RagingWire Data Centers brochure – April 2019

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A GLOBAL DATA CENTER PLATFORM FOR HYPERSCALE CUSTOMERS


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RAGINGWIRE MISSION-CRITICAL DATA CENTERS FOR HYPERSCALE CLOUD AND LARGE ENTERPRISES WRIT TEN BY

JOHN O’HANLON PRODUCED BY

TOM VENTURO


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As part of NTT, RagingWire is one of the largest data center providers in the world, connecting customers to a global network of more than 140 data centers in 20 countries and regions

T

o say the world is facing an

RagingWire was one of the early

unprecedented explosion of

start-ups that helped create the data

information may be a cliché,

center colocation industry back in the

but it’s true. Globally, the data center

early 2000s. Since then, the company

market is estimated to reach revenues

has steadily grown its presence across

of around US$174bn by 2023, largely

the US, with campuses in the top data

driven by the massive growth in cloud

center markets of Ashburn, Virginia,

computing and the migration of large

Dallas, Texas, Silicon Valley, Chicago,

enterprises from in-house data centers

Illinois, and Sacramento, California.

to colocation facilities. These are the

In Ashburn, the #1 data center market

fundamentals behind the strategy of

in the world which is known as “Data

RagingWire Data Centers.

Center Alley” for its large concentration


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RagingWire Ashburn VA3 Data Center – Security checkpoint of colocation data centers, RagingWire

data center campus which is home to

operates a 78-acre, securely fenced

a marquee 16 MW facility. Four more

campus with room for seven large data

large data centers are planned for the

center facilities, one of which is opened

campus, which would bring the campus

and two of which are under construc-

total to 144 MW of critical IT load.

tion now. Combined with two other data

In Sacramento, California, about

centers RagingWire previously opened

90 miles east of San Francisco and

in Ashburn, the company owns space

outside the earthquake zone of the

for a total of nine Ashburn data centers

Bay Area, RagingWire built three

which could offer a total of 236 MW of

data centers with a total of 53 MW

critical power.

of critical power, all running on 100%

In Dallas, RagingWire owns a 42-acre

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Recently, RagingWire announced

increasingly outsource data center

plans to build new data centers on

capacity to take advantage of greater

coveted land in Silicon Valley (Santa

economies of scale, efficiencies,

Clara to be exact), and in Chicago.

speed to market, security, space and

These new locations complete Raging-

reliability than they would have if they

Wire’s portfolio in the most popular U.S.

housed their mission-critical comput-

data center locations, but the compa-

ers at their own facilities.

ny is also planning developments in other emerging markets as well.

In January 2014, NTT acquired an 80% equity stake in RagingWire. Four years later in January 2018, having

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NTT BRINGS GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY TO RAGINGWIRE CUSTOMERS

doubled RagingWire’s capacity, NTT

Today RagingWire is focused on

remaining shares.

meeting the demands of large enterprises and cloud providers which

exercised its option to purchase the By joining the NTT family, RagingWire became the platform for NTT’s

E XECU T I VE P RO FI LE

Joe Goldsmith Joe Goldsmith is Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at RagingWire Data Centers, responsible for all aspects of go-to-market strategy and execution including: sales, marketing, product management, business development, channels, and sales operations. Goldsmith is a proven sales executive with more than 25 years of experience, including more than a decade in the data center industry.


“ Hybrid IT is the new world order and I don’t think you will find any CIO in America who has not contemplated or executed a cloud component to their overall strategy” — Joe Goldsmith, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at RagingWire

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“ The new data centers have to be super reliable of course, and scalable, but the one big consideration for hyper­scalers is speed to market” 08 — Kevin Dalton, Senior Vice President of Construction and Critical Facilities Engineering and Design (CFED) at RagingWire

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data center business throughout the

huge market for the cloud and software-

Americas, and became part of one of

as-a-service (SaaS) providers, it’s not

the largest data center companies in

one in which most of the US-based

the world with strong financial backing

cloud service providers have deep

and more than 140 facilities in over 20

infrastructure. Being able to support

countries and regions.

them in the European and Asian

RagingWire’s customers value the

markets is really powerful for us.”

