DFW3, home of our flagship Dallas area data center, has opened Data Hall 2 and expedited the development of Data hall 3 to meet growing customer demand.
DFW3 is designed to accommodate a total of 6 Data Halls delivering 72,000 sq. ft of usable space and up to 40MW of total power from diverse utility feeds. Each data hall provides 12,000 sq. ft of secure raised floor and is capable of delivering 1.5MW of power. With generators and UPS already in place, DataBank will be able to expedite the opening of data hall 3 in Q4 2020, joining the capacity already in place with data halls 1 and 2.
DFW3: Compliant, Connected and Secure
Certified by the Uptime Institute as a Tier III Designed and Constructed facility, DFW3 offers a game-changing option for companies in Plano, the fastest growing area of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. The facility provides options for colocation cabinets, cages, and suites with anywhere up 25kW in an air-cooled environment, and up100kW per cabinet using water-chilled rear doors.
Located in the Legacy Park section of Plano, TX, DFW3 offers tremendous network availability,. neutrality and performance. The facility provides access to ten on-site carrier POPs and to the two other major Dallas metroplex carrier hotels. It is also connected to DataBank’s DFW1 and DFW2 facilities via a data center interconnection (DCI) network which enables active-active DRaaS solutions.
DFW3 also houses DataBank’s FedRAMP-certified cloud platform which means the entire facility meets FedRAMP/FISMA auditing standards and delivers consistently better quality and repeatable outcomes at scale. This benefits even for those customers who are not doing business with the Federal government, but nevertheless seek higher data protection, simplified compliance reporting, and more effective go-to-market timing and messaging.
Security measures at DFW3 include full perimeter fencing, round-the-clock on-site security personnel, and dual-factor authentication (card and biometric) on exterior entry and all data center entrances. In addition to FedRAMP/FISMA, the facility meets a variety of key industry compliance standards, including HIPAA HITECH, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, SSAE 18, and PCI DSS compliance designations.
To learn more about DFW3 visit the facility’s web page here or take a virtual tour today!
Brandon explains the relationship between ATL1 anchor tenant Georgia Tech and DataBank, a unique partnership that allows the university to employ massive compute power, using substantial amounts of energy while remaining eco-friendly. ATL1 uses underground aquifers to draw water to liquid cool the Georgia Tech supercomputer. That heated water is then dispersed to buildings in the area to heat the building or offset boiler costs. Another ‘green’,’ eco-friendly initiative is a microgrid at ATL1 which can provide backup power during an outage or provide additional power during peak usage.
As an added benefit, the collaboration is keeping the best Georgia Tech-educated talent in Atlanta and the surrounding region – as opposed to losing the area’s best and brightest to other parts of the country.
Episode Topics: How COVID-19 is impacting security, recent security questionnaires, and the Importance of continuous monitoring and vulnerability scanning. Featuring: Mark Houpt, Stephen Maiorca, and Tyler Treat
Listen to Mark Houpt and his team as they discuss some of the challenges our clients are facing during the COVID crisis and recommendations on how to address those challenges. Mark and his team will not only cover the tactical side of the equation, but the human side of the equation as well.
Mark and his team will also discuss some of the security challenges that small and medium-sized businesses are faced with as they move to sell their services online. In many cases, these retailers are soft targets for hackers because they lack experience in security, which increases their “attack surface.” In other cases, hackers are reverting to older methods of “application attacks” to exploit the low hanging fruit.
DataBank’s CISO Corner is for CISO’s and security practitioners, where we discuss a variety of cybersecurity topics and current events from the CISO’s perspective. Our broadcast is designed to be a short intake for busy professionals, and for those of you who want to hear from security and compliance experts on the front lines who deal with these issues every day.
