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RISK MANAGEMENT FACTORS OF DATA CENTER LOCATION

For all the effort we endure in designing high availability systems, concurrently maintainable infrastructures, and all the other “mission critical” details we add to a facility design, one element remains and that is the location.

Geographical Influences and Environmental Risks• Seismic activity • Volcanoes • Flood Plain

And don’t forget...• Architectural features and constraints • Equipment ingress and egress • Water supply

• The building is a single point of failure for all apps and data inside it • You can’t pick up the building and move it

These should be at least 8 miles (13km) away from the data center:• Minor Airports (propeller and light

aircraft only• Military bases

These should be at least 2 miles (3.2km) away:

These should be at least 1 mile (1.6 km) away:• Self storage facilities• High-voltage power

distribution lines• Water storage towers

• Major highways• Inland harbors/

canals

• Railways• Lakes , Dams,

reservoirs

These should be at least 5 miles (8km) away:• Major Airports• Conventional fossil fuel

power plants• Other smokestick

industry operations

These should be at least 3 miles (5km) away:• Embassies• Research Laboratories• Weather or other radar

installations

Bob’s tips!• Adjacent tall buildings• Man holes• Subways

Good things to have nearby:• Fire station• Police station• Hospital emergency room