ModMission: MOD Mission Critical PIT1
About MOD Mission Critical PIT1
MOD Mission Critical PIT1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania operates at 100 South Commons #126 inside DataBank PIT1, a downtown Pittsburgh data center located in NOVA Place. The facility supports MOD customers that need colocation, bare metal, cloud-adjacent infrastructure, managed connectivity, and peering in the Pittsburgh metro. PIT1 sits within the connectivity triangle of New York City, Ashburn, and New Hope, Virginia, giving regional workloads access to major public cloud nodes, research networks, and enterprise connectivity routes.
The facility delivers 30,760 raised square feet, 1.9 MW of critical IT load, 2N power design, N+1 cooling design, 10 kW+ air-cooled cabinet density, and 30 on-site carriers. PIT1 supports 120V, 208V, and 3-phase AC power, DC power availability, cabinets and cages, 7x24x365 operations, 7x24x365 remote hands, and special-request Smart Hands. The platform includes DataBank Cloud in-region, managed internet connectivity, DDoS protection, IDS/IPS, metro data center interconnect, and partner-based cloud and internet exchange connectivity.
The Pittsburgh location serves university, research, high-performance computing, enterprise IT, network, and cloud-adjacent workloads that benefit from proximity to Downtown Pittsburgh, NOVA Place, PIT-IX, and regional fiber routes. PeeringDB lists Pittsburgh Internet Exchange at DataBank PIT1 with 35 networks, including MOD Mission Critical, DataBank, Cloudflare, Cogent Communications, Hurricane Electric, Arelion, GTT, and Zayo.
🏢 Facility Highlights
- Facility: DataBank PIT1.
- Location: NOVA Place in Downtown Pittsburgh.
- Raised Floor: 30,760 square feet.
- Critical IT Load: 1.9 MW.
- Rack Density: 10 kW+ air-cooled cabinet density.
- Resilience: 2N power design and N+1 cooling design.
🔒 Security & Compliance
- Compliance Coverage: HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC, and ISO 27001 shown on DataBank PIT1 datasheet.
- Audits: DataBank conducts annual SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001 assessments for non-FedRAMP data centers.
- Operations: 7x24x365 operations and remote hands.
🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access
- On-Site Carriers: 30.
- Internet Exchange: PIT-IX partner access.
- PeeringDB Ecosystem: 35 Pittsburgh Internet Exchange networks.
- Named Networks: MOD Mission Critical, DataBank, Cloudflare, Cogent Communications, Hurricane Electric, Arelion, GTT, and Zayo.
- Interconnect: Metro data center interconnect and partner cloud connectivity.
🏭 Who It Serves
- Research Computing: University and research-driven high-performance computing clusters.
- Enterprise IT: Cabinets, cages, remote hands, and managed connectivity.
- Network Providers: Peering, carrier access, and metro interconnect.
- Cloud Workloads: DataBank Cloud in-region and partner cloud connectivity.