Waveform News
Summer Data Center Improvements — Increased Capacity and Increased Energy Efficiency
Waveform News
Thursday, 06 October 2011 15:43
More Data Center — Greener Data Center
The Michigan Data Center has been pretty busy this summer with physical upgrades. We’ve been working to increase our capacity (to meet the ever growing demand for data center space here in Detroit) improve reliability, and maximize our energy efficiency. Our strategy for a greener data center is a more energy efficient data center.
More Power
More demand means we need more power, and to provide that we’ve doubled the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) capacity and upgraded our generator to supply a full megawatt of backup power.
Waveform now operates four completely independent UPS units. This allows us to provide fully redundant power feeds to customers. All of our uninterruptible power supplies are Liebert, because we believe that they offer the best reliability and efficiency for the industry. A Liebert UPS operates at 94% energy efficiency, which is the most efficient operation of any battery UPS available right now.
Our new generator is a custom-built Kohler full megawatt generator. It’s has a twin turbocharged V-12 diesel engine that operates more efficiently than our old generator. The new generator meets the EPS’s tier 3 emissions standards, meaning it’s more environmentally friendly than the old generator as well.
Moreover, Waveform now uses only ultra-low sulfur fuel, which decreases the amount of sulfur dioxide released during generator runtime.
More Cooling
We’ve also added 180 tons of heat rejection capacity to the Michigan Data Center’s climate control plant. This increase not only adds capacity, but it increases our energy efficiency by an estimated 10%. The increased cooling load means we can more efficiently and reliably cool the data center on hot summer days, and we can take better advantage of free cooling provided by the old Michigan winters.
SAS 70 Certification for Troy Michigan Data Center
Waveform News
Tuesday, 20 September 2011 13:00
Waveform Technology is happy to announce today the completion of our SAS 70 audit and our certification as a SAS 70 data center. We’re very proud to make this announcement this because until recently companies looking for SAS 70 colocation in Michigan had very limited options, and usually at price points that are beyond the reach of most small and mid-sized businesses.
Welcome to the new age of affordable SAS 70 colocation here in Michigan! More information about SAS 70 colocation here.
Automation Alley
Waveform News
Monday, 19 September 2011 17:03
Waveform Technology is now a member of Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association.
Turtle Hut: Ten Years Of Colocation
Waveform News
Friday, 25 March 2011 11:17
One of our oldest colocation customers, Turtle Hut, is celebrating their tenth anniversary of colocation with Waveform Technology this year. It's also the twelfth year that we've provided Internet access to Turtle Hut. You can read more about it over at Turtle Hut's own website.
New Design
Waveform News
Tuesday, 14 September 2010 14:50
Yep, we've rolled out our new website design, complete with a new logo! If you're having a hard time finding anything—or find that we've broken an important link—then please let us know!
Fastest Internet Access For A Private School
Waveform News
Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:52
This week Waveform Technology has completed a new fiber optic build which will provide gigabit Internet access to Marian High School, Brother Rice High School, and St. Regis School in Bloomfield Hills. This private fiber optic Internet access gives these schools faster Internet access than any other private school in Michigan.
Gigabit Internet access is 650 times faster than a T1, and more then 160 times faster then Marian High School’s old Internet access.
We’re treating this as a pilot project for a larger community oriented construction schedule that will bring extremely fast Internet access to more Michigan schools. We managed to help break the price barrier on T1 circuits back in the 1990s, and now we hope to do the same for fiber optic Internet connections.
Please let us know if you’d like Gigabit Internet access at your school or business.
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