Grupo ZGH: Grupo ZGH - La Florida

Grupo ZGH - La Florida in Santiago, Chile is a data center and network facility at Del Rocío 11233 in the La Florida commune of the Región Metropolitana. The facility supports housing / colocation, dedicated servers, VPS hosting, web hosting, reseller hosting, cloud storage, streaming, and security services for customers that need Chile-based infrastructure with local network access. ZGH positions the site as its own Chile data center, supporting customer-owned servers from 1U deployments to full racks with power, Internet connectivity, and data center operations.

The La Florida facility delivers a network platform with 100 Gbps national links and 40 Gbps international links over physically diverse routes. Grupo ZGH operates IPv4 and IPv6 transit through multiple providers, independent switches in each rack, Category 6 cabling, redundant fiber, DDoS mitigation for the full network, and physical firewalls in high availability capable of processing more than 10,000,000 requests per second. The site also includes N+1 energy backup, UPS systems in each rack, exterior and interior camera coverage, 24-hour facility surveillance, and PRTG Network Monitor oversight for infrastructure alerting.

Grupo ZGH - La Florida has a strong Santiago network role through PIT Chile. PeeringDB lists Grupo ZGH - La Florida with 14 networks and one local exchange, PIT Santiago - PIT Chile. PIT Chile announced the ZGH node in November 2024, describing it as a southern Santiago node with DWDM transmission, redundant layers, energy systems, cooling, and independent fiber routes serving more than 50 regional ISPs. The site also lists technology and network partners including Lumen, Cogent, Hurricane Electric, GTD, Telxius, Sparkle, Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Fortinet, VMware, Veeam, cPanel, Plesk, and PIT Chile, reinforcing the facility’s role for hosting, local peering, Internet access, and Chilean connectivity workloads.

🏢 Facility Highlights

1. Santiago Address: Del Rocío 11233, La Florida, Santiago.
2. Network Capacity: 100 Gbps national links and 40 Gbps international links.
3. Colocation Model: Customer equipment hosted from 1U to full racks.
4. Power Resilience: N+1 energy backup and UPS systems in each rack.
5. Uptime: ZGH lists 99.8% data center uptime.

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

1. PIT Chile Node: PeeringDB lists PIT Santiago - PIT Chile at Grupo ZGH - La Florida.
2. Network Count: PeeringDB lists 14 networks at the La Florida facility.
3. Fiber Diversity: PIT Chile identifies redundant DWDM transport across three diverse fiber paths.
4. Regional ISP Reach: PIT Chile cites independent fiber transport serving more than 50 regional ISPs.

🔒 Security & Operations

1. DDoS Protection: ZGH provides DDoS mitigation across its full network.
2. Firewall Platform: Physical high-availability firewalls process more than 10,000,000 requests per second.
3. Monitoring: PRTG Network Monitor provides continuous infrastructure monitoring and alerts.
4. Physical Security: Exterior and interior cameras support 24-hour site surveillance.

🏭 Who It Serves

1. Hosting Providers: Web hosting, reseller hosting, VPS, and dedicated server workloads.
2. Network Operators: PIT Chile access, local peering, ISP transport, and national connectivity.
3. Enterprise IT: Colocation, backup, customer-owned servers, and Chile-based hosting.
4. Digital Media: Streaming audio, streaming video, and storage services.