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more importantly , the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of South America . All of this plays to the importance of Telefónica ’ s Miami KeyCenter . It is the focal point for companies doing business between the US , Latin America , Europe and Asia Pacific , and part of an interconnected series of Telefónica data centers worldwide . Using its fully owned and managed global IP , Telefónica ’ s data center network is able to provide a unique , seamless service across multiple locations , says Barrio . “ In the last few years we have invested

heavily in the data center , and it ’ s a big part of our future , home to our IT services , colocation , hosting , application management , cloud services and much more .”

Data centers have to be utterly secure , both from cyber attacks and physical disruption . It ’ s well known that Florida is regularly attacked by the weather though , so it has to be able to withstand the worst hurricane that might hit Miami . Built twelve years ago as a purpose built facility , the 400,000 square foot building is a category 5 data center , independently certified to the highest standards . For example , it is the only Tier III certified by the Uptime Institute in south Florida , and is also certified under the Safe Harbor scheme by the US department of commerce and is SSAE-16 audited . Its construction exceeds all building codes with uninterruptible power supply ( UPS ) backed by four Caterpillar diesel generators that take over if there ’ s a power failure , Naturally it also has sophisticated fire detection and suppression systems , zoned

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