South Hill Data Center

Facility

South Hill was designed and constructed to meet the rigorous standards demanded by chip manufacturers. It is independently certified by geotechnical engineers to withstand a magnitude 9 Cascadia zone subduction Earthquake. This is Seattle's most durable and state-of-the-art data center.

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Tier 3 N+1 Data Center

South Hill is a Tier 3 data center with N+1 redundant and diverse connectivity, power and cooling. Data communications travel through fiber connections to our Downtown Seattle and Tacoma data centers then link to Colocation Northwest data centers in Bellevue and Redmond, then also link to three carrier hotels and West Coast PoPs.

Dual-fed electrical power arrives from two 115 kilovolt transmission lines. The evaporative cooling system is fed by two separate sources, up to two-million gallons per day.

Connectivity, power and cooling are all N+1 redundant. Both UPS and backup generators deliver full critical loads.

N+1 Connectivity

South Hill Seattle features its own meet-me room where data center users can interconnect with multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 carriers.

Colocation Northwest's point of presence network, spans the U.S. West Coast, giving colocation users access to national and international routes with high-throughput, low latency connectivity to Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe and the Americas.

The South Hill Seattle data center connects to the Westin Building Exchange, a major carrier hotel, via dark optical fiber. Additional lit fiber paths connect South Hill Seattle to the Pittock Building carrier hotel in Portland and to the One Wilshire carrier hotel in Los Angeles.

This network features access to multiple meet-me rooms, with over 250 carriers, network service providers and internet service providers inside the Westin building alone, and to transpacific cable landings in Washington and Oregon.

Our data centers inside the Westin building feature additional carriers including PCCW Global, a true Tier 1 carrier with deep global reach, perfect for organizations in need of transpacific connectivity.

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Power and Cooling

South Hill Seattle supports high-density computing with 150 watts to 260 watts per square foot, delivering up to 35 kilowatts per cabinet. To achieve a high-power usage effectiveness, the data center employs state-of-the-art evaporative cooling. Both systems are N+1 redundant.

Cooling

Our advanced, highly efficient evaporative cooling systems provides maximum availability of cooling to your equipment with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) ratio of 1.3. Utilizing 100% of the outside air efficiencies provided by the temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest, our N+1 redundant cooling system offers a savings of more than 35% in energy and maintenance costs over similar data centers in the south and California.

Our cooling solution ensures your equipment is always at the right temperature and available to reach its maximum computing capabilities without issue. Colocation Northwest's data center has a dual-fed, 2 million gallon a day supply of water provided by two separate municipal sources ensuring fully redundant capability and operation.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

From the outset, South Hill Seattle was constructed to be an exemplary disaster recovery and business continuity site, ideal for housing remote backups or a failover operation. Architects designed the facility to meet the demanding standards of microchip manufacturers.

Independent geotechnical engineers rate the facility to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake originating from the Cascadia subduction zone. Buildings exceed seismic code specifications by 25%. The foundations sit on bedrock, safe from soil liquefaction and splintering, over 20 miles from the closest known fault line.

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IT Consulting and Managed Services

South Hill is ideal for hybrid colocation. Hybrid colocation users employ a large footprint or high-density computing, just like a wholesale or enterprise user does.

With hybrid, Colocation Northwest becomes your IT team, substituting the need to employ staff or contract with yet another service provider.

Our engineers and technicians can set-up and configure your equipment. Colocation Northwest IT consulting services include planning, procurement, deployment and configuration.

Users transferring hardware from on-premises or another data center can purchase migration service. We will disconnect your IT infrastructure, carefully package and safely transport everything, then install it inside your new data center.

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