World-Class Data Center Infrastructure

A data center is a secure, centralized facility that houses computer systems, servers, storage, and networking equipment. Data centers provide the essential power, cooling, and connectivity required for data processing, storage, and the distribution of IT services.

Data centers provide reliable, scalable, and secure IT infrastructure, allowing businesses to focus on core operations instead of managing complex IT systems. They enable efficient data management, application hosting, disaster recovery, and business continuity.

Data centers serve a wide range of IT systems. Choosing the right one depends on your needs. Key points to consider:

• HIPAA compliance: healthcare organizations need a data center that adheres to HIPAA's strict physical, technical, and administrative safeguards for protecting patient data.
• Security: physical and cybersecurity controls that safeguard sensitive data. Data centers are classified into tiers based on infrastructure, performance, redundancy, and cost.
• Reliability: high uptime guarantees and redundancy measures minimize downtime. Atlantic.Net offers a 100% Uptime SLA.
• Scalability: the data center should accommodate future growth and changing IT needs ‐ both logical and physical expansion.
• Location: proximity to your business or target audience impacts network latency and accessibility. You may want a location close to your head office for easier day-to-day management, or one on core internet backbones for top-tier performance.
• Cost: evaluate total cost of ownership, including power, cooling, bandwidth, and support services.

HIPAA compliance ensures patient data is handled securely and confidentially, safeguarding patient privacy and avoiding costly penalties. The HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH Act both apply directly to the infrastructure layer that hosts ePHI.

Access controls, video surveillance, intrusion prevention systems, fire suppression, and data encryption at rest and in transit are essential. Atlantic.Net's data centers carry HIPAA AT-C 105/205, SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3 Type II, HITECH, and PCI DSS 4.0 attestations.

Redundant power supplies, backup generators, multiple network carriers, and redundant cooling systems keep operations continuous. Atlantic.Net backs this with a 100% network and infrastructure SLA and continuous multi-carrier monitoring.

Yes. Data centers offer flexible solutions that let businesses add or remove resources as IT needs evolve, supporting growth and agility. Atlantic.Net's eight regions also let you spread workloads across geographies for performance or DR.

Data centers provide secure off-site storage and backup capabilities, enabling businesses to quickly recover data and resume operations in the event of a disaster or outage. Atlantic.Net's geographically disparate locations support 3-2-1-style backup designs and cross-region failover for HIPAA contingency-plan requirements.

Atlantic.Net operates eight regions: New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Ashburn, and Orlando in the United States; Toronto in Canada; London in the United Kingdom; and Singapore. Each location is HIPAA-audited and tied into the global Atlantic.Net Cloud Platform.