Data center · McKinney

McKinney Data Center (McK)

1720 Bray Central Drive, McKinney, TX

Rows of black server cabinets and secure cages on a raised floor in the McKinney data center

At a glance

1720 Bray Central Drive, McKinney, TX

Areté Solutions’ McKinney (McK) is located at 1720 Bray Central Drive, McKinney, and is an ideal facility for companies seeking a colocation data center, business continuity and disaster recovery centers, and access to a workspace area as well.

5,000 SF

Data center space

Move-in-ready space.

1 MW

Total power capacity

Space offers a total capacity of 1 Megawatt of power.

2016

Commissioned

100% uptime achieved since data center commissioning in 2016.

Facility specifications

Colocation, with a workspace nearby.

Facility details

  • Conveniently located on I-75 in McKinney
  • 100% uptime achieved since data center commissioning in 2016
  • Features 5,000 SF of move-in-ready data center space
  • Surface parking – 250+ spaces in building lot

Security

  • Cage access is controlled by biometric and/or key card access readers
  • Each secure data center has a minimum of four security checkpoints that are keycard and/or biometric access controlled
  • All access points, common areas and the building perimeter are monitored by CCTV at the data center security station and remotely at a NOC facility
  • Security images are maintained in accordance with PCI requirements

Data center floor

  • 5,000 SF of move-in-ready data center space
  • 36-inch raised floor
  • Secure cages and lockable cabinets solutions

Power

  • UPS is configured with 2N UPS systems
  • Suite served by one (1) 1000 kVA transformer
  • The McKinney data center is served by a 500 kW generator
  • True A/B power is delivered to the data center floor with redundant PDUs and RPPs
  • Power is monitored at the branch circuit level
  • Generators are tested on a monthly basis
  • The data center is supported by redundant re-fuel contracts
  • Space offers a total capacity of 1 Megawatt of power

Cooling

  • Cooling is configured with twenty 20-ton CRAH units on the roof
  • High density configurations are not supported

Telecom & connectivity

  • Fiber enters the building through two separate entrance facilities on different sides of the facility
  • Areté Solutions has a private, DWDM fully redundant carrier grade fiber ring to connect Areté Solutions data centers to major carrier hotels

Carriers

  • AT&T
  • Time Warner
  • Zayo
  • XO
  • Verizon
  • Level3/CenturyLink
  • Fiberlight
  • Frontier
  • IIX

Workspace access in the same building.

This facility is ideal for companies that also want access to a workspace area. See Areté WorkSpaces.