The Vault

Location: Dulles, VA

The Vault is the most secure, federally compliant data center in the industry, providing the maximum security available among commercial and federal data centers. Constructed from the ground up to meet a superset of federal security mandates, this Tier III data center is backed by a defense-in-depth strategy for comprehensive physical, network, and policy-based security assuring customers that even their most sensitive data will remain secure. With concentric rings of security, biometric access points, armed guards, and nearly impenetrable Lampertz vaults, Carpathia is confident in the physical security of our Vault data center.

Key Highlights:

• Hardened federally compliant facility
• Perimeter fence
• No raised floor (deliberate for government audits)
• Racks directly integrated into cooling framework patented design
• Reinforced conduit for all points of ingress and egress
• SCIF-level containment and controls
• Vault containment for all equipment
• Vaults designated as separate buildings by fire code
• 11' ceilings
• Proximity and biometric readers throughout facility
• Access authorized per employee depending on clearance
• 360° video surveillance
• Audited physical access reports
• Armed guards
• Third-party certifications
• Customizable Delivery Model (compliance, QASP/SLAs, etc.)
• Employees - background cleared, US Citizens, no contract employees
• US company-owned

Power & Connectivity:

• Minimum N+1 redundancy for all power and cooling with fully redundant high-density power systems
• HVAC with 3 roof-mounted 100-ton chillers
• Multiple 20-ton Stultz CRAC units in each vault

Technical Highlights:

• High security posture
• High power density
• Redundant high capacity bandwidth