global reach enabled by NTT. Accorddent and Chief Revenue Officer Joe

EVERYTHING HYPERSCALE PLAYERS NEED, AND NOTHING THEY DON’T

Goldsmith, “Though Asia represents a

It makes less and less sense for

ing to RagingWire Senior Vice Presi-


09 E X E CU T I VE P RO FI LE

Kevin Dalton Kevin Dalton is Senior Vice President of Construction and Critical Facilities Engineering and Design (CFED) at RagingWire Data Centers, responsible for leading the team that designs and delivers world-class data centers. Kevin is an expert in leveraging supply chain optimization and modular pre-fabricated construction techniques to drive rapid growth, improved quality, and speed to market. Throughout his career, he has set the standard for next generation data center designs.

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RagingWire Dallas TX1 Data Center hyperscale cloud providers like Google,

include bringing their operating

Amazon, Alibaba or Microsoft to take

expenses down through more efficient

the time and expense to build the

cooling, better management of energy

capacity they require in a data center.

and the like,” Dalton says. “The new

The hyperscale players are driving

data centers have to be super reliable

the market right now, says Kevin

of course, and scalable, but the one

Dalton, Senior Vice President of

big consideration for hyperscalers is

Construction and Critical Facilities

speed to market. Demand is so intense

Engineering and Design (CFED) at

right now that these customers can no

RagingWire. “We’re meeting [the

longer meet it from their own resourc-

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to organizations like RagingWire.” We are in the early stages of a tech

As Goldsmith puts it: “The hyperscale players’ core strength lies in building

boom driven by huge opportunities

and developing software, infrastructure

with the Internet of Things (IoT),

and cloud services. There are many

artificial intelligence (AI) and big data,

markets where they simply don’t have

and nobody doubts that soon self-driv-

the ability to catch up with the demand.

ing vehicles and smart cities will

That’s where they can turn to a third

create new demands for data centers

party like us that can help them achieve

and the servers, storage, and network-

their business objectives by fulfilling

ing devices that live there. Combine

their data capacity requirement.”

these new and emerging demands

Goldsmith mentioned that enterpris-

with continued growth in enterprise

es like insurance companies, banks or

computing and the future looks bright

large manufacturers may still have

for RagingWire.

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“ We have been innovating in the area of modular design and supply chain, to both shorten construction lead times and to lower costs” — Kevin Dalton, Senior Vice President of Construction and Critical Facilities Engineering and Design (CFED) at RagingWire

To do this, he and Joe Goldsmith work closely with customers to understand their business plans and capacity requirements. “This is an iterative process for us in collaboration with our customers,” says Dalton. “Clearly, without access to reliable, cost-effective power and fiber connectivity you can’t have a data center. Cost of land and labor are other challenges.” But these are secondary to being in the right location at the right time. RagingWire is constructing, for example, a new four-story data center, SV1, in Santa Clara, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. The 160,000 sq. ft. facility

center, but most are executing a hybrid

is going up on a 3.3 acre site, with 64,000

strategy that includes legacy applica-

sq. ft of data floor space and 16 MW of

tions, proprietary systems, private

scalable, critical IT power and will be

cloud, and public cloud.

operational in 2020.

“Hybrid IT is the new world order

New data center space in Santa

and I don’t think you will find any CIO in

Clara is rare. The vacancy rate among

America who has not contemplated or

at least 30 data centers in the area is

executed a cloud component to their

under 8%. There will be no lack of

overall strategy,” Goldsmith said.

takers for RagingWire’s new facility. To be prepared for the ground-shaking

BUILDING DATA CENTERS BIGGER, SMARTER, FASTER

that is characteristic of the Bay Area,

Kevin Dalton’s job is to locate, design

a seismic-stability system used by NTT

and construct new data center space.

in its data center in Japan, a location

RagingWire’s SV1 Data Center will feature

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NTT (RAGINGWIRE’S PA R E N T C O M PA N Y )

$118bn+ Approximate revenue

283,000

Approximate number of employees

140

Data centers worldwide

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prone to earthquakes. A subterranean

area of modular design and supply

pendulum isolation system protects

chain, to both shorten construction

the building from the ground moving

lead times and to lower costs,” Dalton

below it. Using the same system, NTT’s

says. “There are huge advantages in

Tokyo facilities were unharmed by the

having standard designs where we

catastrophic 9.1 magnitude earthquake

can pretty much drop in electrical and

and tsunami that devastated eastern

mechanical modules at any location

Japan in 2011.

