Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.: Laconia Data Center
About Laconia Data Center
The Laconia Data Center is one of the data center facilities run by Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., located in Laconia, New Hampshire, USA. It is part of the company’s network of New Hampshire-area facilities designed to provide colocation and data center services to businesses, government, and educational customers.
Its positioning in Laconia offers strategic benefits including connectivity into Consolidated Communications’ extensive fiber network in Northern New England, proximity to major metro and service centers within New Hampshire, and being part of a reliable regional infrastructure with attention to environmental and power redundancies.
⚙️ Facility Highlights
- The facility is accessible 24×7×365, ensuring constant availability.
- Rack space offerings include half-cabinets, full cabinets, and custom cages, accommodating varying scale of customer needs.
- Raised-floor design with anti‐static flooring in cabinet/rack areas.
- Multiple power options, including 110 V AC / 208 V AC, with support for up to three-phase power.
- Fully redundant power feeds from diverse PDUs (Power Distribution Units), along with UPS and generator backup (N+1 for the generator backup).
- Cooling infrastructure uses an N+1 cooling configuration to ensure redundancy.
- Environmental monitoring includes leak / water detection.
- Fire suppression: very early smoke detection apparatus (VESDA) plus Siemens Sinorix 227 waterless, non-residue system.
🔐 Security & Compliance
- Physical security: 24-hour off-site monitoring and security, network & facility monitoring.
- Access control: two-stage authentication required for access.
- Secure lockable cabinets with options for cages.
🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access
- The Laconia facility leverages Consolidated Communications’ fiber network in Northern New England, allowing access to many wire centers in New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont.
- It is connected to the regional network map entry “LACNNHNM – 762 North Main St – Laconia, NH”, indicating a point of presence in Laconia for fiber network connectivity.
- The data center supports redundant fiber connections and ensures network availability.
💼 Who It Serves
- Businesses in Northern New England in need of colocation services (small to medium enterprises).
- Government and educational institutions seeking secure, reliable data hosting with regional connectivity.
- Organizations implementing disaster recovery, business continuity, or scaling computing/storage infrastructure without building their own facility.