Phoenix, AZ

• Multiple levels of redundancy available within same footprint (e.g. N, 2N)
• Ability to hold up to 90 MW of critical capacity (campus)
• 160 MW on-site substation
• Diverse power delivered by two independent circuits
• 400kVA PDUs with dual input STSs
• Scalable 2.25 MW Detroit Diesel dedicated generators pre-wired for additional capacity
• 5,000 gallon diesel fuel belly tanks

• 36-inch raised floor design
• Indirect evaporative backed by chilled water plant
• Highly efficient multiple 500 ton Trane chillers with fast restart and adaptive controlled microprocessors
• Redundant water feeds

• Reinforced physical structure, including concrete bollards and steel-lined wall options for security, and bullet resistant glass
• Video surveillance and recording of the exterior and interior
• On-site security guards 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Man traps, revolving entrance doors; biometric and key card (color coded) security for rigid access control
• Cabinet and cage security options include individual locks biometric scanners
• Perimeter fence

• Energy Star Certified: PHX3 and PHX4 of the Chandler campus have achieved the Energy Star Data Center Certification from US EPA.  This is awarded to facilities that are verified to perform in the top 25 percent of energy-efficient data centers nationwide.
• CyrusOne Zero Water Consumption Cooling: No water is consumed to cool this facility (such as water towers or evaporative cooling). Minimal amounts of water are used for humidification and facility maintenance. This facility uses highly efficient chillers, variable frequency drives, and energy-efficient CRAH units to achieve high-efficiency air-cooled chilling. An average US data center of the same size typically consumes over 15 million gallons of water per month for cooling.
• Net Positive Water: The Phoenix-Chandler campus is CyrusOne’s first net-positive water data center. We partner with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s Change the Course program to restore significantly more water to nearby watersheds than we withdraw, providing a net benefit to the local region. For more information, see our press release, “CyrusOne Unveils First Net Positive Water Data Center.”
• Regional Water Stress: The Phoenix area currently faces extremely high water stress, which is projected to continue in the future. Unlike any other data center we know of, CyrusOne’s Phoenix-Chandler campus restores more water to the environment than it uses. This helps to reduce regional water stress as well as limit our exposure to potential business disruption due to water shortages.

(Risk assessment and projections based on WRI Aqueduct Tool)

• Regional Grid Greenhouse Gases: How much greenhouse gas does this facility’s local electrical grid emit while generating electricity?  (Useful for Location-based greenhouse gas reporting)

The carbon intensity of the grid has improved by about 1.4% points per year over the last 14 years of published data.  Reported by the US EPA eGRID for the WECC Southwest subregion (AZNM).

• Regional Grid Renewables: What percentage of this facility’s local electrical grid is from renewable sources (wind, solar, biomass, hydro, and geothermal)?

This has been increasing by about 0.4% points per year over the last 14 years of published data.  Based on US EPA eGRID data for the WECC Southwest subregion (AZNM).

• Sun in the Desert: Phoenix-Chandler is our largest data center campus and is planned to be the largest data center campus in Arizona. In 2019 our power provider, Salt River Project (SRP), approached us with the opportunity to help green-light a 100 MW solar plant being built in Coolidge, AZ by committing to buying its renewable energy. In considering the opportunity, we consulted with customers, who heartily supported the effort to add additional renewable power to the region. We signed up for 6.5MW of the project and look forward to the solar facility coming online and delivering carbon- and water-free power to us by 2021. We anticipate that this will replace about 6% of this facility’s electricity supply with renewable power.