Colocation
Trust Telx to guard and connect your mission-critical data assets
Location is king when providing network services. Proximity to your key markets or customers with fast, reliable connectivity is a proven strategy. But how can you outsource and expand your IT infrastructure without worrying about security and support? And how can you extend your data center, Web-based networks, or cloud offerings when your IT resources are already stretched to the limit?
Telx has the answers. We provide industry leading carrier-neutral colocation facilities and interconnection services with the power and security to guard and connect your data assets – so you can have peace of mind as you bring your data center and hosting services closer to your customers.
The Telx colocation advantage
Telx’s operates 15 strategically located, world-class, carrier-neutral colocation facilities in the U.S. Choose Telx and you can reduce the cost of building your own facility and maintaining your own in-house dedicated servers. What’s more, with a presence in one or more of Telx’s data center locations, you can minimize the number of network hops between connections. Telx colocation also provides these business benefits:
- Get superior network performance, lower network costs, and proven redundancy for mission critical applications through Telx’s 28,000+ cross connections.
- Connect with a network-neutral, global ecosystem of 750+ telecommunications carriers, ISPs, content providers, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud providers, and enterprises in a secure and reliable environment. Reduce network costs by replacing local loops with less expensive and more flexible interconnection options.
- Connect quickly and seamlessly through fast, reliable networks to support faster time-to-market for new services.
- Protect your data assets with Telx’s disaster management, early warning systems, redundancies, and diversification of communications technologies – plus the highest level of backup power and power generators.
- Reduce costs and gain the flexibility to expand business opportunities and service offerings without making additional IT investments.
Location. Security. Reliability. Interconnection. Make Telx your strategic partner in colocation services. Contact us at 1.877.321.8359 for more information on equipment specifications and pricing.
The leading companies across all industries are recognizing the benefits of colocating their mission-critical operations within one of Telx's 15-nationwide network-neutral colocation facilities.
Colocation Space: Telx's colocation facilities enable customers to avoid the dependency on a single carrier. Customers have the ability to choose their own carrier connectivity options, therefore minimizing capital expenditures, lowing operational costs, and decreasing time-to-market for new service offerings. Telx’s colocation space offers maximum flexibility, redundancy and security for our customers.
All of Telx's 15-facilities are strategically located in the premier telecom buildings across the United States, offering our customers superior infrastructure and connectivity. Our facilities offer a carrier-rich environment with direct access to multiple carriers and bandwidth providers, enabling a broad range of scalability, network, and route diversity, as well as interconnection capabilities to other customers or carriers.
Power: Telx's colocation facilities feature customizable space and power to accommodate your unique requirements. All Telx facilities are built to provide N+1 redundancy, full UPS power and generator backup to deliver the highest level of uptime availability for our customer's mission critical operations.
Telx offers both Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC) power configuration options:
AC Power - Available in 110v, 208v and 480v from 15-amps on up.
DC Power - 48v DC power is available from 10-amps on up.
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Telx brings a breath of fresh air – cool and controlled – to keep your equipment running efficiently.
Telx deploys scalable, redundant cooling systems in each of its facilities to ensure stability of airflow, temperature and humidity based for your collocated equipment. Our HVAC infrastructure includes:
- Redundancies in the primary and secondary distribution systems.
- Frequent CFD modeling to ensure data center optimal performance.
- Humidification control provided through an ultrasonic source to support the effectiveness of antistatic flooring surfaces and prevent static discharge.
- State-of-the-art system monitoring and stringent preventive maintenance procedures.
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Redundancy
Proven Redundancy Avoids Interruptions
A winning team is only as good as its defense. Like a good defensive lineman, Telx has your back – and the best redundant backup for your collocated network. Our colocation facilities provide the structural integrity and redundant power and cooling infrastructure required for a secure, reliable and effective networking and computing environment. Since 2003, we have successfully provided 100% uptime on our overall power and cooling systems. That’s a win-win situation for Telx and our customers.
A 480V feed of power is distributed throughout a Telx colocation center through a robust infrastructure consisting of 99 percent gel cell batteries capable of providing full-load power in case of a power failure. If the power fails, our redundancy control systems will switch to generator power within 20 seconds. The generator system also has an override that allows manual activation of the generators.
The generator system can provide a full load of power for at least 48 hours. Telx maintains a fuel reserve for an additional 24-36 hours, depending on the type of facility. We also maintain contracts with fuel suppliers to refill the tanks within a 4-hour window.
Practice makes perfect
Telx facilities in Dallas, Chicago, and New York participate regularly participate in tests with the local power companies to prove that they can remove their load from the power grid, if required – usually during the summer months when the grid is stressed with heavy power use. These tests help Telx technicians ensure that they’re prepared at a moment’s notice to quickly and safely handle the deployment of the redundant systems whenever the flow of power is interrupted.
Telx understands the responsibility it has in keeping its customer’s mission critical operations safe and secure. Telx takes this obligation very seriously. For that reason, Telx is committed to ensuring the highest possible levels of security in all of its interconnection and colocation facilities across the United States. As such, Telx has implemented security procedures designed to ensure that access to Telx facilities is tightly controlled. While at times extra security measures may seem inconvenient, we know that our customers appreciate the level of security and restricted access we require across all facilities.
At the heart of access management at Telx is the Customer Access List. Telx maintains an access list database of contacts for each customer with details specifying contact information and permissions.
The purpose of this contact database is twofold:
- To maintain customer contact information for notification and escalation purposes
- To store access rights indicating the contact’s permissions to enter Telx facilities and/or request billable services
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