around the country. Time to market is

This is a great illustration of one of

vital to the cloud providers.”

the advantages that RagingWire gains

With this approach, the equipment

from its parent group, however Dalton

for an electrical room can be reduced

returns to the agility RagingWire offers

to a couple of elements that fit on a

as the main differentiator across the

flatbed truck for delivery to a core and

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“ Most of our customers have green policies so being able to offer them renewable energy helps them maintain those green credentials” — Kevin Dalton, Senior Vice President of Construction and Critical Facilities Engineering and Design (CFED) at RagingWire

are in place, installing the infrastructure should take no more than a few months. Purchasing agreements with global equipment manufacturers lead to volume discounts that can be passed on to customers. “We do as much work in advance as possible to procure the equipment and ship it to the integrator so they can put it together for us, test it and hold it as inventory ready to ship,” Dalton explains. It’s all about consistency in design, so that customers can deploy systems and RagingWire and their NTT colleagues can manage data centers worldwide. Design drives operational synergy. The modular approach allows RagingWire to

Another advantage of partnering with

replicate facilities in different markets

vendors, he adds, is that they are willing

while tailoring the data centers to take

to hold an inventory of fully functioning

advantage of the unique characteristics

and tested modules – the old way of

of the geography.

build to order takes too long to meet hyperscale cycle times. Close management of the supply

REDUCING TCO WHILE INCREASING RENEWABLE ENERGY

chain, allied to sophisticated forecast-

In a market that is expanding at the

ing, means that much of the construc-

rate of the cloud, total cost of owner-

tion can be done ahead of time.

ship (TCO) is a major consideration for

Customers need to know exactly when

providers when building a business

their facility will be up and running.

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biggest operational cost, and mechan-

now is to find affordable and reliable

ical systems such as cooling are the

renewable energy sources. RagingWire

largest consumers of power. In the

has taken a proactive approach to

data center industry, the ratio between

renewable energy at its three data

mechanical systems and computing

centers in Sacramento, Calif., which

equipment is assessed using the

together offer 680,000 sq. ft. with 53

power usage effectiveness (PUE)

MW of critical IT power. In Sacramento,

metric. “Efficient cooling systems lead

RagingWire now offers 100% renew-

to efficient data centers that reduce

able power that is 100% available and

your operating expense and ultimately

backed by a 100% uptime service level

lower the total cost of ownership for

agreement (SLA) to customers.

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have become highly efficient. The quest

Sustainability is a major priority for customers, emphasizes Kevin Dalton. “Most of our customers have green


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policies so being able to offer them renewable energy helps them maintain those green credentials. In Sacramento, we work with our utility partner, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), to ensure that our energy utilization is a combination of wind and hydro, solar and biomass. We are also working with energy providers in all of our locations to develop renewable energy options for our customers.” Recycled concrete and repurposed steel are other ways he cites to reduce the amount of material sent to landfills.

EARNING A REPUTATION AS A TRUSTED, STABLE PROVIDER For Joe Goldsmith, a big benefit of being under the NTT umbrella is that the parent represents a single, stable, and substantial source of capital. “Unlike a lot of the data center providers in the market today, especially the private-equity backed companies, we have a single source of capital,” Goldsmith says. “We don’t have to go from bank to bank when we want to come into a new market, raise debt, raid equity, look for investment partners, or manage to restrictive covenants. This

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“ Unlike a lot of the data center providers in the market today, we have a single source of capital. We don’t have to go from bank to bank when we want to come into a new market, raise debt, raid equity, look for investment partners, or manage to restrictive covenants” — Joe Goldsmith, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer at RagingWire

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RagingWire Ashburn VA3 Data Center – Showcase Conference Room 27 takes uncertainty out of the equation,

service. Customers don’t want the

and that is something the hyperscale

volatility that comes with new owners,

players really appreciate.”

new contracts, new pricing, and new

RagingWire’s capital plan is re-

operations. They like to know that the

freshed annually, and this gives its

site will be operated in a proven and

clients confidence that their future

consistent way by people they know

plans don’t depend on a company that

and trust.”

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