Our providers power facilities far exceeds the investment and design of most other SME web hosting firms. Rather than leave our customer's Internet service to chance, they have wisely invested in key power infrastructure to ensure any loss of utility power, power equipment failures, and wire cuts do not result in a loss of service. Over $650,000 has been investing in power equipment alone!

Ultra Power Redundancy through Power Equipment, Batteries and Diesel Generators
All of our providers Internet Data Centers (IDCs) fall under their power facility, consisting of a battery room, a power room, and generators located outside the building. The battery room consists of 200 C&W Liberty Series 1000 Lead-Calcium batteries. These batteries weigh 95 pounds each, and the 4 battery racks total 19,000 pounds. At 100% load, the batteries will have a 27% run-time. Currently, they are running at a 10% load, giving about 9.5 hours of battery run-time. The power room consists of two 400kVa Liebert Series 600 systems, which are used for power regulation.

Though the batteries could provide the needed power for an extended time, they are not meant to be a long-term power back-up solution. The two diesel generators serve the purpose of providing an extended power alternative to utility service. The two diesel generators can run about 24 hours without refueling, and a service contract is maintained with a local fuel company to provide delivery of specified diesel generator within an hour of a telephone call! While these generators had to be utilized due to loss of utility power in the past, they have never needed re-fueling while the utility power remained out.

How Power is Delivered to Power your Internet Presence
Our provider's primary source of DC power is the local utility company, Kansas City Power & Light. If the utility service is unavailable, the diesel generators provide a long-term power source alternative. From the power source, the electricity flows through the Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS). The electricity then passes through the Liberty 100 batteries in a daisy-chain formation. From the batteries, the power proceeds up one of the two busbars within the building. The power is then delivered to one of 3 Power Distribution Units (PDUs). From the PDUs, the power is then broken down into individual wiring that runs below the raised floors in the IDCs to each individual rack or cabinet.