Learn more about Internap’s Houston Collocation services

Today’s business–critical applications require the utmost in reliability and availability. Internap^® data centers sit on the edge of the most robust network backbone available. Our Houston carrier-class data center colocation facility includes Internap network-based route-optimization services that leverage our patented technology to maximize network availability and minimize latency, packet loss and jitter. When combined with our industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that guarantee 100% network availability, plus the support and security you expect, the Internap colocation solution has no equal.

Benefits of Internap Houston Collocation

• Reduce costs of up-front capital expenditures and faster speed to market (deployment)
• Consolidated billing and crediting
• Highly-experienced management team
• Unsurpassed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• Mitigate online risk by directly accessing the Internap backbone while avoiding the local loop

Houston Collocation Standard Features

• Locking cabinets, cages and suites
• 120V and 208V power circuit options, plus diverse power source feeds
• Custom configurations with ability to scale
• Fully-redundant power and HVAC
• Controlled temperature and humidity
• Fire-threat detection and suppression
• 24x7x365 automated critical monitoring
• 24x7x365 manned data center
• 24x7x365 secured access to data center
• 24-hour Remote Hands service – extend the reach of your staff

Building Specifications

• Premier data center address in downtown Houston
• 17 miles from George Bush Intercontinental Airport
• 26,500 square-foot facility offers 20,000 square-feet of colocation floor space
• Construction type: concrete, cast concrete, marble
• Raised floors with structural capacity of 150 PSF
• 200+ MPH wind rating
• Secured receiving area designated for customer equipment

Highly-Secure Environment

• Multiple layers of hardened physical security
• Alarmed “man trap” entrances
• 24x7x365 on-site security presence
• Closed-circuit television surveillance with digital storage
• Multiple layers of electronically controlled card access
• Facility-issued photo IDs

Power Distribution

• (3) GE 500KVA UPS’s (in parallel)
• Dual 2MW Caterpillar generators
• Two-day on-site fuel supply and extended refuel contracts
• Each circuit breaker backed by diverse power distribution units and diverse UPS infrastructures for the ultimate in uptime
• Individual circuit load monitoring to ensure the best power management
• Raised floor delivery

Environmental Control

• Temperature under floor maintained between 64 and 78 degrees; humidity maintained between 40 and 55 percent
• 220 tons of robust and redundant HVAC currently installed
• Six (6) 30-ton and two (2) 20-ton Liebert air handling units for N+2 redundancy
• Under floor water dams with liquid sensors
• Infrared humidification
• Raised floor delivery

Fire Detection/Prevention

• Zoned dry-piped, pre-action sprinkler system
• VESDA (Very Early Warning Smoke Detection) system throughout the data center

Connectivity (Available Carriers)

• AT&T
• El Paso Networks
• Looking Glass Networks
• MCI
• OnFiber
• Phonoscope
• Qwest
• SBC
• Time Warner
• XO Communications

Additional Collocation Services

• Managed Installation Services
• Remote Hands Services
• Tape Exchange Services
• Circuit Testing Services

Coverage
No matter your location, Internap's extensive collocation footprint provides you coverage across North America, Europe, Japan, Australia and the major metros of the Pacific Rim. We offer collocation in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and Washington D.C. Whether the collocation facility is Internap-owned and operated or among of the select group of providers who comprise of Internap's Preferred Collocation Partner Program, the benefits and services that Internap collocation customers receive are second to none.

Houston Collocation