iTnews gets an exclusive tour inside the $77m stage one of Sydney3 as it undergoes heat load tests.
on Jun 27 2011 7:00AM
Aisle between private cages in one of the stage one data halls at Equinix's Sydney3 data centre. The operator has retained the customary blue lighting found in its neighbouring Sydney1 and Sydney2 facilities.
About 30 percent of the technical floor space in stage one is for co-location. Stage one will house 1,000 racks in total; when all three stages of Sydney3 are built out, it will house some 3,000 racks.
The ‘hot’ side of containment.
Biometric entrance for a private cage in Sydney3.
One of two halls in stage one of Sydney3 undergoing heat testing.
Equinix bought about 3,000 fan heaters for heat testing. iTnews toured one of two data halls undergoing the tests.
Floor-perspective of heat load testing at Sydney3 data centre.
Power infrastructure in one of the data halls of Sydney3.
Emerson Chloride Trinergy scalable uninterruptible power supply units (UPS) for stage one. There are four rooms like this, for a total of eight UPS units, just for stage one. There will be eight UPS units deployed for each stage of the build.
One of the Trane screw (low load) chiller units at Equinix's Sydney3 data centre in Sydney’s south.
Side-on with one of the Trane centrifugal (high load) chillers at Sydney3.
Slabs awaiting further chiller infrastructure.
A chilled water buffer tank at Sydney3. It's hard to grasp the size from the photo; it’s huge, trust us.
Diesel gensets at Equinix Sydney3 data centre.
Outside of the stage one data halls, looking from one end of the main corridor to the other.
And here is the finished data centre in August...
And here is the finished data centre in August...
Lots of space to fill on the co-lo floors...
And here is the finished data centre in August...
And here is the finished data centre in August...
Generator.
Security.
Plant.
Plant.
Ops.
The lobby.
Meeting rooms.
Aisle between private cages in one of the stage one data halls at Equinix's Sydney3 data centre. The operator has retained the customary blue lighting found in its neighbouring Sydney1 and Sydney2 facilities.