San Diego Colocation

San Diego Colocation, Phoenix Colocation Has Never Been Easier

AIS operates six enterprise-class, carrier-neutral data centers for colocation and cloud services in San Diego and Phoenix.

Each AIS data center is designed and operated to meet the highest levels of redundancy to ensure client services for San Diego colo and Phoenix colo are always available.

To maximize performance, security, and reliability, AIS manages its own redundant optical network, which allows real-time service delivery from multiple points on the Internet to any AIS facility.

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The AIS service architecture is based on ITIL v3 and the facilities are audited periodically in accordance with SSAE 16 SOC 1, 2, and 3.

Diverse Colocation Data Center Footprint

With 52% market share, AIS is San Diego’s market leader (451 Research).

Over 600 clients spanning dozens of industries have made AIS their strategic IT service provider of choice.

AIS colo and cloud facilities include:

Lightwave Data Center (LWDC) – San Diego
Fiber Alley Data Centers (FADC) – San Diego
San Diego Tech Center (SDTC) – San Diego
Van Buren Data Center (VBDC) – Phoenix

Flexible Colocation Choices:

Private data center suites and custom cages ranging from 100 to 5,000 sq ft
Colocation cabinets in 13u, 14u, 17u, 22u, 26u, 42u, 45u, and 54u sizes
Shared colocation cabinet space in one (1) rack unit increments
Roof rights for any application, such as line of site (LOS), point-to-point, microwave, short wave, high frequency (HF), or HDTV

Using our redundant optical network, clients can manage multiple AIS colocation data center footprints for secure, scalable, and redundant primary and disaster recovery service.

Diverse fiber entrances to withstand multiple cuts and maintain connectivity
Premium Blended Bandwidth with Tier 1 carriers AT&T, Comcast, Cox, Level 3, Savvis, Sprint, Verizon, XO and direct peering via Any2 Exchange & Cenic International Internet Exchanges
Multiple fiber providers including AboveNet, AGL, AT&T, Cogent, Cox, Integra, Level 3, Qwest, Salt River Project, Sprint, TelePacific, Time Warner, TW Telecom, XO, and Verizon
Hot Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) in Ethernet or Fiber
Carrier neutral meet-me room

HVAC Systems:

Cold Aisle Containment
Full data-grade HVAC system with N+1 redundancy

Abundant Power Availability:

A/B, 208v / 120v power distribution
Standard 12KW per rack; higher densities available base upon client demand
N+1 emergency generator configuration

To ensure unsurpassed reliability and availability for all clients, AIS network and power systems have N+1 / 2N redundancy levels.

Physical Security:

24x7x365 security personnel
Video cameras with remote door release at facility mantrap and entrance
Biometric scanners
Digital card access at all data center doors
CCTV digital surveillance system with 90-180 day storage
Client equipment is tagged upon arrival and entered in client account for monitoring

Client Amenities:

Isolated and secure shipping and receiving area
Equipment staging area with secure storage
Client work area with wireless and wired Internet
Client lounge

Client Support Services:

24x7x365 on-site dedicated data center Client Services Engineers
Complimentary remote hands
Managed tape rotation and storage

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Testimonials

This is an important milestone for AIS – affirming that our enterprise-class data centers have the appropriate internal controls in place for assuring the highest level of standards for compliance, security and availability. We want our clients to feel comfortable that we are committed to taking the necessary steps to assure their peace-of-mind as they seek us out for colocation, connectivity, managed services and now, our full-featured cloud service. Our SOC 2 examination clearly sets us apar…Tim Caulfield, CEOAIS

Natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes, and man-made mayhem such as malware or even simple human error, are the types of events that can have devastating consequences for businesses that are reliant on mission-critical data and applications. With the one-year anniversary of the massive power outage that knocked out a large portion of Southern California upon us, we felt now was a great time to raise awareness of the need for DR planning and show how quickly and affordably …Tim Caulfield, CEOAIS

The company had grown to the point where we began to look for a new headquarters. At the same time, we were seriously considering whether to continue owning our own data center or to partner with a leading industry partner and further strengthen our already best-in-class hosting services. AIS proposed an ideal solution for us right here in our back yard with the connectivity, flexible power and security we needed, plus we’d be able to maintain the control of the data center as though it were i…Erez Nir, CTOMitchell International

Besides our native hot standby resiliency, our enterprise customers value the geographic redundancy we provide with AIS data centers in San Diego and Phoenix. We over-engineer to handle peak traffic and have the ability to offer business continuity with redundant databases and load balancing between sites. The bottom line is we are operating with the fault tolerance of a world class service provider, which is an important consideration for the Fortune 500 enterprises we are working with.Lance Fried, CEOHold-Free Networks

We had reached a critical point with our IT infrastructure where we had to make a decision on expanding our current facility or partnering with an enterprise-level data center. We were impressed with the Lightwave facility, the policies and procedures AIS has in place, like its ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) service architecture, and its knowledgeable staff. We feel AIS has mapped out a solid solution that can expand to meet our future business needs.Chris Rousseau, SVP global information technologyCallaway Golf

Our AppStack solution enables service providers and enterprise customers to move and manage complex cloud applications throughout their life cycle. That means we have deep first-hand knowledge of a wide variety of public and private clouds, as well as cloud orchestration platforms. After working closely with AIS to thoroughly test and implement our software and exhaustively stress-test AIS BusinessCloud1, our team at Appcara is quite impressed with the service. It is indeed a viable, enterprise-…John Yung, founder and CEOAppcara

San Diego Colocation