Cologix: VAN2 Vancouver Data Center

Cologix -Vancouver VAN 2 Data Center -ENTERPRISE-GRADE ANNEX TO Carrier Hotel is located at 1050 West Pender Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6E 3S7. VAN 2 is blocks away from and connected by a dark fiber ring to the city’s primary Carrier Hotel at the Harbour Center, providing customers with two great Vancouver, British Columbia data center options. As Vancouver’s leading colocation provider, Cologix provides connectivity to 20+ unique networks and direct access to the Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX). The data center at 1050 West Pender is Cologix’s newest expansion in downtown Vancouver, providing hyper-efficient, low cost data center solutions and robust connectivity. The site is 6 blocks from the city’s primary Carrier Hotel at the Harbour Center, which houses Cologix’s VAN 1 data center. As Vancouver’s leading colocation provider, Cologix provides connectivity to 20+ unique networks and direct access to the Vancouver Internet Exchange (VANIX). Vancouver is increasingly viewed as a natural redundant data center site for networks established by enterprises in Eastern Canada, Asia and the U.S. The Top Connectivity Provider in Vancouver The data center has multiple unique carrier points of presence (PoPs) in the Cologix controlled Meet-Me-Room (MMR) and is home to the primary node for VANIX. The network neutral facility is also connected to the Carrier Hotel at 555 West Hastings by a low latency, controlled diverse path, dark fiber ring. As such, carriers can seamlessly extend their networks and customers have active or passive connectivity to 20+ unique carriers. Relentless & Scalable Infrastructure The VAN 2 data center was designed to N+1 redundancy and built leveraging principles for concurrent maintainability. The facility also features cutting edge technologies including innovative “free cooling” solutions and efficient heat management through ceiling plenum using chimney cabinets. The site is fully optimized with hyper-effective cooling, utility power and emergency generator power systems to ensure a reliable and redundant infrastructure. The UPS is also designed to support A+B configurations with multiple generators for backup. Certified & Secure The Cologix data center is manned 24/7 by security guards as well as a tailgate-proof mantrap, S2 keycard, biometric, and closed-circuit TV (CCTV) systems. The data center is SSAE 16 SOC1 Type2 audited, with support to gain PCI compliance on an individual basis. Dynamic Customer Support As a differentiated local service model, all customers have direct and 24/7 access to seasoned local engineers and support teams, in addition to a web-based portal for online technical support ticket submissions.