Florida Network Information

 

Applied Innovations understands that in order to deliver premium hosting services, the facility and network these services run on are secure, robust, and redundant. To that end, AI has positioned itself at one of the premium datacenters in the world, and engineered its hosting network for low latency, maximum uptime, and multi-layered security.

AI operates within the Miami NAP of the Americas. The Miami NAP is the 6th public Network Access Point on the Internet, home to DNS root servers, over 60 Tier1 providers, Emergency 911 operations, and US State Department Operations. The facility is considered part of the critical infrastructure of our nation, and is properly provisioned as such.

Data Center Overview

• 32 feet above sea level. The ground level of the building is 14 feet above sea level.
• Cutting-edge surge/lightning prevention system works in a radius of 300 ft. to detract strikes by discharging a static electricity flare.
• The building is designed to withstand a Category 5 hurricane with 12 million pounds of roof ballast.
• 100% AC or DC power availability guarantee.
• Redundant power vaults fed from multiple substations
• Two independent 13,200 volt feeders supply the high voltage switchgear.

Miami has been ranked as one of the top-five best interconnected cities in the world, ahead of San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Absolute best site for connectivity to the majority of South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

Four redundant gigabit connections through Tier1 and Tier2 providers with BGP4 for complete access redundancy. Tier1 providers are Global Crossing and Savvis, with Expedient and Terremark as Tier2 providers (each with multiple OC-48 and Gig-E Tier1 uplinks.)