Positioned uniquely in the region, the Gateway Gulf datacenter is entirely carrier-neutral. Carrier neutrality is a critical feature of colocation facilities, since it ensures a fully-competitive market for the layer-1 and layer-2 carrier services needed to move traffic to and from your colocated servers. This competitive market in the underlying wholesale services allows Internet access providers, content distribution networks, and value-added service providers operating in markets like voice, banking, data warehousing, and grid computing, to maximize their margins while relying upon the stability of multiple source services. Adding a new carrier connection within the Gateway Gulf facility is as easy as making a call or sending an email to our NOC. No waiting for circuits, and no need to pay high one-time connection fees or be locked in to long-term supplier contracts.
Carrier neutrality brings liquidity to the carrier transport and Internet transit markets.
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| Facility and Pathways |
- 4,000 square meters
- Cabinets, racks, and cages available at 1,200 square meters
- Two diverse fiber entry points
- Fiber, copper, and AC run on separate cable trays at separate levels
- Freight elevator access throughout
- Dedicated staging workshop for customer use
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| Power |
- 20 kW per cabinet
- 1+1 redundant power feeds totaling 11 MW
- 1+1 redundant battery for 5 minutes
- 3+1 redundant diesel generators totaling 6,000 kVA
- 7-day on-site diesel fuel supply in armored tank-farm
- Redundant 24-hour diesel refueling supply contracts
- Central local and remote monitoring for all power systems
- Governmental designation as critical national infrastructure
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| Environmental |
- 6 tons of cooling per cabinet
- Both air and liquid-cooled cabinets available
- Fully 3+1 redundant cooling systems
- Central local and remote monitoring for all environmental systems
- Continuous cross-zoned (A-B mapping) VESDA air sampling for smoke detection
- The server areas and all electrical spaces will be covered by a gaseous suppression system such as FM-200.
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| Security |
- Outer perimeter concrete wall and fence 10 feet/ 3 meters high
- Outside lighting, motion-detection, and full video
- Guards patrolling the site, inside and out, 24x7
- RFID and biometric security
- Photo ID and preauthorization required for access
- Full inside motion-detection and video
- Remote oversight and audit of all security operations
- Governmental designation as critical national infrastructure
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| External Connectivity |
- Redundant carrier entrance facilities
- Local fiber and copper from Batelco
- Access to FOG cable system
- Access to FLAG/Falcon cable system
- On-site satellite dish farm (One 7.6-meter C-band, one 6.1-meter Ku-band,
three 4.9-meter Ku-band, and one 3.7-meter Ku-band)
- On-site tower for microwave and free-space-optic transmission
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