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Lightwave Data Center
9305 Lightwave Ave
San Diego, California 92123
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American Internet Services' Lightwave data center is an 80,000 square-foot purpose built data center located in the San Diego Spectrum area of Clairemont Mesa, California. Originally designed to support the colocation for a large defense contractor, Lightwave is a SAS 70 Type II compliant facility that features an impressive 12+ Megawatts of power, N+1 / 2N or better redundancy on all data center systems and security protocols required by leading businesses in the most stringent verticals.

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With colocation space offerings from wholesale sized private suites, custom cages and multi-sized locking cabinets, the Lightwave data center can accommodate the needs of local, regional and international businesses of any size. Regardless of physical location, our data center clients can always leverage from 24x7x365 onsite support personnel for remote hands services that are provided at no cost.

Lightwave is well positioned in the fiber rich area of Clairemont Mesa offering direct carrier-neutral access to many of the world’s leading carriers and network internet service providers. In addition to carrier-neutral access, companies can choose to leverage from the portfolio of managed AIS colocation networking services including performance routed IP and seamless private layer 2 transport to any remote AIS data center in California or Arizona. With AIS Van Buren located in Phoenix, Arizona, out-of-state disaster recovery has never been easier or more affordable.

Data Center Space

Private data center suites from 600sq/ft – 5000sq/ft
Built to spec private cages
Locking colocation cabinets in 13u, 17u, 26u and 54u increments
Shared cabinet space in 1u increments
Roof rights with excellent line of site for antenna systems
Onsite office space available

Power Systems

12+ Megawatts from SDG&E
2N and N+1 AC UPS power plants
A/B, 120/208v, Single-phase/Three-phase circuits available
Up to 16 KWs per rack or higher
N+1 emergency generator configuration
Minimum 24-hour run time fuel capacity onsite
Multiple fuel providers with 4 hour response or better

Cooling Systems

Full data-grade HVAC system with N+1 redundancy
N+1 CRAC/CRAH units on data center floors
72 degree ambient air temperature (+/-2 degrees)
45% humidity (+/-5%)

Fire Suppression

Zoned Halon fire protection in all data center suites
Dry-pipe, pre-action double interlock fire suppression system
Zone specific discharge

Network Connectivity

Multiple fiber vaults with diverse entry into the data center
Large carrier-neutral meet me room
Option to access AIS performance-routed blended network: AT&T, Global Crossing, Level 3, Savvis, Sprint, Verizon, XO & peering via Any2 Exchange & Cenic
Seamless private Layer 2 transport to any remote AIS data center. (FADC, VBDC, SDTC and OWDC)
Multiple fiber providers on-site including: AT&T, Cogent, Cox, Level 3, Telepacific, Time Warner, TW Telecom and XO
Cross Connect to the Lightwave meet me room and inter-cabinet via any media type

Physical Security

24x7x365 on-site security staff
Camera with remote door release at facility entrance - only authorized personnel are allowed to enter
Biometric hand scanner at man trap entrance
Card access control at all interior doors
CCTV digital surveillance cameras with 90 days storage on all main data center areas
Motion-detection for lighting on data center floors
All customer equipment is registered upon arrival and can only be removed by authorized personnel
Shipping and receiving area is isolated from the colocation floors

Client Support Services