Inside 5 of America’s Largest Data Centers

INSIDE 5 OF AMERICA'S LARGEST DATA CENTERS 700,000 SQUARE FEET 2nd largest power customer in the area, behind Chicago O'Hare Airport. 750,000 LAKESIDE TECHNOLOGY CENTER SQUARE FEET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 990,000 MICROSOFT CHICAGO DATA CENTER SQUARE FEET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS This location is run with just 45 workers. 1.1 MILLION SQUARE FEET I0 PHOENIX The largest commercially available data center in the United States to QTS METRO DATA CENTER achieve Tier IlI Design Certification from the Uptime Institute. PHOENIX, ARIZONA ATLANTA, GEORGIA It's the new home to Twitter's servers. Is currently constructing an addition to their facility that will give them over 2 million square feet of space. SUPERNAP-7 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA NAP OF THE AMERICAS Lightning prevention system works in 7) a radius of 300 feet to detract strikes. GREAT SCOTT! MIAMI, FLORIDA T WHAT POWERS THEM? 50 DIESEL GENERATORS 11 DIESEL GENERATORS 19 DIESEL GENERATORS 6 ROTARY UPS CPS SYSTEMS 24 DIESEL GENERATORS MICROSOFT CHICAGO DATA CENTER NAP OF THE AMERICAS I0 PHOENIX QTS METRO DATA CENTER LAKESIDE TECHNOLOGY CENTER Energy efficient: Key connectivity hub for the Southeastern USA and Latin America, providing critical infra- structure to the US military and Global Domain Name System. Potential to hold as many as 300,000 servers. Low-power LED lighting on the data center floor Ultrasonic humidifiers Garage-like lower level optimized for 40-foot shipping containers packed with web servers. Originally developed by the R.R. Donnelley Co. to house the print- ing presses for the Yellow Book and Sears Catalog. Converted to a data center in 1999. High efficiency computer room air Currently in the third phase of a expansion that will more than double its original raised floor Built to withstand a Category 5 High efficiency chillers Second story houses traditional raised-floor data center. hurricane, with a 7-inch thick steel-reinforced concrete panels. Perimeter flooring made from recycled car tires. space. CHICAGO COMMODITIES MARKET BING, LIVE / HOTMAIL X-BOX LIVE. GLOBAL PAYMENTS, INC AND TWITTER CLOUD HOSTING BY TERREMARK LOGICALIS ENTERPRISE CLOUD COMPUTING SOLUTIONS 200+ Microsoft Sites in all. WHO USES THEM? Sources http://www.progressiveengineer.com/pewebbackissues2004/PEWEB%2048%20Mar%2004-2/Lakeside.htm http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/special-report-the-worlds-largest-data-centers/worlds-largest-data-center-350-e-cermak/ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/09/19/for-data-center-expansion-twitter-heads-east/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/special-report-the-worlds-largest-data-centers/largest-data-centers-ngd-terremark-qts/#qts http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/09/26/inside-the-enormous-qts-atlanta-data-center/ http://www.mojohost.com/carrier_class_facility.html http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/burns-on-business/2009/10/microsofts-chicago-datacenter-shows-huge-investment-in-cloud-computing.html http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/inside-microsofts-chicago-data-center/microsoft-chicago-infrastructure/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/inside-microsofts-chicago-data-center/ http://www.iodatacenters.com/data-centers/io-phoenix-data-center http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/special-report-the-worlds-largest-data-centers/largest-data-centers-lo-data-centers-microsoft/#phoenixone http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/062609_io_Data_Centers_Opens_its_Phoenix_ONE_Data_ http://www.flickr.com/photos/fabulously_lazy_712/3622182343/ PRESENTED BY Wikibon 538.000 SQUARE FEET