Cyxtera DFW1 - Virtual Tour
Welcome to DFW1, Cyxtera’s newly refreshed, purpose-built data center in the Dallas/Ft Worth Metroplex with low-latency to both coasts for the mission-critical production or disaster recovery needs of modern enterprises. DFW1 offers access to over 35 networks, including direct connectivity to public cloud providers, and a transformed data center experience with our on-demand colocation platform, CXD.
Come inside and learn more!
Entrance
Just 10 miles from downtown Fort Worth and centrally located in the Metroplex, our fiber-linked campus features a single-story purpose-built data center and a two-story attached administrative building. Over 150 enterprise customers in energy, healthcare, XaaS, financial and media industries leverage our DFW1 data center services, dense connectivity and exceptional power costs.
Security Lobby
Security is essential to Cyxtera data center operations. All visitors must present a valid government issued photo ID. Data center customers authorize access for their staff and contractors via our customer portal. Those with permanent access rights will be issued a photo key card linked to a biometric scan for facility access.
Multi-Level Security
- Government Issued Photo ID Required
- 24/7 Video Surveillance
- 90-day Video Storage
- Biometric Scanners + Badge Readers Two-factor authentication required to access the facility without escort.
- Entrance Mantraps No tailgating policy strictly enforced.
- Ballistic Paneling in Lobby
- Bulletproof Glass
Customer Touchdown Area
Take a moment to sit down, check email, and prepare before heading out on to the raised floor. With plenty of power outlets and free secure wi-fi access, the touch down lounge provides an ideal environment to meet with contractors, colleagues or Cyxtera staff.
Multi-Level Security
- Government Issued Photo ID Required
- 24/7 Video Surveillance
- 90-day Video Storage
- Biometric Scanners + Badge Readers Two-factor authentication required to access the facility without escort.
- Entrance Mantraps No tailgating policy strictly enforced.
- Ballistic Paneling in Lobby
Small Group Huddle Room
Small group huddle rooms are available free of charge on a first-come-first basis and are reserved via the security deck. Doors are locked with key-card access control.
Raised Floor
Cyxtera provides two basic deployment options for colocation customers - individual Secure Cabinets, and Secure Cages for larger deployments. The tenured data center staff is focused on operational excellence, providing you peace of mind that your IT infrastructure will be up and running to support your business.
Conference Room
Cyxtera is pleased to provide its customers with access to a full-service conference room including teleconference and AV equipment. The conference room may be reserved via the security desk.
Connect and Collaborate
Full A/V and audio conference capabilities available to support your on-site meetings.
Meet Me Room
Welcome to the Meet Me Room. This network and cloud provider neutral interconnection point is the heart of the Cyxtera data center ecosystem. Connect with service providers, carriers, cloud on-ramps, business partners, and customers quickly and easily.
Link Up with Fiber and Copper Cross-Connects
IT infrastructure is useless without connectivity to customers, users, and service providers. Providing a secured, centralized location for making all data center cross connects between customer environments, carriers, services providers and managed services. A variety of media types are supported including CAT6, single-mode and multi-mode fiber.
Power Room
The power room has access to 40 MW of utility power and 38 MW generator power with expansion up to 42 MW. Power is conditioned here before distributing it to the raised floor. Power feeds are protected by an N+1 UPS bank which will carry the full data center load until the generators come online within moments of a utility failure.
Maintaining UPS Battery Health
UPS battery health is continually monitored to identify weak cells and proactively replace them before they fail. This ensures the UPS can carry the data center load in the event of a utility failure until the generators come online.
Break Room
When customers come to the data center to install or service their equipment, they can relax and recharge in the break room and enjoy access to vending machines, cable television, and a dining area. Adjacent to the break room are several small meetings rooms available on a first-come, first-serve basis (signed out at the security desk).
Generator Yard
DFW1 has nineteen 2 MW diesel generators in an N+1 configuration with concurrent maintainability for maximum uptime. The site’s nearly 130,000 gallon fuel capacity is tested and polished regularly to assure smooth extended operation in the event of extended utility outage.
Generators & Fuel Supply Keep the Power Flowing
The diesel generators are maintained and tested regularly, ready to power the facility in the event of utility failure with 48 hours fuel supply on-site and replenishment from multiple suppliers.Regular Maintenance and Testing Keeps the Power Flowing
All generators are tested and exercised using an on-site load bank, following a rigorous maintenance schedule.