CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER

Operating · Cisco Systems Inc. · 2260 Chelsea Boulevard, Allen, TX

Cisco Systems owns and operates this 162,000-square-foot data center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard in Allen, Texas, which completed construction in August 2010. The facility comprises two data halls with 5.25 MW of critical IT load and a reported 10 MW facility design capacity. On-site rooftop solar generation contributes approximately 0.4 MW.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Operating
Operating; the associated TDLR project is closed/completed.
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 162,000 sq ft
Building
Project cost: $85.0M
Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.

CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER

Operating · Cisco Systems Inc. · 2260 Chelsea Boulevard, Allen, TX

Cisco Systems owns and operates this 162,000-square-foot data center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard in Allen, Texas, which completed construction in August 2010. The facility comprises two data halls with 5.25 MW of critical IT load and a reported 10 MW facility design capacity. On-site rooftop solar generation contributes approximately 0.4 MW.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Operating
Operating; the associated TDLR project is closed/completed.
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 162,000 sq ft
Building
Project cost: $85.0M
Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.

Opened

Aug 1, 2010

CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER

Compute profile

Cloud · Enterprise

Cisco internal enterprise cloud / Infrastructure as a Service · Virtualized compute, storage, and networking

Profile

Project scope: Cisco Systems' privately funded, privately owned new-construction data center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard, Allen, Texas, was registered with TDLR on October 21, 2009. Construction was scheduled to start October 1, 2009 and finish August 1, 2010, with an estimated cost of $85,000,000.
Power and grid: No exact-site power capacity has been disclosed. ERCOT is the available grid context; the utility and interconnection remain undisclosed.
Compute role: Cisco-owned and Cisco-operated enterprise data center supporting Cisco IT's private-cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service environment. The purpose-built facility uses Cisco UCS compute, Nexus switching, MDS storage networking, virtualization, and active-active operation with the Richardson data center.
Cooling and environment: Airside economizers using outside air for data-hall cooling, approximately 50% of the time. Three 1,000-ton and two 500-ton chillers with variable-speed motors serving the data halls. Airside economization reduces mechanical-cooling energy use by using outside air for cooling approximately 50% of the time.
Local reporting: Cisco’s TechWiseTV page describes a return visit to the Cisco Allen Data Center, says the facility was filling with new cable and equipment, and identifies it as a mature primary production center and showcase for customers.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

Cisco Systems Inc.Owner · Operator · DeveloperExact Asset

Holder ConstructionContractorExact Asset

Corgan Architects / Corgan AssociatesDesign FirmExact Asset

Corgan AssociatesDesign FirmExact Asset

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Oct 1, 2009
Oct 1, 2009
CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER construction started
Single identified phase for the exact Cisco Systems Data Center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard. TDLR classifies it as new construction on private land, with a $85 million estimated cost and a stated scope of 162,000 square feet. The permit's scheduled construction completion is August 1, 2010; a separate operating-record source reports the proposed and actual operational date as August 1, 2010.
Oct 21, 2009
Oct 21, 2009
CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER announced
Single identified phase for the exact Cisco Systems Data Center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard. TDLR classifies it as new construction on private land, with a $85 million estimated cost and a stated scope of 162,000 square feet. The permit's scheduled construction completion is August 1, 2010; a separate operating-record source reports the proposed and actual operational date as August 1, 2010.
Aug 1, 2010
Aug 1, 2010
CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER construction completion scheduled
Single identified phase for the exact Cisco Systems Data Center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard. TDLR classifies it as new construction on private land, with a $85 million estimated cost and a stated scope of 162,000 square feet. The permit's scheduled construction completion is August 1, 2010; a separate operating-record source reports the proposed and actual operational date as August 1, 2010.
Aug 1, 2010
Aug 1, 2010
CISCO SYSTEMS DATA CENTER entered operation
Single identified phase for the exact Cisco Systems Data Center at 2260 Chelsea Boulevard. TDLR classifies it as new construction on private land, with a $85 million estimated cost and a stated scope of 162,000 square feet. The permit's scheduled construction completion is August 1, 2010; a separate operating-record source reports the proposed and actual operational date as August 1, 2010.
Apr 20, 2015
Apr 20, 2015
Tour the Cisco Allen Data CenterCisco Blogs
Cisco’s TechWiseTV page describes a return visit to the Cisco Allen Data Center, says the facility was filling with new cable and equipment, and identifies it as a mature primary production center and showcase for customers. It also distinguishes the Allen site from Cisco’s mirrored Richardson site.
May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015
A Tour of Cisco’s Allen Data CenterCisco Blogs
A Cisco-authored tour identifies Cisco’s data center in Allen, Texas and describes its LEED Gold certification, berms, solar panels, resilience design, cooling approach, and on-site facilities personnel.