Our Data Center

123Net Detroit

24700 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, Michigan

Southfield, MI Carrier-Neutral Detroit-IX On-Site 80,000 sq ft
123Net DC1 building exterior, Southfield, Michigan

The Facility

123Net's Detroit-area data center in Southfield, Michigan is one of the most connected facilities in the Great Lakes region. With 80,000 square feet of raised floor colocation space across a 136,000 square foot campus, it's built for primary deployments, not just disaster recovery.

The facility serves as the anchor point for the Detroit Internet Exchange, making it the densest interconnection hub between Chicago and Toronto. Fortune 500 companies and thousands of Midwest businesses run from this building.

Carrier-neutral design means every major fiber provider has a presence here. Cross-connects are straightforward, and you're not locked into a single upstream path.

123Net fiber optic cable infrastructure

Network Infrastructure

123Net operates over 1,000 route miles of owned fiber across Michigan, connecting the facility directly to the metro area, regional networks, and long-haul carriers. This is not a reseller arrangement — the fiber is theirs.

The on-site backbone runs at 40+ Gbps with direct cross-connects to Level 3, Savvis, Cogent, and Comcast. Multiple upstream paths mean no single carrier dependency and automatic failover when a path goes down.

Detroit Internet Exchange

DET-iX is housed on-site at 123Net, the same building your server lives in. Your traffic reaches 90+ connected networks without ever leaving the facility.

The Detroit-IX is the largest fee-free internet exchange in the world, a nonprofit that exists to keep regional traffic local and costs down. Members include Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Akamai, and Meta. When your users hit those networks, traffic takes a direct on-net path.

89% of DET-iX members support IPv6, and every RackWorks server includes a full /64 allocation.

90+
Connected Networks
2.5 Tbps
Peak Traffic
Fee-Free
Largest fee-free IX in the world

Power Infrastructure

The facility runs 20 MW of total power capacity with 2(N+1) redundancy across cooling systems. Two completely independent power paths ensure a failure in one doesn't affect anything else.

Diverse A and B side power feeds are available across the floor. Diesel generator backup covers critical loads, with on-site fuel reserves sized for extended outages. This is the same redundancy model that major cloud providers require for their own infrastructure.

20 MW
Total Power Capacity
2(N+1)
Cooling Redundancy
A + B
Diverse Power Feeds
123Net data floor with server cabinets

Data Floor Layout

Purpose-built data floors with hot/cold aisle containment, raised flooring for cable management, and precision cooling. N+1 redundant CRAC units maintain consistent temperature and humidity.

Multiple configuration options from half racks to private suites. The raised floor design keeps cable runs clean and allows hardware additions without disrupting neighboring equipment.

Network

Detroit-IX connected upstream and multi-homed transit. Central US routing to both coasts.

Latency from Detroit

Detroit Metro <1ms
Chicago ~8ms
Toronto ~9ms
New York ~18ms
Atlanta ~22ms
Dallas ~28ms

Multi-Homed Transit

Our upstream uses multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 transit providers with automatic failover. No single upstream dependency means resilient routing for your services.

Detroit-IX Connected

On-site access to the Detroit Internet Exchange with 90+ member networks. Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Cloudflare, Akamai and more — all reachable without leaving the building.

Dual-Stack IP

Full IPv4 and IPv6 on all services. Dedicated IPv4 addresses and /64 IPv6 allocations included with every server.

Security & Compliance

Physical and operational security across the facility.

Physical Security

  • 24/7/365 on-site NOC technicians
  • Multi-factor authentication access
  • Interior and exterior CCTV
  • Audited access logging
  • Remote management and monitoring

Fire Protection

  • Early warning smoke detection
  • Clean agent suppression
  • Regular testing schedule
  • Zone-isolated systems

Compliance

The 123Net facility maintains the following certifications:

  • SOC 2 Type II audited
  • SSAE 18 certified
  • PCI-DSS ready infrastructure
  • HIPAA compliant environment

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