Power Protection FEATURED ARTICLE

Waveform Technology, a privately held facilities-based Internet service provider and data center operator based in Troy, Mich, has announced that a number of physical upgrades have been made this summer to the Troy Michigan Data Center.

The improvements will provide increased capacity to meet growing demand for data center space, improve service reliability, and maximize energy efficiency.

"We're experiencing a huge growth in the number of new colocation tenants we take on each year," said Noel Montales, spokesperson of Waveform, in a statement.

Montales said that the addition of more colocation customers necessitates an increase in critical power capacity. In order to meet this demand, Waveform has added over a half megawatt of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) capacity and replaced the data center's backup power generator with a new custom-built Kohler (News - Alert) full megawatt generator. Both these tactics will ensure greater power protection.

Officials with Waveform said that the company now operates four UPS units, which function independently from each other to allow Waveform to meet increasing requests for fully redundant power feeds.

This more than doubles the existing UPS capacity in the Michigan Data Center.

"We employ all Liebert UPS units because we believe they offer the best in class reliability and industry leading efficiency," said Montales. Liebert uninterruptible power supplies operate at 94 percent energy efficiency, making them more efficient than any other battery UPS available.

Company officials said that the new generator also meets the EPA's tier 3 standard for emissions, making it far more environmentally friendly than the previous tier 1 generator. Waveform now uses only ultralow sulfur fuel, greatly decreasing the amount of sulfur dioxide released during runtime.

A temporary backup generator was deployed during the new generator installation. Customer equipment was never unprotected from a commercial power outage.

"Our strategy for a greener data center is energy efficiency," Montales said. "We've made several large steps to accomplish that while working to add capacity."