NEXTDC's Brisbane data centre is located at 20 Wharf Street, in Brisbane’s CBD. The 3,000m2 facility offers an IT load capacity of 2.25MW. (Source: NextDC)
The six storey data centre has security personnel on site 24/7. (Source: NEXTDC)
Entry to data halls is via secured lifts that open to man traps formed with intruder-resistant glass and solid concrete walls. The touchscreen provides information about the data hall including cold aisle temperatures. (Source: NEXTDC)
There are multiple levels of security through the data centre including biometric fingerprint technology securing access to each data hall. (Source: NEXTDC)
Here we are looking at the Level 2 data hall, which is a dedicated space for service providers. The blue and red colours indicate which side is the hot aisle. (Source: NEXTDC)
On Levels 3 to 6 there are 500mm raised floors and cold aisle containment systems. This photo shows ‘white space’ that can be customised to a client’s requirements. (Source: NEXTDC)
One of the three switchboard rooms that control the three separate power supplies (A, B and C) for the data centre. (Source: NEXTDC)
These high voltage switchboards are in the onsite substation, where the 11KV Energex feed is split into the three power supplies. (Source: NEXTDC)
One of the three Cummins V16 twin-turbo 60 litre diesel generators in the basement which provide the redundancy power supply. (Source: NEXTDC)
Batteries in one of the three battery rooms, providing immediate back-up power supply for the 30 seconds between the mains power switching off and the generators taking over. (Source: NEXTDC)
Up on the roof there are these huge chiller units providing chilled water to cool the data centre. Their multiple variable speed compressors automatically switch on and off as required to conserve power. (Source: NEXTDC)
Chilled water buffer tank with a dual system of valved pipework that carries the water through the data centre to air conditioning units in the data halls. (Source: NEXTDC)
NEXTDC's Brisbane data centre is located at 20 Wharf Street, in Brisbane’s CBD. The 3,000m2 facility offers an IT load capacity of 2.25MW. (Source: NextDC)