Enterprise Data Centers (SoftLayer, an IBM Company)

Our global enterprise data centers are filled with first class computing, storage, and networking gear. Each location is built, outfitted, and operated the same, so you get the exact same capabilities and availability anywhere in our footprint.

Building and operating a data center involves more than filling a room with servers. Every aspect of our enterprise data center, from location and accessibility to power density and redundancy, is designed to guarantee its security, resiliency, and efficiency.

We build each center to the same spec and equip it to provide the full catalog of services. And each is staffed 24x7 with experts to troubleshoot and address the rare issues that can't be directly resolved through our automated management system.

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Redundant Infrastructure

All enterprise data centers maintain multiple power feeds, fiber links, dedicated generators, and battery backup. They are built from industry-leading hardware and equipment, ensuring the highest level of performance, reliability, and interoperability. We regularly inspect and test our redundant n+1 power and cooling resources to guarantee stability in our data center pods.

DATA CENTERS FACILITIES

  • n+1 UPS Battery Backup Units
  • n+1 Backup Power Generators
  • n+1 Cooling Infrastructure
  • Pre-Action Dry Pipe Fire Suppression
  • Multi-Level Access Control

24x7 on-site security, a worry free environment

Every location is hardened against physical intrusion, and server room access is limited to certified employees. All of our controls (inside and outside the data center) are vetted by third-party auditors, and we provide detailed reports for our customers' own security certifications. The most sensitive financial, healthcare, and government workloads require the unparalleled protection our data center provides.

Multiple data center locations around the world

With data centers across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, customers can provision cloud resources where (and when) they need them. Each data center is connected to our global private network, making data transfers faster and more efficient anywhere in the world. Our performance, flexibility and control isn’t just on demand, it’s also just around the corner.

Best-in-class Network Infrastructure

Our enterprise network is built from best-in-class networking infrastructure, hardware, and software with exceptional bandwidth and connectivity for the highest speed and reliability. Every upstream network port is multiple 10G or 40G and every rack is terminated with multiple 10G or 40G connections to the public Internet and multiple 10G or 40G connections to our private network.

Every data center and network PoP has multiple 10Gbps connections to top-tier transit and peering network carriers. Network traffic from anywhere in the world will connect to the closest network PoP, and it will travel directly across our network to its data center, minimizing the number of network hops and handoffs between providers. Inside the data center, we offer up to ten gigabits per second of bandwidth to individual servers to meet even the most demanding network-intensive workloads.

Our global network boasts more than 2,000Gbps of connectivity between data centers and network points of presence (PoPs). These locations each have multiple 10Gbps transit connections as well as peering links to additional service providers and access networks.

Public Network

Every data center and network PoP has multiple 10Gbps connections to top-tier transit and peering network carriers. Network traffic from anywhere in the world will connect to the closest network PoP, and it will travel directly across our network to its data center, minimizing the number of network hops and handoffs between providers. Inside the data center, we offer up to ten gigabits per second of bandwidth to individual servers to meet even the most demanding network-intensive workloads.

Private Network

All enterprise data centers and PoPs are connected by our private network backbone. This private network is separate from the public network, and it enables you to seamlessly connect your services in our enterprise data centers around the world. Move data between servers at no cost, and take advantage of our update and patch servers, software repositories, backend services, and more without interfering with public network traffic.

Locations & Network SpeedTest

Location Network Carriers/Peering Exchanges 100MB Download Ping/Trace Route
Dallas (US) Comcast, Level3, NTT, TeliaSonera, Telefonica, Time Warner, Zayo, Equinix 173.192.68.18
San Jose (US) Level3, ATT, Comcast, NTT, TeliaSonera, Time Warner, Zayo, Equinix 50.23.64.58
Seattle (US) Level3, ATT, Comcast, NTT, Time Warner, SIX 67.228.112.250
Washington, D.C. (US) Level3, ATT, Comcast, NTT, TeliaSonera, Telefonica, Time Warner, Zayo, Equinix 208.43.102.250
Montreal (Canada) Level3, TeliaSonera, TorIX 169.54.124.180
Toronto (Canada) Level3, TeliaSonera, TorIX 158.85.65.212
Querétaro (Mexico) Alestra, MetroRED 169.57.4.116
Amsterdam (Netherlands) Level3, NTT Communications, TeliaSonera, Telefonica, AMS-IX, NLIX 159.253.132.18
Frankfurt (Germany) Level3, NTT, TeliaSonera, Telecom Italia, DE-CIX, NIX.CZ 159.122.69.4
London (UK) Level3, NTT, TeliaSonera, LINX, EMIX 5.10.97.132
Milan (Italy) Level3, Telecom Italia, TeliaSonera 159.122.128.84
Paris (France) Level3, NTT, TeliaSonera, Equinix 159.8.64.212
Hong Kong (China) China Telecom, China Unicom, NTT, Pacnet, PCCW, Telstra, Time Warner, Equinix, HKIX 119.81.130.170
Singapore (Singapore) China Telecom, Pacnet, PCCW, Telecom Italia, Telstra, Equinix, Starhub 216.12.196.114
Tokyo (Japan) China Telecom, NTT, Pacnet, PCCW, Telstra, Equinix, JPNAP, BBIX 161.202.125.20
Melbourne (Australia) Telstra, PipeIX, VIC-IX, Megaport 168.1.65.244
Sydney (Australia) Telstra, PipeIX, Megaport, Equinix, NSW-IX 168.1.1.212
Sao Paulo (Brazil) Level3, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, PTT 169.57.128.148
Chennai (India) Bharti Airtel, Tata 169.38.65.84