Centralized Connectivity

Efficiently providing connection options to clients and carrier providers is a key concept of Phoenix NAP's operations. As a network access point, it is imperative our datacenter design and fiber management approach support these efforts, and do so without sacrificing any redundancy or security. Our meet-me room is built for this specific purpose.

Meet-Me Room Design

Located near the edge of our property, redundant meet me vaults enable fiber from carriers to connect to our facility without requiring significant trenching. From these vaults fiber runs in geographically diverse trenches (for added redundancy) into our facility's cross-connect room, which is encased in concrete and situated within our secure meet-me room. Provider equipment sits in this highly-secure room featuring 8-inch thick walls, while clients' equipment resides in secured space uncluttered by carrier networking gear.

This design affords provider carriers an additional layer of security while establishing a single location for them to perform traffic exchanges or peering without disturbing any other part of the datacenter. Additionally, any carrier additions or maintenances can be done without interfering with the security of clients' servers, and vice versa.

Meet-Me Room Security

The meet-me room is essential to our design, and our security measures reflect it. After visitors enter our datacenter, sign in with the security guard, and pass through the multi-factor authentication mantrap, they can see our meet-me room. However, only our technicians, engineers, or carriers' personnel are able to access the meet-me room. And that is only after they pass all of the previous security systems, and then pass a vascular scan.

This amount of security not only prevents unwarranted access, it reinforces the network access point aspect of our datacenter. Carriers have a separate, secure place or "access point" to meet their needs while clients enjoy the benefits of being in a next-generation facility featuring robust security systems and multiple network provider carriers.