The QTS Data Centers Suwanee facility, situated at 300 Satellite Boulevard, Suwanee, Georgia 30024, USA, is a substantial data center encompassing 370,000 square feet. This impressive footprint includes 185,000 square feet of dedicated raised floor space, meticulously designed for colocation services. The center boasts a robust power infrastructure, with access to a substantial 36 MW of power, ensuring reliable and scalable operations. Furthermore, its strategic location is underscored by the presence of 57 other data center facilities within a 50-mile radius, highlighting a thriving ecosystem of digital infrastructure. This location also holds critical certifications, including HIPAA and PCI-DSS, affirming its adherence to rigorous data security and compliance standards, making it a secure and reliable choice for a wide range of data storage and processing needs.
QTS Suwanee Data Center: A Comprehensive Overview
Located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta, the QTS Suwanee Data Center is a robust and expansive facility spanning over 376,000 square feet, meticulously designed to house critical data infrastructure and accommodate the demands of QTS’s largest clientele. This strategic site serves as a cornerstone for QTS’s core data center services, including Custom Data Center solutions, Colocation, and Cloud Services. Furthermore, it proudly hosts the National Operations Service Center, ensuring unwavering 24x7x365 monitoring and support for all operations.
Key Features and Capabilities:
Spacious and Secure Infrastructure: * Expansive Facility: A vast 370,000 sq. ft. facility with over 185,000 sq. ft. of 48-inch raised floor, engineered to support heavy loads of up to 6,000 lbs per four-point load.
* On-Site Amenities: Convenient customer office and conference room spaces are readily available on-site.
* Durable Construction: Constructed with a tilt-up concrete structure and reinforced steel, ensuring structural integrity and resilience.
* Enhanced Roof Rating: Features a dual reinforced roof with an impressive 125 mph wind rating, providing superior protection against adverse weather conditions.Robust Power Systems: * Redundant Utility Feeds: Power is supplied via four independent and redundant Georgia Power feeds, minimizing the risk of outages.
* Advanced UPS Protection: Three unique UPS systems deliver comprehensive power protection to the entire data center floor.
* Critical System Backup: Six 2 MW Caterpillar generators provide essential backup power for critical systems, including the chiller plant, data floor lighting, and office spaces.
* UPS Backup: These six 2 MW Cat generators also provide backup power to the six Hitec UPS units, ensuring continuous operation.
* Extensive Fuel Reserve: Approximately 114,000 gallons of on-site diesel fuel can sustain the data center at full load for three days, guaranteeing uninterrupted power during extended outages.
* Secure Cabling: All power cabling below floors is meticulously installed in either conduit or sealtight flexible conduit with approved connectors, adhering to the highest safety standards.Advanced Cooling Solutions: * N+1 Chiller Plant: An N+1 chiller plant ensures optimal cooling performance and redundancy.
* Extensive Airflow: Over 200-30 ton Liebert units efficiently provide airflow to the raised floor space, maintaining optimal temperatures.
* Redundant Piping: Features redundant piping systems for chilled fluid, enhancing reliability.
* Comprehensive Generator Backup: The cooling system benefits from generator backup provided by six 2.0 MW generators and six 2.8 MW generators, ensuring continuous cooling operations.Seamless Connectivity: * Diverse Building Entrances: Multiple diverse entrances into the building, including central office redundancy, enhance network reliability.
* QTS metroConnect: QTS metroConnect offers additional connectivity options for expanded network reach.
* Fiber Connectivity: Direct fiber connectivity to the QTS Atlanta-Metro Data Center facilitates seamless business continuity.
* Internal Cabling: Efficient internal cabling, including copper, coax, or fiber access, connects to carrier bandwidth through advanced cable management systems throughout the facility.Comprehensive Security Measures: * Perimeter Fencing: An 8 ft. perimeter fence establishes a secure boundary around the property.
* Advanced Camera Surveillance: Fixed and pan-tilt-zoom cameras continuously monitor the property and all entry points.
* Controlled Access: Card reader access is required at each access point, regulating entry.
* Biometric Authentication: Biometric and iris scans are mandatory to enter the data hall through the security vestibule, ensuring highly restricted access.
* 24x7x365 On-Site Security: Highly trained security guards are on-site around the clock, 365 days a year, providing continuous surveillance and rapid response.QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a distinguished leader in providing data center solutions, boasting a diverse footprint of over 6 million square feet of owned mega-scale data center space across North America. Leveraging its innovative software-defined technology platform, QTS delivers secure, compliant infrastructure solutions, robust connectivity, and unparalleled customer service to a vast clientele, including over 1,100 leading Hyperscale technology companies, enterprises, and government entities.
QTS’s Commitment to Excellence: * Flexible Solutions: QTS offers a unique portfolio of core data center services and value-added services, coupled with financial flexibility, to craft complete solutions that align with both technical and budgetary requirements.
* Secure Facilities: Robust, redundant, and protected facilities, staffed by highly trained personnel adhering to stringent security procedures, guarantee uncompromising security and reliability.
* Real-Time Visibility: The QTS Service Delivery Platform (SDP) empowers clients with real-time, on-demand visibility, access, and control of critical metrics across their entire QTS hybrid IT deployment.
* Expert Support: QTS’s ITIL-certified operations personnel and advanced monitoring systems provide comprehensive support for all services, ensuring maximum availability and uptime.Designed for Reliability and Resiliency:
QTS Data Centers are meticulously engineered and constructed with reliability, redundancy, and resiliency as core principles. They incorporate fully-redundant high-density power and cooling capacities, seamlessly integrated UPS systems, site-wide security and fire protection systems, and comprehensive visibility through the customer portal. This holistic approach ensures secure, dependable, and state-of-the-art data center infrastructure for their customers’ web services.
All Quality Data Centers provide mission-critical electrical, mechanical, and high-capacity network systems. QTS’s dedicated team, comprising facility and electrical maintenance engineers, data center operations experts, network architects, and security officers, is committed to providing on-site 24x7x365 support and operations for their facilities. This crucial design philosophy is deeply embedded in QTS’s product offerings to minimize service disruption and deliver the highest level of customer service available. It is this profound level of experience and a proven track record that truly distinguishes QTS within the industry.
