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Spokane

The Spokane market operates three data centers out of Liberty Lake, WA (a suburb east of Spokane). Initially opened in 2003, TierPoint Spokane offers a variety of data center services including colocation, cloud services, and managed services. Spokane is consistently rated one of the safest places geographically in the United States and is a prime location for any data center service, including live production, business continuity and disaster recovery. It’s audited under SSAE 18 Type 2 SOC 2, PCI-DSS1*, GLBA and HIPAA standards annually. ITAR and EU-US Privacy Shield registered.

*Please see Security & Compliance section below for details

Highlights

  • Safe geographic location more than 250 miles from major cities between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains providing low risk to natural disasters
  • World-class infrastructure, built to enable production, business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities for critical systems and applications
  • Reliable, high quality and clean power source utilizing a mix of 48% hydro, 35% natural gas and 6% wind sources
  • Redundant geothermal cooling technology provides incredible zero water consumption
  • Diverse and redundant connectivity designed for independence from the main regional telecom carrier hotel with routes west, south and east of Spokane and a carrier-neutral policy with access to most local, regional and national providers
  • A private I0G diverse path and carrier ring to Seattle enabling robust and flexible business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities
  • Technologies, processes and people to meet stringent physical security needs for any compliance or regulatory requirements

Facility

  • 3I,000 sq. ft. of data center space
  • Building construction is Type II-B unprotected non-combustible
  • 24-in. raised flooring
  • Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system with VESDA
  • 300 lbs/sq. ft. floor leads

Security

  • 24x7x365 on-site personnel
  • SSAE 18 Type 2 SOC 2, PCI-DSS1*, GLBA and HIPAA standards annually. ITAR and EU-US Privacy Shield registered
  • Dual factor authentication (card key and biometric)
  • CCTV surveillance with 90-day retention

*1PCI-DSS – Certification on PCI-DSS Requirement 9 & 12 (Physical Security and Information Security Policies) on data center (colocation) services. Colocation provides secure space, power, and environmental controls for merchants and service providers, some of which fall under PCI compliance. No logical access to any customer systems that may contain cardholder data.

Power

  • 8.8MW of utility power
  • On-site fuel capacity for 4.5 days full runtime
  • N+I power delivery systems (UPS/generator)
  • Eight backup diesel generators on standby
  • Generators tested monthly; routinely run at full load

Network

  • Carrier-neutral connectivity
  • True BGP with intelligent routing
  • Connectivity diversity through US Bank carrier hotel and non-US Bank alternate path
  • National private redundant and diverse path I0GB connectivity
  • Private I0GB fiber ring to TierPoint Seattle facilities

Connectivity

On-Net Carriers

  • 360 Networks
  • AT&T
  • Century Link
  • Comcast
  • FatBeam
  • Integra
  • Level 3
  • NoaNet (NW OAN)
  • TW Telecom
  • XO Communications
  • Zayo

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Spokane Location

23403 E. Mission Ave.​
Suite 121W
Liberty Lake, WA 99019
(509) 688-2555