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NEC Kanagawa Data Center

NEC is pursuing "Safety & Security", "Efficiency" and "Hybrid" by our original updated technology and know-how. NEC Kanagawa Data Center is a flag ship data center in eastern Japan which corresponds to various needs by these features.

Safety & Security

Low-risk Location

  • KN1(1st Data Center Building) Earthquake-resistant structure with seismic isolation floor
  • KN2(2nd Data Center Building) Steel-framed building with base isolation structure
  • Liquefaction: Located outside the damage prediction areas on the municipal flood hazard map
  • 14 km away from the active fault lines

  • Tsunami: More than 30 km away from the coastline, 100m above sea level
  • Outside the damaged area of the flooding and sediment disaster hazard map

Robust Facilities

  • Dual power supply lines, consisting of a main line and a backup line
  • Redundant UPS covers power supply including the entire cooling system
  • Redundant emergency generator capable of 72 hours of continuous operation without refueling

  • Equipped with inert gas fire suppression system and Ultra-sensitive smoke detector (VESDA)
  • Installation of lightning rods in various locations on the building

Security Standards and Internal Controls

Robust Security

  • Walk-through facial recognition enables smooth entry and room access without the need to be aware of cameras, while also preventing unauthorized tailgating.

Various Official Certifications for Guarantee Safety

  • Meets advanced security levels required by financial institutions in compliance with FISC* safety standards (facility standards)
  • Provides SOC2/Type 1 and Type 2 reports to support internal control measures
  • Compliant with PCI DSS standards*
  • *
    FISC ( The Center for Financial Industry Information Systems): Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Financial Information System Center
  • *
    SOC2 (Service Organization Control 2) Report: Internal control assurance report for outsourced operations stipulated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • *
    PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard): Security standard for the credit card industry. Compliant with requirement 9 of the 12 compliance requirements.

Efficiency & Green Environment

Achieved a green data center powered by 100% renewable energy

  • Providing Certificates:
    Offer certificate to customers verifying the use of electricity diversed from 100% renewable energy, supporting their ESG management effort
  • Promoting of Live Green Energy Usage:
    Initiatives to cover power needs for shared facilities though self-generattion with solar panels and power purchase from PPA providers

(Note 1) PPA Provider: A company or organization that owns photovoltaic power generation facilities and supplies the generated electricity to users
(Note 2) Live Green Energy: Green energy delivered directly from the power plant to the consumer, or energy for which generation and consumption match on a 30-minute basis, considered to be delivered directly via the general transmission network

※The NEC Group's greenhouse gas reduction targets are certified by the SBT Initiative as being aligned with the “1.5°C target” set by the Paris Agreement.

※The NEC Group has joined the RE100 initiative and is aiming to use 100% renewable energy for its business operations by fiscal year 2040.

  • Enhancing server room cooling effeciency using a free cooling system
  • Supplying power to the indoor lighting and exhaust/intake fans via a solar power generation system

Utilization of free cooling and solar power generation system

Achieved pPUE = 1.16※7 with a proprietary air conditioning method

  • Implemented a 20°C chilled water cooling system in the colocation room to extend the utilization of free cooling by using outside air.
  • Fine-tuned airflow adjustment using fan units installed on the ceiling.

Connectivity

Achieving a Hybrid Environment with Cloud and Colocation

Offering Two Environments: Cloud and Colocation

  • Realizes Layer 2 level connectivity within the same data center for the cloud platform service “NEC Cloud IaaS” and colocation services

Integrated Hybrid Environment with High-Quality Operation Service

  • Centralized Management: The "NEC Integrated IT Service Management Center," based on ITIL® principles, provides centralized management of colocation/cloud environments to deliver efficient and high-quality operational services.
  • 24/7 Expert Support: Highly skilled operational personnel are available 24/7, 365 days a year.
  • Stable Operations: Optimal operation design, standardization, and systematization based on extensive experience ensure stable operation quality.
  • Incident Monitoring: Customers can monitor the status through a web portal.
  • ITIL® (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) is a publicly available framework that compiles best practices in IT service management. (ITIL® is a Registered Trade Mark of AXELOS Limited.)

