that your data is completely safeguarded. They offer well-secured environments, including 24x7 presence of guards, closed-circuit TV monitoring, and electronic card-key access. A series of access procedures prevent unauthorized parties from accessing our clients' IT equipment. Some of the facilities are also designed and built with the capability to protect your IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake.

Compliance

All of the Tier 3 data centers, as well as the Mason facility, undergo an annual SSAE 16 audit. Every three calendar years, they also have a "HIPAA Compliance" audit performed during that year's SSAE 16 audit. The additional HIPAA audit testing fulfills CBTS' obligations as a "Business Associate" to protect customer PHI according to the Privacy and Security Regulations.

Green Data Centers

We are committed to minimizing the impact on the environment while providing world-class data center services. The data centers are eco-friendly facilities and we continuously evaluate every aspect of our delivery model to offer our solutions as environmentally friendly as possible.

We utilize virtualization technologies to consolidate our core server environments in order to economically scale to meet our customers' space, power and bandwidth needs, while minimizing energy consumption costs. We recycle products used at the data centers and offer our customers "green" products that include more than 80 efficient power supply products and virtual display units.

With motion sensor lighting and manual lighting controls, we save power during peak hours. The data centers are also equipped with virtual display clients to reduce the energy footprint by up to 95%, compared to using traditional PCs.

 

Data centers owned by CBTS' sister company CyrusOne include:

• Cincinnati Data Center - Cincinnati, Ohio
• Hamilton Data Center - Hamilton, Ohio
• Lebanon Data Center - Lebanon, Ohio
• Florence Data Center - Florence, Kentucky
• Mason Data Center - Mason, Ohio
• Gold Coast Data Center - Blue Ash, Ohio
• Alliance Data Center - Blue Ash, Ohio
• South Bend Data Center I - South Bend, Indiana
• South Bend Data Center II - South Bend, Indiana
• Lombard Data Center - Lombard, Illinois
• Houston Headquarters - Greenway Plaza Area
• Houston West - Beltway 8 area between I-10 and 290
• Greenspoint Technology Center - North Houston
• North Dallas - Lewisville, TX 75067
• Dallas - Carrollton, TX
• Dallas - Downtown Dallas
• Austin - The Met Center
• London - United Kingdom