Data Center Site Selection

Brickstone considers six (6) major areas as part of the site selection process and provide two (2) distinct site selection services:

1.    Assistance in selecting an appropriate geography on which to locate a data center.

2.    Evaluation of a previously identified building site.

Natural Hazard Threats

• Including proximity to floods hazard areas, waterways, earthquake zones, etc.

Physical Location Threats

• Including multi-tenant occupancy, separation of parking areas & loading docks from perimeter walls.

Terrorist Activity Threats

• Proximity to high exposure targets.

Environmental Contamination Threats

• Proximity to hazardous materials manufacturing and storage.

Site Accessibility

• Proximity to major traffic arteries and airports.

Amenities Access

• Proximity to major metropolitan areas.

To shorten significantly our clients’ time, and cost, investment for site search, Brickstone has access to databases of data center properties in the U.S.

It is vital that a data center provide always-available access for both customers and employees. The goal is guaranteed accessibility to data – anywhere – anytime. Since it is impossible to meet the requirement with a single data center, many of our clients seek to build a second data center as part of their disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

Apart from overcoming this single point of failure, multiple data centers provide additional benefits, such as application scalability, high availability, and load distribution.