NEC Kanagawa DC Specifications

Items Details
Location   KN2 KN1
Earthquake・Tshunami
  • No active faults within 14km
  • More than 30 km away from the coastline
  • 134m above sea level
Flood・Landslide Disaster ・Liquefaction Outside the damaged area of the hazard map
Ground Extremely firm (N value* 60 or more)
Construction Access About 1 hour from Shinjuku station
Building 6 floors above ground, steel structure 4 floors above ground,
reinforced concrete construction,
earthquake-resistant Compliant with Category I of the Comprehensive Earthquake Resistance Planning Standards for Government Facilities
Base-isolated structure Seismic isolated building structure Server room: seismic isolation floor
Floor Load Slab 1,500kg/㎡ Seismic isolating floor standard: 800 kg/m2, Maximum 1,500 kg/m2
Electricity Power receiving Extra-high voltage power supply
Main and backup line (two lines)
Emergency generator N+1 Redundant
Running 72 hours without refueling (Fully occupied)
UPS N+1 Redundant
Time of power supply 10 minutes
Rack power supply Standard:
Average 8kVA, Maximum 15kVA
Standard:
Average 8kVA, Maximum 15kVA
High load:
Average 13kVA, Maximum 20kVA
Air-conditioning Heat Source/Air Conditioning/Piping Redundant
pPUE 1.16 1.26
Security Facilities Metal detector gates, flap gates, prevention to enter with others (anterior room, circle gate (only in KN1)), IC card authentication, facial recognition, electric lock (equipped in standard racks), CCTV, perimeter fence, infrared sensors installed
Operation Monitoring and guarding 24/7, 365 days a year,
metal detectors (entry control, inspection of items brought in and taken out), anti-passback, security zone management, evidence storage
Green Electricity 100% renewable energy (KN2)
Communication carrier Carrier free
Fire Prevention Ultra-sensitive smoke detectors
Nitrogen gas fire extinguishing equipment
Public Certification Privacy Mark, FISC* Safety Measures Standards (Facility Standards) Compliant, ISO/IEC27001 (Information Security Management System),
SOC1 Type 2, SOC2 Type 2 Report* (Internal Control Assurance Report)*1,
ISO22301 (Business Continuity Management System),
ISO14001 (Environmental Management System),
PCI DSS*
*1 KN2 is scheduled to obtain SOC2/Type2 in fiscal year 2025.
  • PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness): An indicator of data center power efficiency expressed as “total data center power consumption / IT equipment power consumption”. The closer to 1.0, the higher the efficiency.
  • FISC (Center for Financial Industry Information Systems): A public interest incorporated foundation that provides information systems for the financial industry
  • SOC (Service Organization Control) Report: An internal control assurance report for outsourced operations stipulated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard): A security standard for the credit card industry. Compliant with requirement 9 of the 12 compliance requirements

Service Menu

NEC Cloud IaaS

Server and Storage Services Virtual server, Physical server
System disk, Data disk, File storage, Object storage
Network Services and Security Firewalls, Load balancers, Network appliances, Connect services, Cyber attack countermeasures, Security monitoring, ID & access management, Network security functions
Management Support API/Portal, Template/VM Image, Backup, Integrated Operation Management, Official Certification, Basic Support, Advanced Support

Colocation Services

Standard Services Installation and provision of standard data center racks
Power supply and machine floor space (support for fixed equipment and BYO racks)
Optional Services NEC DX Network Sservice
NEC Public Cloud Connection Service
Help Desk: Support for incident reporting, Inquiries, Operational instructions
Operational services: Execution of pperational tasks on customer's behalf
Office spaces: Use for project rooms, event support, audit support and more
Storage services: Secure storage for media and other items
Network services: Inter-data center netoworks and more

Monitoring・Operating Services

Standard Services Monitoring of operational status, services, resources, and logs (various monitoring tasks and alarm response)
Optional Services Infrastructure Operations: Includes incident and problem management, configuration management, demand management, etc.

Business Operations: Regular and non-regular business operation support and execution on your behalf